99 ford expedition EB edition

[Investing]

Alright so i have a 1999 expedition Eddie Bauer With an air ride suspension. Can you help me find the cheapest way to lift this, mainly for an everyday driver, not for much off road use. Just need to know what I have to do and what to buy. I was looking at the 3" body lift 2" torsion key 2" spacers or 3" torsion 3" spacers. What would I have to do to apply this with an air ride suspension? How do I convert from air ride? Thanks!

 

[JDMitchell]

Here is a link to one of the more inexpensive conversion kits. Just google Expedition coil spring conversion and you will have a ton of options. Some expensive and some not. You shouldn't have a problem using the spacer on the rear and cranking the torsion bars in the front. And if you do the body lift make sure you take lots of pics since there isn't much on the net for an Expy B.L. Good luck and have fun.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Air-...ies&fits=Model:Expedition&hash=item5ae1ad7779

 

[walnuts4x4]

also for body lift I would only use Performance Accessories and use the 3" not the 2" since only the 3" has the bumper relocation brackets... and I wouldn't do new keys... cranking the torsion bars gives you almost the same amount of lift and it is free and not a pain like replacing the keys...IMO

 

[Investing]

Okay, I was going for maybe 35s. Since I'm not going to be off roading much i was looking for a nice looking tire that would be good in the snow and on the road and maybe for mud, mainly for pulling snowmobiles around. Just was looking for an inexpensive nice tire any recommendations on that would be nice. If I do the body lift I will take pics and maybe do a video. Thanks guys

 

[walnuts4x4]

if you go with a spacer n BL I would go with 315/75r16s... basically a 34.5" tire... can find them cheap and tons of different tires... very common size... but one tire I love but they don't make them bigger is the General Grabber AT2... basically a cheap BFG AT..

http://www.generaltire.com/tires/Grabber-ATsup2-sup

 

[Investing]

Okay thanks, do you know if the 2000 ford expedition xlt models have air ride suspension?

 

[panda24619]

Okay thanks, do you know if the 2000 ford expedition xlt models have air ride suspension?

air sus is standard on the EBs and an option on the xlts. coil sus is standard on the xlts and an option on the EBs.

 

[Thermo]

Please stop me when I am wrong, but you can't simply "just tweak the torsion bars" on an EB as the 4 wheel air ride system will simply let out more air from the bags/shocks and put that weight on the springs/air shocks. So, you have to move the height sensors too.

For getting a slight amount of lift on the cheap, your best bet is the body lift. The only word of caution there is if you have the moveable pedals, some body lifts work with this, some don't. If you don't have the moveable pedals, then you are golden.

 

[KWT2000]

the 4x4 EB only had air ride in the rear on the 1st gen

 

[TheGuyWho]

if you go with a spacer n BL I would go with 315/75r16s... basically a 34.5" tire... can find them cheap and tons of different tires... very common size... but one tire I love but they don't make them bigger is the General Grabber AT2... basically a cheap BFG AT..

http://www.generaltire.com/tires/Grabber-ATsup2-sup

Ive got these on right now!! They're awesome!!! I cant wait to try them out in the snow this winter!!!!

 

[Thermo]

KWT, are you sure? I seem to recall the EBs having 4 wheel air ride on the 4x4's. If you got a 2wd EB, then yes, you got the rear air ride only. That was one of the big differences between a 2wd and a 4WD vehicle. There was also a selling point with the air ride systems for the 4x4's that it also gave you an extra inch of trail ground clearance as the truck raised itself when you shifted into 4lo.

 

[Expeditionary]

the 4x4 EB only had air ride in the rear on the 1st gen

hahah I wish, mine had it on the front, im 100% sure lol

 

[walnuts4x4]

I have a non-air ride EB.. lol

 

[Expeditionary]

monroe part #90010 from rockauto or streetsideauto 1/2 or 1/3 as much as strutmasters. TT & Spacer Then a BL with 35s

could also go with junkyard coils for the rear and replace the front T bars with either standard or 7700LB, then either get lift shocks or relocate the factory shock mounts 4" lower than they are now. with a 3" spacer and the tbars cranked up front you would be looking at a 6" lift (with the Body lift of course)

 

[Thermo]

Walnuts, you could order the EBs without air ride (or with only the rear air ride), but that was a specialty order, not something that was normally done. Essentially they just built an EB on a day that they were building the normal X's.

 

[Erich Zeppelin]

the 4x4 EB only had air ride in the rear on the 1st gen

My 1999 E.B. has air on all four corners.

 

[KWT2000]

My 1999 E.B. has air on all four corners.

it was my under standing that 97 and 98 EB only had it on the rear like mine was... maybe it was an option

 

[walnuts4x4]

Walnuts, you could order the EBs without air ride (or with only the rear air ride), but that was a specialty order, not something that was normally done. Essentially they just built an EB on a day that they were building the normal X's.

I always knew I was special.....

 

[Canadian Expy]

I always knew I was special.....

Is that mean I'm special too...??? Cause I've got no Air ride in mine and it's an EB ...it seem to come with all the options in 2002 no reverse sensors system though but everthing else including the VCR and TV

 

[walnuts4x4]

vcr??? whats that???