Lifts anything and everything to know?

Evil-Erik · 07-04-2008, 01:21 AM

I have a weekend warrior/daily driver 1990 geo tracker. used to drive to and from school and work and a trail rig on occasion. i ordered a peice of Melrin "also known as acetal" 3 inch round stock and i am going to machine 2 inch body lift spacers. going only 2 inches if i have this right i shouldn't have to mess with anything but the bumper mounts which i am replacing any ways to fit custom tube bumpers? and how tall of a coil spacer can i machine with out pulling my cvs out when i flex the suspension completley out. after the body lift i plan on the suspension lift right now i am just brain storming.I have great welding and machining skills and if i can't do it by myself i have friends at the four wheel drive shop who can do damn near anything. Whats been used what works what is above all safe? and does anyone know where i can get locking diffs?

MarkB.NV · 07-04-2008, 11:10 PM

I have the 2-door tracker 4x soft-top and I went for the 2 inch spacer kit - from the ebay guy. He sells the shorter kit on ebay, but contact him for the 2 inch kit. It includes 2inch spacers for the rear and 1.5 inch for the front. I think they were ~$90 shipped (great service). Installation was very straight forward. For the rear, I replaced the worn oem shocks with monroe sensa tracs for a 1990 Crown Vic 4-door sedan (rear). I replaced the front struts with new sensa tracs (std 1991 tracker) and added a spacer kit from lowrangeoffroad.com (also great service). Followed that up with a camber/alignment adjust for the front end. With new shocks on both ends it rides really nice. Not cheap but worth it. The 2" rear and 1.5" front spacers left the tracker setting very close to level.

I've heard that anything over 2 inches will require replacing the front axles hangers -else the CV's are at too sharp an angle and will wear very fast. So I stayed with the 2 inch kt.

Still need to add a set of aggressive off road tires and maybe some black off road wheels (cragar soft 8s) but I haven't decided if I want 235-75x15 or 30x9.5 x15. If I go for the 30's, I'll prolly add the 2 inch body lift and a set of rock sliders.

Local salvage yard sells axles for about $75 -so I was planning on picking up a stocker and welding the diff to make it locked full time. Much cheaper than a Lock-Rite ($300) or an ARB ($800). Welding the Diff - Pirate4x4.Com Bulletin Board

Plus, I can swap the original open diff back under the truck if I get tired of being locked.

Its a work in progress. But the little beast is very reliable and still delivers ~27 mpg.

Evil-Erik · 07-06-2008, 03:04 PM

i am running 235/75/15 i got the tires and wheels for five bucks at an aucton with three quarters tread i am looking to get the super swamper 30/9.5/15 but going to wait till its higher up. i thought about welding my diff as its free but i drive it everyday and welded diffs hate wyoming roads in the winter its fun to slide at first but it becomes a nuisance after a while

Pungak · 07-07-2008, 07:19 AM

can anybody give me the length of a 1990 Crown Vic 4-door sedan rear shocks. i need to find other model that available here.