WH 5.5" lIft
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Re: WH 5.5" lIft
I have cage 5.5 inch coils up front with winch and bumper. They are pretty soft. Probably a little softer than the WH springs. I will grab a measurement after work today and let you know. I have a feeling it will be too high for you. I think WH sells 4.5 inch springs now don't they? Or is that BC broncos? I bet 4.5 would get you where you want. Got any pics of the modified front bumper? I am sure you changed it up a bit!
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Re: WH 5.5" lIft
You've seen the 74. Ran into the same problem. It has a bad rake to it. The wh springs sag pretty bad
Rob
74 Ranger EFI351w, 4r70w, ARB 5.13 9in, ARB 5.13D44, and a bunch of other goodies. Best of all the family memories.
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New project: 77 Bronco Ranger, body work and more body work.
Very little left of a 72 durango tan explorer sport
74 Ranger EFI351w, 4r70w, ARB 5.13 9in, ARB 5.13D44, and a bunch of other goodies. Best of all the family memories.
04 Mustang Cobra, KenneBell 2.2 feeding a lot of boost on E85. Tire shredding machine
New project: 77 Bronco Ranger, body work and more body work.
Very little left of a 72 durango tan explorer sport
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Re: WH 5.5" lIft
Maybe Corey can help you out!
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Re: WH 5.5" lIft
I have the new WH 5.5" Lift. It as stiff as something made by Catepillar. I need to follow ZOSO's advice and pull one of the two shocks off each wheel to see if that helps. Anyway - you are always welcome to measure mine. Should be working on mine most of the weekend. I owe ya anyway for all of the help yesterday!
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Re: WH 5.5" lIft
Not sure if they'll work for what you're doing, but you're welcome to the 5.5" front springs off my truck when I get those Duffs put in. They're stiff, but they'll fix that sag.
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Re: WH 5.5" lIft
I've got the Cage 5.5" coils, 302, no winch but a heavy duty front bumper and my axle tube to frame height is 13" dead nuts.
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Re: WH 5.5" lIft
I just measured my bronco and found it sitting precisely at 12.5". 302, heavy cage, heavy bumper, winch. The coils are about 2 years old with mostly trail miles on them.
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Re: WH 5.5" lIft
i've got the 4.5" coils up front, no winch or bumper yet, but i dont think i'll be of much help to ya as the measurements would be totally different as i have the fw hp d44 and the way i adapted my lower coil cups it added 3/4" to the height so i pretty much have 5.25" of lift up front, but so ya know i love my wh 4.5" coils, they ride great and not too stiff, not as soft as the cage coils, but still soft in my opinion and thats even with the super bound up stock radius arms that i still have under it
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Re: WH 5.5" lIft
zillacon wrote:They do list 4.5" spring on their site. Once I get the top off I'll see where I'm at and decide on 4.5" or 5.5" Springs.
Zoso you coming by this weekend?
Thats the plan. I'll give you a call and see when your around.
Rob
74 Ranger EFI351w, 4r70w, ARB 5.13 9in, ARB 5.13D44, and a bunch of other goodies. Best of all the family memories.
04 Mustang Cobra, KenneBell 2.2 feeding a lot of boost on E85. Tire shredding machine
New project: 77 Bronco Ranger, body work and more body work.
Very little left of a 72 durango tan explorer sport
74 Ranger EFI351w, 4r70w, ARB 5.13 9in, ARB 5.13D44, and a bunch of other goodies. Best of all the family memories.
04 Mustang Cobra, KenneBell 2.2 feeding a lot of boost on E85. Tire shredding machine
New project: 77 Bronco Ranger, body work and more body work.
Very little left of a 72 durango tan explorer sport
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Re: WH 5.5" lIft
top left axle tube on inside of coil, to bottom of frame 11.3/4".
5.5 WH crawler coils
302, no winch, tube prerunner bumper with winch mount, 6 point cage and hard top on.
looks like everyones is a little diffrent.
5.5 WH crawler coils
302, no winch, tube prerunner bumper with winch mount, 6 point cage and hard top on.
looks like everyones is a little diffrent.
73', 302 w/EFI, C4, locked frt-rr, 5:13, 6"WH springs, 3" body, 35"MTR, 6pt cage.