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Old 12-06-2009, 09:55 PM
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Wink GOING FOR A PRERUNNER LOOK

Ive pondered for several days now on lowering my truck...... and then i had an epiphany.... in the form of a prerunner

they are built with 2wd chassies for people that dont know... and my truck is a 2wd. so the reason for starting this thread is to figure out if a 6inch lift for a 4wd will work because if i am not mistaken they have the same suspention... the 4wd just has a differential on the front i beams... so what do you all think
 
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I have a 95 2wd and have the Pre-runner theme. I added a Pre-runner light bar to the front and a spare tire carrier in the bed and 35" BFG,s with beadlock style wheels
 
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lol thats awsome .... do u have any pics of it and what about the lift i would love to see it coz i think prerunners are bad ***
 
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lol thats awsome .... do u have any pics of it and what about the lift i would love to see it coz i think prerunners are bad ***
I have a 3" Body lift and you can see pics of it in my Garage
 
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aw that is one sexy truck lol i love it and a 3" body lift.... i was thinking it was going to cost me out the a$$
 
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one more thing who made ur body lift and how did u do the bumper brackets
 
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The body lift was only a couple of hundred. I added it to clear the tires,in the future i plan on adding a suspension lift
 
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80-96 2wd Ford F150 6" Suspension [472H] 499.95 499.95
Nitro Shock Upgrade 25.00 25.00
80-89 Ford F150 Front Brake Lines [89300] 39.95 39.95
80-96 Ford F150 Rear Brake Line [89330] 34.95 34.95
87338 Dual Steering Stabilizer 89.95 89.95

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All prices are in US Dollars Subtotal 689.80
Shipping 69.95
Tax 67.26

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TOTAL 827.01
thats what a 6 inch will cost shipped to my front door lol be a while befor i could buy tires
 
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I have a couple pics of that Lightning prerunner too

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prerunner LT suspension is money money money.. Lowering is much cheaper and easier.
 
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one more thing who made ur body lift and how did u do the bumper brackets
Performance Accesererys is who the body lift is from and i did not move my bumpers, they are still in the stock postion
 
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Google autofab & check out the 80-96 F150 kits. From econo to wild they have it.
Lowering is easy to do as well. Either way, these trucks look great. I prefer lowered myself but its your truck.
 
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i like the front clip on the 92-96 models but since im going to be lifting it i think ill keep my 88 front clip i think ill go with the 4" lift
80-96 2wd Ford F150 4" suspension [467H] 469.95 469.95
80-89 Ford F150 Front Brake Lines [89300] 39.95 39.95
80-96 Ford F150 Rear Brake Line [89330] 34.95 34.95

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All prices are in US Dollars Subtotal 544.85
Shipping 69.95
Tax 53.12

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TOTAL 667.92
its a couple hundred cheeper plus 33's are cheeper than 35's lol ill go bigger later
 
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My '94 "Prerunner Ford Powerwagon".

A before picture of the truck when it was stock.




Here's after the 3'' body lift. Truck also has a 4.11 gear set and locking differential.


Just a 3'' Body lift. They make true suspension lifts for 2WD trucks. Look into it.

 
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beautiful truck and i have looked into the 2wd suspension lifts thats what i have priced out in the earlier post on here. i thaught about the body lift but i want the bumper up too.... and the 4 inch suspinsion lift will give me roughly 10" of travel i think who makes the bumpers with skid plates i looked on AUTOFABS site and they have them but no price.... i think i might be stuck with just getting a grill guard for now and mounting some lights on it ...... lol i might have the money by january
 
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If you can fab, you can fix the bumper no problem. I just don't care enough. Thank you for the compliment. I would look into a 4'' suspension lift if I were you. I personally don't have anything against body lifts. I believe they serve a purpose. No complains about mine so far.

I say go for 3 - 4 inches of lift so you don't run into too many problems and issues. A 3.73 gear set would help turn over some nice 33x11.5's.

How much money do you want to spend on this? What's the budget here? A body lift is $150. Helps save some cash for tires and gearing.

Ideally it would be nice if you could just run a 4'' suspension lift, 33'' tires and a 3.73 gear set.
 


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