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From 1990 Ford Bronco “Bling-Bling” — documented by TTB Blows.

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1990 Ford Bronco - SAS is all you need to know 1990 Ford Bronco - For reference, stock front framerail before any mods. (Sorry for the smoky pic) 1990 Ford Bronco - Welded nuts in for bumper before boxing 1990 Ford Bronco - Front framerail (other side obviously) boxed, DOM tubing run for front hanger 1990 Ford Bronco - Here's how the hanger will sit once bolts are run thru the DOM. Front hanger is stock from a '77ish F250 1990 Ford Bronco - Another pic of other framerail and front hanger 1990 Ford Bronco - A side view of the '77 hanger. U can see I had to trim my custom front bumper a bit. 1990 Ford Bronco - Here's the template for boxing (a plasma is a beautiful thing) 1990 Ford Bronco - Steve Rickard's u-bolt flip on his '78/9 60 front 1990 Ford Bronco - Home from Steve's shop, the swap starts in February '02 (is there a more wonderful thing than ripping out TTB?) 1990 Ford Bronco - Here's a stock 19 spline D44 stub shaft next to a stock 30 spline D60 stub shaft 1990 Ford Bronco - The rear hangers for the front springs are stock from any '80-97 F250 or 350. This is where they sit on the frame stock, but mine must come… 1990 Ford Bronco - See, this shackle angle just ain't cutting it 1990 Ford Bronco - Here's the same hanger moved forward after a few grinder mods :) 1990 Ford Bronco - Here's a stock hanger vs the how I needed to mod the rear hangers for the front springs 1990 Ford Bronco - Here's the body mount on the driver's side.... 1990 Ford Bronco - ..... here's the same body mount after a little discussion with Mr. Grinder. This plus the mods to the hanger allow me to move it forward a… 1990 Ford Bronco - I also moved the hole in the rear hanger UP and FORWARD for better clearance and improved shackle angle. If you ever look at the instructio… 1990 Ford Bronco - Here's the final setup and the shackle angle gets better as it's weighted 1990 Ford Bronco - A close-up of the above shot. Note the hole to the left is where the hanger originally WAS; my grinding and cutting netted me about 1" forw… 1990 Ford Bronco - Here's a general shot of the leaf installed (I had a better shot somewhere...) 1990 Ford Bronco - Same as above, different perspective (note this was before I improved the shackle angle) 1990 Ford Bronco - Here we go, here's the finished setup weighted 1990 Ford Bronco - I copied Steve and flipped my u-bolts too 1990 Ford Bronco - Here it lives under the truck (no brakes or steering yet) 1990 Ford Bronco - I used the stock brackets off an F250/350 for the brake hard line/soft line interface, but any piece of steel could work if bent accordingly 1990 Ford Bronco - A better shot of the brake line bracket 1990 Ford Bronco - On the passenger side I was able to use an old 8.8 spring plate with just a slight amount of reaming to the holes. This is how a spring pla… 1990 Ford Bronco - On the driver's side I temporarily used an F250 TTB spring plate. Note this is how a spring plate should NOT be oriented (it can buckle in… 1990 Ford Bronco - I later built my own spring plate for the driver's side. 1/4" plate isn't enough, it's now bending a bit. I was so proud of these welds in… 1990 Ford Bronco - The lower shock mounts were stolen off my old TTB arms, trimmed, and welded to the spring plates (see above pic). 1990 Ford Bronco - The upper shock mounts are stock from an '80+ F250 or 350. Simple, bolt-on. 1990 Ford Bronco - Here's a loaded caliper installed with the anti-rattle clip 1990 Ford Bronco - In the end it works quite nicely on the trails 1990 Ford Bronco - Ditto 1990 Ford Bronco - I like this one too, even tho it doesn't show incredible flex 1990 Ford Bronco - Two more poser shots 1990 Ford Bronco - This white 1990 Ford Bronco navigates a challenging rocky terrain on a mountain trail, its off-road capabilities. 1990 Ford Bronco - R.I.P. TTB! 1990 Ford Bronco - 20 degree ramp 1990 Ford Bronco - 1025 score going forward 1990 Ford Bronco - Front 37" stuffs into my inner fender 1990 Ford Bronco - 971 score in reverse 1990 Ford Bronco - Messing around on a random crack on Seven Mile Rim 1990 Ford Bronco - Stuffed spring 1990 Ford Bronco - Drooped spring 1990 Ford Bronco - Here's a poser shot in my front yard. Here the driver's front is stuffed. Quite a bit of negative arch on that sping 1990 Ford Bronco - TTB + BFE = SOL 1990 Ford Bronco - TTB "art" hung on shop wall