Coil swap for my Edge? Possible?
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Coil swap for my Edge? Possible?
Well I finally gots the cash to lower the God-forsaken thing, but after thinking about getting bags for a few months I think I changed my mind. My question is:
how difficult would it be to put coils up front? Would it be possible to swap the front ends of a non-torsion bar Ranger onto my Edge. That would leave me with the possibility of getting a lowering kit, rather than expensive not-worth it airbags. I have the money for a local shop to get this done, but I just need to to if it is at all possible.
how difficult would it be to put coils up front? Would it be possible to swap the front ends of a non-torsion bar Ranger onto my Edge. That would leave me with the possibility of getting a lowering kit, rather than expensive not-worth it airbags. I have the money for a local shop to get this done, but I just need to to if it is at all possible.
#2
Originally Posted by 2ranger2
how difficult would it be to put coils up front? Would it be possible to swap the front ends of a non-torsion bar Ranger onto my Edge.
#5
i agree with them.
your easiest bet would be to make your own set of arms and coil buckets or whatever else you needed/ wanted. come to think of it, you'd probably only need lower a-arms (+ others) as you're probably not gonna be putting a lowered truck through a whole lot of suspension beating...
shouldnt be too bad if you've got a good fab guy
your easiest bet would be to make your own set of arms and coil buckets or whatever else you needed/ wanted. come to think of it, you'd probably only need lower a-arms (+ others) as you're probably not gonna be putting a lowered truck through a whole lot of suspension beating...
shouldnt be too bad if you've got a good fab guy
#6
Really all you need is a custom upper arm that will clear the coil on a coilover, a normal shockmount on the lower arm, and add a normal shockmount to the top of the shock tower.
well, that and a pair of coilovers and a few sets of springs to make sure you have the right spring rate.
Take a look at the Camburg 6.0 setup and that's basically what you want, but for a lowered application. The camburg 6.0 kit only runs 1500 bucks for parts, and you get a new spindle, upper arm, bilstien shock, limiting strap, brakelines and NO BALLJOINT up top!
well, that and a pair of coilovers and a few sets of springs to make sure you have the right spring rate.
Take a look at the Camburg 6.0 setup and that's basically what you want, but for a lowered application. The camburg 6.0 kit only runs 1500 bucks for parts, and you get a new spindle, upper arm, bilstien shock, limiting strap, brakelines and NO BALLJOINT up top!
#7
I talked to a guy at a off-road shop yesterday. Builds rock crawlers and stuff so he is pretty reliable. Also recently started working on hot-rods.
He took a look at things and said he could DEFINITELY take on a project like mine. He'll flip the rear and throw on some coilovers up front, but that's really all the details I have about it right now. He got very busy while I was there and before he started to take measurements, I had to run to Nashville so I didn't get time to talk to him. I'll be going back tomorrow though, hopefully. Maybe this could be 2ranger2's "front coilover" thread.
He took a look at things and said he could DEFINITELY take on a project like mine. He'll flip the rear and throw on some coilovers up front, but that's really all the details I have about it right now. He got very busy while I was there and before he started to take measurements, I had to run to Nashville so I didn't get time to talk to him. I'll be going back tomorrow though, hopefully. Maybe this could be 2ranger2's "front coilover" thread.
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