Body Lift on the Way!

[01export]

Does anyone know where I can find a 3 in bl for an 01 explorer sport, it seems like all i can find are bl's for sport tracs? Thanks fellas!-Erik

 

[AMMO_HOOAH]

Ok got the body lift in. Easy for the most part, but I did have one PITA front body mount, and the radiator was kinda tricky. The bumpers ended up pretty nice for my custom fashoned brackets here's pics of the front bumper brackets:

TT/Shackles, 3" body lift, 31"

Heres the brackets I made:

All those are, are 1 1/2" X 3/16 weld steel, I cut 4" lengths then drilled them out on 3" worked great. I got the bend from putting them on and using a 4' crow bar on the bumper to get it level.

 

[410Fortune]

so you have a small TT and a 3" body lift with 31's??

what tire size do you plan to run?
Looks good, the front bumper is a friggin PITA to get it sitting right after the BL, even with CNC cut brackets it was still a PITA

 

[churd69]

Does anyone know where I can find a 3 in bl for an 01 explorer sport, it seems like all i can find are bl's for sport tracs? Thanks fellas!-Erik

PA883, its for your ranger I have an almost complete kit, but I need a puck or two and some bolts.

-Rich

 

[AMMO_HOOAH]

so you have a small TT and a 3" body lift with 31's??

what tire size do you plan to run?
Looks good, the front bumper is a friggin PITA to get it sitting right after the BL, even with CNC cut brackets it was still a PITA

I'll be keeping the 31's until I do the susp lift and gears/lockers which is quite a while ($) down the road then I'll be putting on 37's. As for the front bumper the way I did it it was EASY! The rear is what really sucked.

 

[SkanlaxJMO]

you guys in flordia get so lucky not having rust.....i took a peek at my body mouts to se what the bolts looked like...i looked at the ones behind the back seat and damn were they rusty.....they broke my fing 1/2" drive rachet when i was just trying to see if i could break it loose.....but anyway... nice job with the BL looks great.

 

[AMMO_HOOAH]

you guys in flordia get so lucky not having rust.....i took a peek at my body mouts to se what the bolts looked like...i looked at the ones behind the back seat and damn were they rusty.....they broke my fing 1/2" drive rachet when i was just trying to see if i could break it loose.....but anyway... nice job with the BL looks great.

I've actually only been in FL for 4 years before that the truck was in WA, plenty of snow and salt up there. Besides what do you think salt water does to vehicles! I count myself as lucky thats all.

 

[gsx220]

does a body lift hurt handling or ride quility at all?

 

[AMMO_HOOAH]

does a body lift hurt handling or ride quility at all?

Doesn't change handling or ride quality, but it will raise your CG a little.

 

[SkanlaxJMO]

haha your still better off......jsut shy of 10 Syracuse winters on my truck...

 

[01export]

Would a Sport Trac BL fit on my 01 sport? Thanks fellas!

 

[churd69]

Would a Sport Trac BL fit on my 01 sport? Thanks fellas!

might, but a PA883 will. Damn, i just wanted to use that smiley, its so damn cool.

-Rich

 

[Paraphoe]

I wanna do a TT/shackles and a 3'' BL and then try to squeeze 33's under. Doesn't look like they'd fit on your ride, makes me kinda nervous...

 

[Blee1099]

I wanna do a TT/shackles and a 3'' BL and then try to squeeze 33's under. Doesn't look like they'd fit on your ride, makes me kinda nervous...

They'll fit with some minor trimming. Do I smell a wrench-fest soon?

 

[Paraphoe]

They'll fit with some minor trimming. Do I smell a wrench-fest soon?

I'm so not looking forward to getting this on. I'm anticipating a nightmarish day.

 

[96x222]

how do u fit the ranger body lift on ur explorer? ive been trying to find a body lift and had no luck to fit my 96. please email skidookid222@yahoo.com with answers. thanks

 

[AMMO_HOOAH]

I'm sure I wont be the last to tell you USE THE SEARCH FEATURE! Do a little looking and you'd have more info than you could need, but since I'm a nice guy I'll tell you anyway. PA853 (performance accesories body lift) will fit the 95-97 I believe EXCEPT bumper brackets I had to get creative with mine. Some people say the brackets out of the PA883 will fit. BTW these aren't FOR the explorer they're for a Ranger that brave people on here took the risk to try and figured out what worked (mostly). Do some research and you'll find everything you need to know.