Tortion Bar Lift....

[Dan Dan The Yota Man....]

a friend of mine has a 1998 ranger and we are looing to do a 2-3" lift we will crank the tortion bars in the front and use add-a-leafs in the rear....i neeed to know if i am going to run into any other problems...like brake lines being too short, or am i going to need extended shocks?? And what can i fot for tires after, were shooting for a set of 33x10.50r15 All-Terrains or Mud-Terrains... can that work or are 31's going to be the max.... thank you very much and i know this is a typical newbie question, but i am now to Ford and i would love to know what i am getting myself into..... thanks again....

 

[4x4junkie]

I wouldn't crank the bars for more than 2" lift max, otherwise you chance running into issues with the CV joints and increased balljoint wear.

For the rear, a better option would be to lift it with extended shackles instead of AALs (the BellTech 6400 Chevy lowering shackles work well for about 1.5-2" lift on a Ranger).

As for tires, 33x10.50s will fit stock, but just barely (and only on the stock (sized) rims). With the torsion crank and shackles, they should fit no problem.

Hope that helps.

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[pillen140]

mine has 2inch coil spacers and 3 inch body lift... 33x10.5's are what i have. they fit more than fine! they fit with the 2inch coil spacer (or in your case 2inch torsion crank) maybe even stock like he said.