89 Bronco II UPDATED 3/27 WITH another pic

frdboy86 · January 28, 2012, 05:30:45 AM

Picked up this decent "Eddie Bauer" Bronco II for $500
Put a fuel pump in it and a regulator and have been driving it daily for about 2 months. I've had a few of these damn things and love em. Got lucky with 4.10 gears with a limited slip...
The first one I had was the black 88 I had for a while and it surprised me the first time I took it off road and everytime after that. The first time I'm pretty proud of since I pulled 2 fullsize chevys out and then went through where I pulled them from and everywhere else around there with no problem. Lol.
Anyway, I got this completely stock and even "lowered" since the leafs were broke and bending upwards and the coils were SHOT! The 235s were in the wheel well.
This was right before I pulled it in to do some work

frdboy86 · January 28, 2012, 05:41:31 AM

Getting it ready for the lift....

Tearin it apart....

Front is out and on the ground...

burl · January 28, 2012, 03:45:25 PM

Weres the rest of the pictures? He has my old lift off of my copper bronco 2, it rides nice and I got it dirty first! Lol it looks good

redneck renegade · January 28, 2012, 06:29:10 PM

love them bronco2s

frdboy86 · January 28, 2012, 09:57:30 PM

Some more pics...
The brackets as I was painting them...

Both leafs were broken...

Side of the new brackes and extended stainless braided lines from Jeffs Bronco Graveyard...

frdboy86 · January 28, 2012, 10:05:42 PM

Front view...

frdboy86 · January 28, 2012, 10:21:03 PM

Just went out and took some current pics...

Next on the list:
Convert front to old style
Add 6" pre runner fenders
3" body lift
Nice set of wheels and 33" tires
Tube bumpers with tire rack in rear and winch mount up front
PAINT and body work

flintpunk · January 28, 2012, 10:27:38 PM

, looks great! Nice score, you can't beat that price!

mmink83 · January 28, 2012, 11:02:31 PM

Sweet B2

BUDGETBOGGER03 · February 03, 2012, 10:06:38 PM

SWEET!!!

4X4jared · February 03, 2012, 11:10:15 PM

very nice!

ProGrade · February 04, 2012, 01:08:53 AM

Had an 88 ranger 5 speed, 2.9L had pretty much no power, but the driveline woul go through anything.

burl · February 04, 2012, 04:52:59 AM

We have had nothing but good luck with 2.9s run high r's and are almost bulletproof

frdboy86 · February 05, 2012, 01:19:35 AM

My 2.9 in my black 88 was bulletproof until it got thirsty...lol

frdboy86 · March 20, 2012, 10:58:21 PM

well, got the front switched over and added the fenders. need to get it painted. hopefully this weekend ill have the body lift on and some decent rims/tires or at least tires. Cant wait for Silver Lake this year!!! at least now I wont have to worry about ruining another set of fenders.

This is the old core support that was rusting away

This is the brand new old style core support being installed

Here is a little test fitting going on

And this is what I have now..

burl · March 21, 2012, 05:19:34 AM

i think the fenders would look better on mine....

frdboy86 · March 21, 2012, 12:35:04 PM

Quote from: burl on March 21, 2012, 05:19:34 AM
i think the fenders would look better on mine....

lol...only cuz you like them and I got em

burl · March 21, 2012, 02:58:33 PM

ill order me a set some day...i wanna get my tube doors built, was thinking about trying to make soft doors....wouldnt be hard, then find some vinal place to cover them and put windows in them

85cHeavyMetalBogger · March 21, 2012, 04:35:30 PM

Quote from: 4X4jared on February 03, 2012, 11:10:15 PM
very nice!

Disturbed Sledneck · March 24, 2012, 03:18:25 PM

Very cool build. I'm going tomorrow to pick mine up. These are stout little wheelers, I'm excited to get working on it.

Oh, slightly jealous of the '70s crew cab in the background too.