Body Lift for 99 Mountaineer

[Justawajz]

I'm looking to put a 3in body lift on my Mounty.. I've seen a quite a few Explorers and Mountaineers on here with them. I was just wondering if anyone ran into any problems with the steering shaft.. I heard the one that comes with the kit for the Ranger dosn't work.. I don't want to get halfway through this install then be stuck because of that.. Any suggestions??

 

[section525]

I think the steering shaft was only an issue on the 95-97 installs. I think the 883 kit comes with the correct steering extension for your '99. But get a second opinion!

 

[Mutineer]

Mine was a 1997. I had to build a custom job for mine.

Daniel

 

[aeaglenfitch]

yeah, i have the same question

 

[Dan Whitaker]

As for the not fitting it is the bumper brackets that can't be used. You will need to fabricate them. Everything else is fine.

 

[nickm347]

yep the steering shaft will fit, and the front bumper brackets will fit too. only thing that wont fit is the rear bumper brackets.

 

[Justawajz]

That's exactly what I needed to know, thanks for the help! I just wanted to make sure I had everything covered before I started this. I'm sure I can figure somthing out for the rear bumper. Now I just have to replace my busted Transfer Case.. ahhh.. lol

 

[BonesDT]

yep the steering shaft will fit, and the front bumper brackets will fit too. only thing that wont fit is the rear bumper brackets.

I second that. Making rear bumper brackets are easy. All you need are two pieces of flat 4-5" by 3" by 1/8" steel or something and drill 4 holes in each of them (3" higher that the bottom two holes).

Keep in mind your spare tire won't be accessible the same way. I would remove it before you do the lift. Keep 2 of the brackets meant to brace under the Ranger pick-up bed. I was thinking they would work well to lift the spare tire pulley 3" so the holes will line up, but haven't tried it yet.

 

[BonesDT]

Oh yea, I haven't done it in a while, so it's vaguely familiar, but I remember you have to get two more of a certain size body mount bolts. There's a way around it, but I just called up Performance Products and told them that the kit didn't come with the 2 bolts, which is the best way to do it (always tell everyone on the phone you have a Ranger).

 

[nickm347]

Oh yea, I haven't done it in a while, so it's vaguely familiar, but I remember you have to get two more of a certain size body mount bolts. There's a way around it, but I just called up Performance Products and told them that the kit didn't come with the 2 bolts, which is the best way to do it (always tell everyone on the phone you have a Ranger).

I only used the bolts that came in the kit. I know what you are talking about, but i dont remeber which bolts i used where. There is a writeup for a BL install on here somewhere, and it was noted which ones to use.