suspension or body

[texasbronco07]

i have a 92 bronco and was wonderin if its harder to install a 4" suspension or 3" body? and will 33 12.50 tires rub without a lift?

 

[bluesman17]

suspension is better to do, body lifts leave gaps. they will rub your bumper for sure if you dont space it out, i cant tell you if it will hit anything else.

 

[Stan]

Neither lift is extremely difficult, however the body lift is the quicker way to go. Depending on your level of knowledge and automotive skill the suspension lift could be a half a day to an all day affair. I helped my buddy put a 3" body lift on his '92 in just over two hours. I would definitely go suspension lift if you can afford it as it is the superior lift method. I installed a suspension lift years ago on an '88 Bronco II(which has a similar IFS front axle) and the brackets upon which the axle arms pivot were riveted on by the factory, not bolted. I tried grinding them off for about two hours, then finally gave up and had someone torch the rivets off for me. That is the kind of unforseen delay that you can expect on any kind of involved 4X4 project. Crawl under your truck to see if your brackets are riveted on as well. They will be located directly under your engine, with the axle arms attached. There are two of them, one drivers side and one passenger. If they are riveted, make arrangements to have a torch handy. Other than that the install should go fairly smooth.

Good luck,

Stan

 

[wtfdissux]

i run 33's with a 2 inch lift and only ryb the radious arms on full lock stearing but i re-adjusted the locks so i gave up a little turning but not 1200 bucks for tires and if i was going to do it again i would go three inches because of the drop brackets for the axles it makes the alignment a lot easier (this coming from some one that does 3 or 4 alignments a day) also you can make your life a lot easier and get your local spring shop to install new rear springs with the desired lift for about 400 installed a lot easier than doing your self and safer than blocks and for that matter in my opinion the only correct way to raise the back of any truck

 

[firelt90bronco]

From a mechanic's point of view, lift kits are not good for the vehicle, they change the center of gravity and will wear out drive line components faster. My friend has a 13" lift on his '01 F350 Crew cab and I've had to replace the rear differential and axles atleast 3 times. From a redneck's point of view, do both, it'll look cool!

 

[wtfdissux]

From a mechanic's point of view, lift kits are not good for the vehicle, they change the center of gravity and will wear out drive line components faster. My friend has a 13" lift on his '01 F350 Crew cab and I've had to replace the rear differential and axles atleast 3 times. From a redneck's point of view, do both, it'll look cool!

ok as a mechanic i prefer lifted to lowered any dayand do you think you may be replacing the diff's and axles because they are to week for the tires he is prob. running?

also if you go with a body lift be aware that steering shaft all hoses and cables underneath also need to be replaced as well as the fan shroud and will therefore launch water like a rocket under the hood when watercrossing ( looks really cool with the hood off but still a bad thing for the motor) not to mention that bumper hieght will not change with the body and will look really out of place 3 inches below it

 

[firelt90bronco]

ok as a mechanic i prefer lifted to lowered any dayand do you think you may be replacing the diff's and axles because they are to week for the tires he is prob. running?

also if you go with a body lift be aware that steering shaft all hoses and cables underneath also need to be replaced as well as the fan shroud and will therefore launch water like a rocket under the hood when watercrossing ( looks really cool with the hood off but still a bad thing for the motor) not to mention that bumper hieght will not change with the body and will look really out of place 3 inches below it

The rear end replacement is due to the extreme angles that they are forced to work in and he can't drive for sh*t.

 

[wtfdissux]

just curious what size tires is he running that he needed that much lift and better yet what does he do for a living that he can afford to drive that truck and fork out the repair/ mods lol on a serious note thats part of the problem when anyone raises a truck and hot rods it or just drives recklessly it gives the rest of us a bad rap

 

[firelt90bronco]

He bought the truck like that for $20,000 and its running 38s now, but he wants 44s. He's an HVAC technican (startin' to think I'm in the wrong line of work).

 

[carlsbadbronco]

both dude! 4" body and 3" suspension. As per personal preference. I have that with 35 12.5 15's under mine. No rub at all

 

[89Bronco58]

from another mechanics point of view, suspension lifts arent bad for vehicles if they are done correctly, as for wearing out drivetrain parts, specific parts are made for that very reason, a differential shouldnt blow just due to a suspension lift. i have an 8 inch suspension lift and have driven over 50+ thousand miles and its been totally fine, i do alot of offroading and sometimes leave the ground, not to mention im rolling around on 38 inch tires, which adds mega stress, and i have had no problems drivewise in almost 4 years that ive owned the truck

 

[wtfdissux]

from a mechanics point of view i was refering to people putting giant lift and tire combos on without thinking about pinion angle gear ratio a potential weak tranny or that the suspension parts not changed may have been ok before but after a "good beating" may be dangerously worn out compared to O.E. set-up

yes i have a suspension lift 2 inch for now with 3.55 gears and 33 inch MTR's and a weak C-6 tranny what this means that like it or not gas is a real concern and no matter how much i want to there are some things i dont do with my truck when i am done with it now thats another story lol

 

[BLADE262US]

I run 35/15.5/15 superswamper TSL/SX,s on my 89 with a 6 inch suspension theres no rubbing and no way it ever will plenty of room . A body lift is easier IFFFFFFFFFFFFF its a fairly new vehicle and all the body bolts come out which they probably wont and theres alot of risk torching body bolts , If I have to explain why on that one then you probably shouldnt be doing that mod just yet . You can make bumper relocation brackets to make the bumpers look right and a good kit will have the transfercase shifter extension and steering shaft extension . I would go all suspension if you have the option and I would get a 6 inch name brand kit the reason being if you think its too big later a good kit has the holes in the brackets for 4 and 6 so all youd have to get is a set of coils and honestly if youve ever run a set of 6 inch lift coils give them a yr and they will be 4 inch lift coils from settling I have had a set of superlift and a set of pro comp both do that . A 6 inch suspension isnt hard to put on especially if you have the budget for the right parts superlift has an excellant kit with the superunner steering kit I have that on all mine and the bump steer is non existant . Rancho shocks are a plus , the superlift and pro comp ones have not lasted more that a couple months for me ranchos on the one bronc have been going good for years . As for gas milage being a concern you have the wrong type of vehicle for that its just aerodynamically incorrect and you cant expect too good of gas milage . I guess it all comes down to how much funding do you have for the project . /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />