98 5.0 need hieght not just TT and shakles

[chaseracer22]

i cant find anyway to lift a awd 98 explorer more then 2 inches w/o buying a 1500 dollar superlift
does anyone know how

 

[MountaineerGreen]

Body lift

 

[SkanlaxJMO]

just curious why not the TT, instead of shackles you can also do Add-a leafs, a new leaf pack(with lift built in) or F-150 leaves added in.

 

[trj360]

just curious why not the TT, instead of shackles you can also do Add-a leafs, a new leaf pack(with lift built in) or F-150 leaves added in.

i think he means he wants more height than with solely TT and shackles

 

[chaseracer22]

no i want more then TT and shackles. i want 4 or 5 inches. buut i cannot find a body lift that will fit my explorer

 

[Silver X]

You'll use a Ranger body lift with a couple of mods. Do a search here for "Body Lift" and you'll find more specific details.

 

[nssj2]

unfortunately your options are limited to an expensive lift kit (4" max), tt and shackel(about 2" max) and body lift(3" max). a combination of the last 2 is the least expensive way. And like silverx said, if you use a body lift you will need to do some fab work.

 

[trj360]

in my 99 i did not fabricate a single thing. i simply flipped my rear brackets upside down and switched sides. it leaves the bumper about an inch lower than where it should be but it was extremely easy to do. take a look at the pic in my sig, the rear bumper.

 

[chaseracer22]

so do i need a pa853 body lift? that is what i read and i can't find were to get one

 

[Silver X]

Summit Racing has them. Not sure which you'd use though for your year Explorer, the pa853 or pa883. Someone else will have to verify.

pa853
http://store.summitracing.com/partd...53&view=32&N=700+4294918515+400032+4294908331

or
pa883
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?part=PRA-PA-883&view=32&N=700+

 

[chaseracer22]

ok thanks for the links. now will shackles and TT still add to the body lift or will it not matter if i do them. and does anyone know, pa 853 or pa 833 for a 1998 5.0 AWD

 

[chaseracer22]

im pretty sure its the 833. but im not sure

 

[Silver X]

Well, trj360 shows the PA883 kit in his sig for his '99. I'd guess that's what you'd use for your '98 too, since they are pretty much the same.

Yes TT, shackles, AAL, etc will increase lift in addition to the body lift. You won't have to do any suspension work if you only want 3" and do the body lift.

 

[chaseracer22]

well guys just throughing this out there... i bought the pa 883

 

[trj360]

yep that's the one, for 98-01 rangers

 

[storlied]

If I'm not mistaken, the 1st gen body lifts will work for the 2nd gens. They're not too expensive either.