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Rear end fitment
One of the issues I have always had is that the rear wheels on my car stick out a bit too far. Grinding the wheels has always been an option for about 800 bucks.. Ouch. Narrowing the rear seems a better way to go .. I currently have a 93 Mustang Gt 8.8 in the rear. According to my research it is 59.25 wide. I need to knock off about an inch on each side. I was told that that the Ranger 8.8 is 57" wide. Does anyone know if the ranger rear will drop into the CRII??
Alternately I am looking at having a custom 9" rear made by a company in Sacramento. |
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OFM, the GT 8.8 is the right rear end. My bet is your (wheel) off 'sets' are not enough OR are actually too much!
DV |
Hi Ed..
I realize it's the wheels that are causing the problem but seeing that I paid a small fortune for them and I like them I decided to narrow the rear. Besides I want to change my gears and brakes so I figure this is a good route. I spoke to the guy that made the wheels and said I could get another pair for the rear and he would grind them by a half inch so they sat in deeper but all total that would cost me 800 bucks shipped to my door. |
Regardless of the dimensions of the Ranger 8.8, it does not have the bracketry needed for a Mustang four link set up as it is leaf springs. The cost of buying a good Ranger rear and transfering those brackets to the Ranger rear end would probably be about the same as or more than just having your existing rear end narrowed.
Mike |
The ranger axles only come in 28 spline. I had my 8.8 narrowed & 31 spline axles made to fit. That way I ended up with what I wanted.
Craig P.S. The Ranger axles are also the shortest 8.8 factory axle. |
I think the older mustang axels up to about 89 were narrower and were the ones to use
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