1999 Ranger 2wd 2.5 litre. 4 cylinders 8 spark plugs wtf Ford i mean Mazda. oops. sooooo im about to replace my upper and lower control arms sway bar bushings and such. squeaks like a baby goat petting zoo. i want to lift my front end a bit to squeeze some 30 31 inch tires in there. does anyone know if the coil spring from around the same year 4x or v6 springs will fit on my 2wd stock upper and lower? or are the control arms for the 4wd different? love this thing. gonna put a locker in the rear

It’s not a damn Mazda design. People need to stop spreading that shit. It’s essentially the same engine in the 1970s Pintos.


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hey thanks any useful information would be great!!

MB

The springs won't make a difference between years or 4x necessarily. Your best bet (if you're going for coils) is to find some used fabtech springs or camburg springs, but then you would have to get a different upper arm since the coils are longer. If you want to maintain all factory suspension, just get some 3" lift spindles. Hope this helps

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It's a 4 cyl engine and you're wanting to put 31" tires on it. Next you'll be complaining about lack of power and wanting to know how to add power to turn them

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Maxtrac lift coils.

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-98+ 4wd Rangers do not have coil springs, they use torsion bars.
-AFAIK there is no difference between I4 and V6 coil springs.
-Lower control arms are a different shape and have different rear mounting points on the frame. The balljoint on the upper arm is lightly larger in the 4wd trucks.
-If I were you I'd look into lift spindles (Maxtrac, WheelsNParts).

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If you go to 31s start looking into regearing.

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My 2010 2.3 has 30s and it is ok when not towing.

When towing a trailer with. Quad.

Uhhhhh... It can handle it, but there is a but.

Next tires im getting 235 75 15 better for towing.

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