R.J.
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If anyone reads "off-road" magazine (off-roadweb.com) there's an article in the february edition about the mcneiloff-road d35 4x4 suspension kit. i searched around and couldn't find any pictures of it on the web and don't have a scanner to uploads pics from the magazine. so i knw this is "worthless without pictures" but im just trying to let others know what i found out, that there's a company that sells a race ready "kit". so im trying to add to the list of places people know about for explorer/ranger lift kits.
well anyways, hopefully someone will read this and load some pics on here of the kit.
mcneil off-road (not perry macneil or mcneilracing) has a 4x4 dana 35 suspension system that they sell. they're one of the only companies to sell a race worthy kit that you can bolt on, most companies are mainly fab shops that must install it for you. they're kit (and they're not affraid to call it a kit) comes with cut and turned beams, fully plated and trussed and ported for axle clearance.they have cool extra plating on the bottum of the pumpkin too as a skid plate. radius arms and tranny crossmember, brake lines, axles, sterring linkage and a drop pitman arm and are designed to run with coilovers. the kit cycles 17" of travel, and if you want to get swingset steering, it can pull 20" of travel. i talked AT LENGTH to the company owner Chad Mcneil (perry's cousin) and he's a great guy to talk to if you have any questions about rangers/explorers. he's been building kits since 1998 and i-beams are what he really knows and is a really nice guy when it comes to just wanting to ask him someting and not even thinking about buying his products.
they have different kits available too. the three main kits they have are
-just the whole d35
-d35 beams with d44 outers
-or the entire d44! (beams, axles, knuckles!)
each kit they can install or just sell as the kit and ship anywhere. and all kits are extended 4" per side. but you can get whatever length you want if you ask. and the d35 setup only uses on extended axle. d44 setup uses all stock components.
the kits are on sall now for $2,750 (usually $3k) but an engine cage for 14" coilovers is $1k (not included in the kit)
the steering on these systems are stock style steering, but they've extended them and got rid of all the bends and curves that the stock steering has. chad mcneil went on and on about how well his steering works and how most people don't even bother going swingset steering after they run his sock style custom steering. they engineered it to keep toe in/out angles to a minimum and not to bind at full 17" travel drop. and they worked it so they can move the beams farther forward than stock as to not hit the fire wall area with larger tires.
they also are a full shop just like mcneil racing. so they creat bumpers, cages etc. and mcneil off-road also has a full line of fiber glass, seperate from perry's fab n' fiber.
just thought i'd write a little (haha little) thing about mcneil offroad bucause i don't know of any one other than autofab that sells a d44 kits for rangers/explorers. and they're the only ones i know that offer a d35 kit with d44 outers on it.
if i come across any pics, ill post them on here. really nice lookin stuff
well anyways, hopefully someone will read this and load some pics on here of the kit.
mcneil off-road (not perry macneil or mcneilracing) has a 4x4 dana 35 suspension system that they sell. they're one of the only companies to sell a race worthy kit that you can bolt on, most companies are mainly fab shops that must install it for you. they're kit (and they're not affraid to call it a kit) comes with cut and turned beams, fully plated and trussed and ported for axle clearance.they have cool extra plating on the bottum of the pumpkin too as a skid plate. radius arms and tranny crossmember, brake lines, axles, sterring linkage and a drop pitman arm and are designed to run with coilovers. the kit cycles 17" of travel, and if you want to get swingset steering, it can pull 20" of travel. i talked AT LENGTH to the company owner Chad Mcneil (perry's cousin) and he's a great guy to talk to if you have any questions about rangers/explorers. he's been building kits since 1998 and i-beams are what he really knows and is a really nice guy when it comes to just wanting to ask him someting and not even thinking about buying his products.
they have different kits available too. the three main kits they have are
-just the whole d35
-d35 beams with d44 outers
-or the entire d44! (beams, axles, knuckles!)
each kit they can install or just sell as the kit and ship anywhere. and all kits are extended 4" per side. but you can get whatever length you want if you ask. and the d35 setup only uses on extended axle. d44 setup uses all stock components.
the kits are on sall now for $2,750 (usually $3k) but an engine cage for 14" coilovers is $1k (not included in the kit)
the steering on these systems are stock style steering, but they've extended them and got rid of all the bends and curves that the stock steering has. chad mcneil went on and on about how well his steering works and how most people don't even bother going swingset steering after they run his sock style custom steering. they engineered it to keep toe in/out angles to a minimum and not to bind at full 17" travel drop. and they worked it so they can move the beams farther forward than stock as to not hit the fire wall area with larger tires.
they also are a full shop just like mcneil racing. so they creat bumpers, cages etc. and mcneil off-road also has a full line of fiber glass, seperate from perry's fab n' fiber.
just thought i'd write a little (haha little) thing about mcneil offroad bucause i don't know of any one other than autofab that sells a d44 kits for rangers/explorers. and they're the only ones i know that offer a d35 kit with d44 outers on it.
if i come across any pics, ill post them on here. really nice lookin stuff