87 Bronco II "II Tuff"

[3rd Petal]

On the last few night wheeling trips I noticed the lighting in the rear was pretty poor. A few weeks ago I came across a cheap fog light laying in the middle of a trail, so I threw it on the back and wired it in with the reverse lights

 

[3rd Petal]

Lots of parts

 

[Jim Oaks]

Hey, what's in the parts pile there? You going D35?

 

[3rd Petal]

D35 with a Spartan locker, 4.88's, boxed and extended radius arms w/ heim joints, skyjacker axle pivot drop brackets, and XJ coils. Then 8.8 rear with a rebuilt trac-lock, 4.88"s, and skyjacker 4" springs

 

[3rd Petal]

Got the rear put together

 

[1RangerNut]

Lookin good

 

[3rd Petal]

Got it back together and on the road. No build pics unfortunately, as soon as I got it torn apart I got screwed by work. A couple all night thrashes inside a 70 hr work week left no time to stop and take pics. But as soon as I can I will get some pictures up of the finished product

 

[3rd Petal]

Stock radius arms bent, boxed, and extended with RuffStuff Heims and brackets



Stock crossmember narrowed and bolted off radius arm mounts

 

[3rd Petal]

Explorer 8.8, rebuilt trac-lock, 4.88's, Skyjacker 4" springs



D35, Spartan locker, 4.88's, xj springs, skyjacker axle pivot drop brackets, dropped pitman arm




I'm not super happy with the stance in the front. I liked the ground clearance I got with the stock pivot brackets and spring spacers, with camber bushings to correct it. If I were to do it again I would probably find a set of High Rider brackets and just max out a set of camber bushings to get the axle up higher. Down the road I may just throw the spring spacers back under it

 

[3rd Petal]

Next on the list will be some 33's on new wheels, and I will probably put the front sway bar back on with some quick disconnects since it is my girlfriends daily driver

 

[1RangerNut]

What brand and height coils did use? And I'm sure you know but your gonna want to get the steering lower, especially since it's gonna be a driver.

 

[3rd Petal]

I used rancho 3" lift xj coils, found them cheap on Amazon. And I know, but I had to get it back together and on the road. I will build a K style steering linkage down the road. It handles just fine how it is though, doesn't have bump steer or anything. I'm sure it will wear the front tires a little faster how it is, but I will hopefully get around to it before that becomes an issue

 

[3rd Petal]

Finally got rid of the ugliest wheels ever produced in favor of some Black Rock steelies wrapped in 33x10.50 KM2's
Also the front springs settled in a bit so I threw the 1.5" spacers back under

 

[Jim Oaks]

It keep looking better.

 

[3rd Petal]

Here are some pictures from Fordyce last weekend. Also it has sliders, OBA, and some fender trimming that I didn't post anything about earlier










Give me a few days to gather up all the pictures and videos, and I'll post them all in the "Trip Report" section of the forum

 

[Kara]

Does your girlfriend get to drive it? or do you just keep tinkering with it

My boyfriend spends his time trying to convince me to get a new truck. He is not a fan of my bronco in its current state.

It looks great.

 

[3rd Petal]

I got the girlfriend just for the Bronco.... Just kidding, don't tell her I said that

 

[Jim Oaks]

Lookin good

 

[3rd Petal]

Uh oh...

 

[kayakcrazy]

Perfect!!!!
Might as well go for it. She can't stay mad forever.....right?