Does anyone know how to lift an 86 2wd pickup to a baja runner hight? i got the back taken care of and for now im just gunna put coil over's on the front. i dont want to pay the $500 for the lift kit's and i would like more wheel travel then most offer. im told to fab my own but im not quite shure how, or if there are good trick's o the trade?

 

Good luck on getting a coil over to fit

 

i found one that should fit im just gunna convert the top post a little, a cost of all 2 bucks to convert it lol, and i found some coil overs on whittney for a good price

 

check the total chaos site?

 

x2

 

Don't cheap out and do a hack job. Make sure everything is overbuilt, nothing like a coilover shooting up through your hood....

 

You can put some ball joint spacers up front for a few inches more travel and lift:
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/...ntSpacer.shtml

 

I doubt the stock shock mount is strong enough to hold the weight of the vehicle. Not to mention a shock and spring combo to fit in a whole made for just a 2" shock will probably fade pretty quick, but if this the route you wanna take at least have a good shock hoop fabbed up.

If you're serious about desert running then don't skimp, save up for long travel

Or if you just want a mild toy get some larger t-bars, some lo-pro bumps, some good shocks, and maybe even some BJ spacers for a little more tune-ability.

And check out some of the desert forums, like race-dezert.com, and see what they think of your ideas

 

x2. If you plan on stuffing coilovers where the shocks went, you are stupid. There is no way in stockform it could handle the forces we are dealing with...

 

I want a video of you landing after going over the first dune

Its gonna be quite entertaining.

But seriously, you gotta save up for a long travel suspension if you really want this to last more than one dune.

 

dune? he would be lucky to make it over a speedbump trying to do this crap!

soml13 save some money and do it the right way. if you dont and try to do it cheap and WRONG, you can kill other people and yourself.
if your interested i will be selling some of my current setup (seen in my sig) in a few weeks because i am upgrading to a mid travel kit. it will get you farther and faster into the desert then trying to put on random coilovers and its definitely better then stock.

 

I wanna see what coil-overs you plan on using

 

this will get you home

 

ok sweet i never thought of some of the stuff u guy's r talkin thanx for the advice...i dont want to kill my truck lol....the trucks ive lifted were 4x4 full size beasts, so all we did was put blocks on the rear and extended coils on the front (with some details in it to) but im new to tryin anything with independent suspention.

 

ya i was told by this guy who said he did off road stuff to do the coil overs to add hight and some off road stability, im not making the truck to hard core (i still have to use the cargo compacity) but i want a fun toy to play in the desert with, thanx for the info about my originaly bad advice.... i didnt want to pay the insane $$ that some places want for lift kit's but if it's gunna ruin my truck (or worse my life) i think that $$ doesnt sound to bad lol