POLL What is the last suspension lift / leveling kit brand you purchased?

[BlackBII]

Couldn't vote twice of course, but I am running Superlift 4" brackets with Skyjacker 6" coils, custom radius arms and K-Link steering. 4" Skyjacker leaves in the back with Belltech shackles

 

[Awesom-O]

I used Skyjacker on my BII with their radius arms and top end shocks

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I went with a full custom setup on my Ranger. Both are 4 “.
With the Ranger I used Rough Country rear springs and Bilstein shocks. Stock brackets were retained because I had the beams cut and turned. Custom radius arms, brake cable brackets etc. the clearance with the cut and turned beams is nice.

 

[Kirby N.]

I used a rough country 2” on my kids bronco and it was a solid piece of garbage. It was the cheapest out there and it was definitely a case of getting what you pay for. I couldn’t get it to align with the parts it came with and the shocks were too short. I believe the coils were more like 4”, but they were the part numbers that it was supposed to have. I ended up swapping the lowering brackets for 4” brackets and that remedied the alignment problems, but the shocks were still too short. When it was all said and done I replaced both ttb drop brackets, radius arm brackets and the shocks. The rear lift was blocks and I ended up replacing those because of vibrations and poor performance and went to a shackle flip.

So I used the coils. I found my own extended brake lines oem stuff from other trucks. Sold or trashed the rear lift, front pivots and all the shocks. Rough country did nothing to help. In summary, I will never buy another rough country product.

I installed a 4.5” Duff lift on a friends Ranger then on my explorer when his Ranger was totalled. Quality parts. Well thought out at that was like the year 2000- they have added a lot of cool stuff to their line up since.

 

[Curious Hound]

My Ranger has a 6" Skyjacker lift with their extended radius arms, transmission crossmember, rear leafs and their shocks and lowering brackets all around. I have replaced the skyjacker front coils since then and installed new springs buckets from Bronco Graveyard. I used the suprlift super runner steering setup. Though I like the general design, I have found that the steering setup is not robust enough for me. I'm in the process of redesigning that to be stronger and have parts that are easier to replace. I feel like skyjacker was a good choice. The front coils seem soft in my opinion and it would be better if they supplied the 6" drop pitman arm with the 6" kit. Otherwise, I haven't destroyed that kit and it's still working for me. Definitely something I recommend.

For a few years, I had a 97 F150 with a Belltech lowering/leveling kits. I felt like that was a good quality kit and pretty easy to install. Lowering the front IFS with lowering spindles seemed like a good approach to me. I don't know what they offer for Rangers. But I would easily recommend Belltech for quality.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

The front coils seem soft in my opinion and it would be better if they supplied the 6" drop pitman arm with the 6" kit. Otherwise, I haven't destroyed that kit and it's still working for me. Definitely something I recommend.

Following both you and TRS2 I have been impressed with how well the Skyjacker kits handle at speed too.

 

[Snoranger]

I ran the Skyjacker 6” lift w/ full 6” leaf springs*, extended radius arms, and Superrunner steering on my 89 STX. It was probably one of the best available back in the day.





*the standard Skyjacker kit had 4” leaves and used the factory block to get 6 inches of lift. You could opt for the 8” kit springs (they were a true 6” lift) and eliminate the lift block… but that did away with the bump stops.

 

[JohnnyO]

I added it the list for you. You'll have to cast the vote though.

Done. Thanks.

 

[Rick W]

Missing Linc came with 2-1/2 or 3” lift.

The pieces are black, but I don’t know if that’s the original color.

As they’re made out of metal.

Is that enough info?

I’ve been reading all this with great jealousy. I’m proud of my 4WD, but I don’t understand most of what you’re talking about, but…

Ok, most of you know I hear a different drummer. But like everybody, I want to be one of the cool kids with my little four-wheel-drive. I don’t know much about the upgrades, but I know the Missing Linc has the stance and the performance I like. But I don’t know what to say….

Then it dawned on me, there’s also the Road Ranger. It’s not 4WD, but I get great compliments and performance out of it. So I went in the shed of miracles and tried to remember the suspension upgrades I made.

I remember, for the front end, I used a box of parts that was labeled springs and shims. I went back to that box, and I realized it was for the dishwasher door. I couldn’t remember anything else I did to the front end.

I went back to the axle I added. The box was marked rear end mods. I won’t share what I found in there, but it had a reference to the walker and wheelchair stored in the rafters.

There were also the big red and yellow spring over shock Honda crossover coils that I had originally, that destroyed the performance of the second axle and the truck. So I’m not going to write about that since it’s covered in the Road Ranger build thread. Frustrated. Want to be one of the guys….

Then I went online, and I searched “big coils.” That took me to Hollywood tonight. There was a story about the gay hairdresser who did Nicole Kidman’s hair for the award show. It showed how he used 3 inch in diameter curlers to get her hair to curve, but not be curly. Then he used a zip tie to make a ponytail, literally. Then he added hair extensions on the back, clipped the front, and combed it all back. It’s like a blond silk waterfall across her beautiful face! This was all inspired by her over one shoulder, glittery gown that draped across her perfect body.

I said “Eureka!” Now the guys will understand my inspiration and appreciate what I was inspired to create!! The way you win awards is by doing something unique!

In your face mud dogs!

Snowmageddon in Atlanta in the morning, “in style!” Pictures to follow!

 

[97RangerXLT]

Still OEM for me. Would love to put a 6 inch lift but no money for that part of the build. Considering a new style Ranger in a few years, and that might be the best route and effort to throw a lift at it.

Always heard great things on Sky Jack lifts though

AJ

 

[sgtsandman]

I suppose you could technically call it a lift.

The 2011 got Ford factory torsion bar keys and lift blocks made for a 2007 4X4 Ranger. Plus it got #1 torsion bars and 1,750# leaf springs that probably lifted it a tad more.

 

[Sinister813]

88 2.9 xlt. I did a 4" rough country simply for the price. However, I also had to change leafs and coil spring buckets because of rust. I currently have 2005 f-250 leaf springs that bolted right in with barely any issues. Surprisingly, the f-250 leafs gave me an additional 2" lift in the rear.

 

[SenorNoob]

That's weird. All the F-250 springs I can find are 3" wide. Rangers are 2.5"

 

[Sinister813]

That's weird. All the F-250 springs I can find are 3" wide. Rangers are 2.5"

I had to replace the stock shackle mounts and spread them 1/4" on the front. But it was still super easy. Surprisingly, I didn't have to change the plate for the u-bolts.

 

[Bill4]

I did a skyjacker kit on my 93 don't remember hight 5 or 6 inch. It was in there for a couple weeks and I took it out and did a solid axle swap. Couldn't get the ttb in alignment. I don't know why if it was my truck or the kit. I eventually just had enough messing with it. I Will say that normally I really like skyjacker stuff. The best part about the whole disaster was it pushed us into buying an alignment machine after multiple shops couldn't get it in alignment. First alignment on the new machine was my dana 44.

 

[901wd#2]

A Used duff 3.5” it was only the drop brackets for the beams, coils, front shocks, paid $100 sold it 3 years later for $100