lifting front for soa

[ExplorerX91]

i saw some front coils for an explorer Trailmmaster 4in off ebay for rreally chepa i was wondering if i could use thoise and the coil spacers to do the lift up fornt with the ext brakelines and crap is that possible or should i use the skyjakc or superlift kit.. also what are the other ways to lift the front of 1st gens then coil and coil spacers..anything/.

 

[jrgaylor]

In the long run it would be better to buy a front end lift as a complete kit, (Less hassle) look at the people who are looking seperate brackets etc.., if you do not have money spend now save up or buy a used lift.
Joe

 

[CodePoet]

I agree with jrgaylor to buy a kit. The reason is that you can not use the stock brackets with more that 2" of lift....you will never be able to align it. I'm planning on doing a soa in the future (after I graduate)....what i'm going to do/what I want to do is go with bent Ibeams up front since you can get so much travel out of them....and they're cool as heck! If you went that route I beleive you can use the stock brakets (SOMEONE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG) then put the 4" trailmaster springs on and your golden. I would think that you would also need to modify the steering linkage but i'm not sure what you would have to do. I'm not 100% positive but I thought that heard on here that desert rat sells them...and will take the core (don't quote me that please). Here's a page from therangerstation about the process of bending IBeams. The guy there modified his stock beams but I would deffintily not recomend this unless your a wiz at welding.
If you dont want to go this route, you will probably have to buy a kit.

Later
CP

 

[ExplorerX91]

yeaaaaa i was getting a kit i was just hoping to do it for like 250 dollars....ill do it the right way i guess ill probably just get a used one of here (superlift or skyjacker)

 

[Makahveli]

$250? from who? I need all those brackets my self, for the 4 brackets needed I was alrady told buy one storeover $600 alone.