What to buy

[tealz]

Hi there,
I'm looking at buying a 94 SWB Bighorn 3.1itd. I no the service history because it's my dads truck. But I won't to do a 2" suspention lift and 2" body lift. Do they have any trouble with the rear trailing arms? They seem a weak link in the setup. Looks like they would get hit as they hang down. Plus the truck is auto, can you do a body lift with the autos.

With this in mind and reading the other posts, should I just find a man MU as they seem better to do these 2 mods.
Any help would be of great value.
Thanks.

[geeves]

The rear trailing arms can be bent but Darlington off road make a stronger and better shaped replacement. Those lift options work equaly well on mus and bighorns. The bighorn has a slightly wider track and rear coils which can make for better articulation but the mu is slightly shorter which makes up for it

[nig]

Darlington are no more, He has shut up shop. However you can find similar stuff at independent4x.com/homepage.html

[tealz]

Do the front cv's suffer much after doing a 2" lift and is it easy to do a auto to man swap. Does the box out of a earlier bighorn fit?

[geeves]

The 3.1 bighorn has longer shafts on the cvs than the mu so the angles are a lot kinder. Never heard of a bighorn breaking a cv but it probably has happened somewhere

[walruz]

Yep, they do break!!! ;D ;D ;D

[tealz]

Thanks for all your help. Want to run 32" tyres instead of 33's. Less stress is always good.
The 2 lifts will be first on my list then the exhaust, boost and fuel to match.