To start, its a 1997 F-250 HD extended cab short bed. It has a 460 and D50 TTB, and it had a 4" body lift. I was searching for an ext. cab short bed F150 4wd but could not find one in good shape.I have had this truck for about 1.5 years, and has been great. I sold my bronco, mainly because it sat in my garage for months on end, and in the hopes somebody would get some use out of it. I was able to raise a little capital to begin my build.
At first, i was going to do some sort of bolt on kit, like pro comp drop brackets. i searched for awhile and obviously found nothing, so decided from there i was going to build my own suspension. which eventually led to building a prerunner setup.
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Cut and turned TTB from Solo motorsports,
2.5/12" Kings,
gas tank from a bronco,
progressive leaf pack,
Currie Heim joints
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and some other stuff, like rear bumper is built, tire carrier pieces are all cut and or bent up and pretty much have the design worked out.
I broke the project up into two "phases", one where i took the bed off and used a chassis paint product and replaced some brackets in the rear, as well as stuffed a bronco gas tank in the rear. i had to make a 1.5" drop bracket to allow for fitment, but turned out pretty well. I'll try to get a better pic. i also took the dumb ass body lift off!
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- body lift taken off
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