I have access to the front clip of a 2wd 1986 ranger (still on the truck, so I can get all the pieces I need) and I was thinking about trying to swap it onto my 1993 Explorer. So far, here's what I'm noticing while looking at these 2 pictures
it seems like the front of the doors and the bottom of the a-pillars could accommodate the same shape and size of fender. The cowl is harder to make a call on, but it looks like the ranger's is slightly shorter between the back of the hood and the windshield. The body lines look like they wouldn't quite match up on the top of the fenders as well.
When the Bronco II went over to the newer style front end in '89, did any of the structure change underneath the body panels? Because if they could run the similar newer style without major changes, I'm thinking I could reverse that step without too much hassle.
Any thoughts on this? I'll be picking up the body panels for free tomorrow, but I don't want to tear down my explorer if the project won't really work.
it seems like the front of the doors and the bottom of the a-pillars could accommodate the same shape and size of fender. The cowl is harder to make a call on, but it looks like the ranger's is slightly shorter between the back of the hood and the windshield. The body lines look like they wouldn't quite match up on the top of the fenders as well.
When the Bronco II went over to the newer style front end in '89, did any of the structure change underneath the body panels? Because if they could run the similar newer style without major changes, I'm thinking I could reverse that step without too much hassle.
Any thoughts on this? I'll be picking up the body panels for free tomorrow, but I don't want to tear down my explorer if the project won't really work.