Lift Kit Measurement Help?

I'm buying a '90 full size Bronco with a lift kit and 35" tires. I'd like
to find out how much lift has been added, and the place I'm buying it from
can't tell me. I saw on one of the Bronco sites that a minimum of 4" lift
is needed for 35's. Is there a way to take a measurement to find how much
lift has been added?

Thanks,
GregM

wrote:
>
> I'm buying a '90 full size Bronco with a lift kit and 35" tires. I'd like
> to find out how much lift has been added, and the place I'm buying it from
> can't tell me. I saw on one of the Bronco sites that a minimum of 4" lift
> is needed for 35's. Is there a way to take a measurement to find how much
> lift has been added?

One way would be to find a similar model, unlifted vehicle, measure from the ground up to the frame in a few spots, compare those measurements to yoours, accounting for the tire height differences, any difference is equal to your lift. On the tire
heights, take 1/2 the actual tire height as the difference in the calculation.

--
Roger

wrote:
>
> I'm buying a '90 full size Bronco with a lift kit and 35" tires. I'd like
> to find out how much lift has been added, and the place I'm buying it from
> can't tell me. I saw on one of the Bronco sites that a minimum of 4" lift
> is needed for 35's. Is there a way to take a measurement to find how much
> lift has been added?

One way would be to find a similar model, unlifted vehicle, measure from the ground up to the frame in a few spots, compare those measurements to yoours, accounting for the tire height differences, any difference is equal to your lift. On the tire
heights, take 1/2 the actual tire height as the difference in the calculation.

--
Roger

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 03:20:05 GMT, wrote:

>I'm buying a '90 full size Bronco with a lift kit and 35" tires. I'd like
>to find out how much lift has been added, and the place I'm buying it from
>can't tell me. I saw on one of the Bronco sites that a minimum of 4" lift
>is needed for 35's. Is there a way to take a measurement to find how much
>lift has been added?

Take a look at the rear end and see if you can see an additional lift
block between the factory block and the spring pack. The factory
block will likely have horns while the lift block will be just a basic
block, possibly beveled. The height of the new block will be the
minimum amount of lift added. (It is possible that an add-a-leaf or
even different spring pack is being used to add lift too. Also, many
times the front gets 1-1.5" of more lift than the rear to bring the
lifted truck level.)

Matt
99 V-10 Super Duty, Super Cab 4x4

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 03:20:05 GMT, wrote:

>I'm buying a '90 full size Bronco with a lift kit and 35" tires. I'd like
>to find out how much lift has been added, and the place I'm buying it from
>can't tell me. I saw on one of the Bronco sites that a minimum of 4" lift
>is needed for 35's. Is there a way to take a measurement to find how much
>lift has been added?

Take a look at the rear end and see if you can see an additional lift
block between the factory block and the spring pack. The factory
block will likely have horns while the lift block will be just a basic
block, possibly beveled. The height of the new block will be the
minimum amount of lift added. (It is possible that an add-a-leaf or
even different spring pack is being used to add lift too. Also, many
times the front gets 1-1.5" of more lift than the rear to bring the
lifted truck level.)

Matt
99 V-10 Super Duty, Super Cab 4x4

Roger Brown wrote:

> wrote:
>
>>I'm buying a '90 full size Bronco with a lift kit and 35" tires. I'd like
>>to find out how much lift has been added, and the place I'm buying it from
>>can't tell me. I saw on one of the Bronco sites that a minimum of 4" lift
>>is needed for 35's. Is there a way to take a measurement to find how much
>>lift has been added?


I have installed 35" tires on two Broncos that I've owned, a 1987 and my
current Bronco which is a 1993. I did both with a modest lift (from
SkyJacker) which claims 1.5"-2" of lift. I also had the rear springs
re-arched, I asked them to increase the lift by about 2" (I think they
added a little more to allow for "settling" over time), I used the same
springs on my '93, but I added two smaller leafs to the compliment.

Anyway, if you want to know if there is a 4" (or 6") lift, you need to
look for a "drop-down" bracket on the front end. The 4" and 6" lift use
the same bracket, but they use different holes. The drop-down bracket
should be rather obvious, a normal/stock Bronco does not have one. It
will be in the center of the front axle and it is designed to relocate
the left/right axles t o a higher/lower position (higher/lower depends
on your point of view ;-).

--
PapaRick /(Home) <or> /(Work)
1972 MGB (Blue/Black top), 1.8L inline 4-cyl engine
1996 Jaguar XJ6 (Black), w/4.0L inline 6cyl engine, 3.54 gears
1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme International (w/3.1L engine)
1993 Bronco 351EFI E4OD/BW1356 D44-Ford8.8/open 2"-lift 35"-tires

Roger Brown wrote:

> wrote:
>
>>I'm buying a '90 full size Bronco with a lift kit and 35" tires. I'd like
>>to find out how much lift has been added, and the place I'm buying it from
>>can't tell me. I saw on one of the Bronco sites that a minimum of 4" lift
>>is needed for 35's. Is there a way to take a measurement to find how much
>>lift has been added?


I have installed 35" tires on two Broncos that I've owned, a 1987 and my
current Bronco which is a 1993. I did both with a modest lift (from
SkyJacker) which claims 1.5"-2" of lift. I also had the rear springs
re-arched, I asked them to increase the lift by about 2" (I think they
added a little more to allow for "settling" over time), I used the same
springs on my '93, but I added two smaller leafs to the compliment.

Anyway, if you want to know if there is a 4" (or 6") lift, you need to
look for a "drop-down" bracket on the front end. The 4" and 6" lift use
the same bracket, but they use different holes. The drop-down bracket
should be rather obvious, a normal/stock Bronco does not have one. It
will be in the center of the front axle and it is designed to relocate
the left/right axles t o a higher/lower position (higher/lower depends
on your point of view ;-).

--
PapaRick /(Home) <or> /(Work)
1972 MGB (Blue/Black top), 1.8L inline 4-cyl engine
1996 Jaguar XJ6 (Black), w/4.0L inline 6cyl engine, 3.54 gears
1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme International (w/3.1L engine)
1993 Bronco 351EFI E4OD/BW1356 D44-Ford8.8/open 2"-lift 35"-tires