No you wont need the chrome it would be a waste. Wheel it as is and upgrade if you break it. Unless your in the rocks your really going nuts you are going to have a hard time breaking it with 37's. Many guys run 37's on d44s

 

Talked to my uncle on making the bar/bracket thing for leaf springs he said he would do it and his friend has the machine to shorten my driveshaft for the 10.25 so I'm now 100% doing a Dana 60 now the search for one begins haha.

 

Nice, leaf sprung d44 could always do the trick If ya can find one cheap. If you weren't all the way in carolina I could help you out with cheaper d60's but obviously your too far. Good luck with the search though!

 

Thanks man! Hope I find one soon I want to do this thing already haha.

 

IF i have 6 inch lift leaf springs up front could i fit 38s? if i cant fit the 38s with just the 6 inch lift i found add a leafs for the front which would make it 9 inch springs but i know they dont make pitman arms that big so i have no idea what to do i will not add a body lift i HATE those things.

 

So if your doing leafs remember you still need drop brackets/leaf spring hangers, and most likely (id reccomend it) a shackle flip. SO you are adding alot of height there. You should log onto fullsizebronco, they have a great section on leaf sprung d60 swaps, do alot of reading and you will be in great shape

 

O and you should have more then enough lift for 38's

 

Good i was worried about that and yeah i knew i had to get the drop brackets/leaf spring hangers and new shock mounts. That's another thing i gotta figure out is what shocks im gonna use i was thinking about using skyjacker M95 shocks. they have a shackle flip on bronco grave yard for 170 for a 4.5 inch lift. Heres the link: http://broncograveyard.com/bronco/i-...-flip-kit.html

 

Here is another one i found.
http://www.sky-manufacturing.com/new...uct.php?id=180

 

found this kit for crossover steering so i could do that for my steering i will post a link.
http://www.sky-manufacturing.com/new...uct.php?id=257

 

I have an 86 that i did the solid axle swap on. went with 79 9inch coils but for now stuck with my original coil towers. i fit 38.5 boggers no problem without a body lift with 3.55 gears and i have a c6 swapped into it. now i got a 10.25 with 4.10 posi and i'm probly gonna just convert the front to 8 lug, but you have to get the knuckles and all off of a chevy d44 thats 8 lug. my buddy did that and his has no problem. I'm swapping the 10.25 in and the 5 speed in a week or so and then if i can find a d60 for the right price i'm gonna set it up and weld the wedges on for coils and possibly make long radius arms. would like to do the leaf swap but this is a little more my speed for now. Read this thread and just wanted to give you a heads up on what i'm doing because you'll have no problem with the d44 up front i would think and you can still 8 lug it to match the back.

 

^ thats not true you dont need chevy stuff, you can do it with ford stuff, trust me thats what was done to my 78/79 bronco d44 under my f150, long arms are definietly the way to go. Not to thread jack here but nestico I have 2 60's for sale pm me

Here's the 'next big thing' for doing leaf swaps, might want to consider this holton
http://www.fullsizebronco.com/forum/...d.php?t=228929
Its a nice set up

 

Dude i want that kit thats awesome they have 2.25 inch lift, 3.5, and 4.5 think im gonna go with 3.5 plus 6 inch lift springs.

 

Its a good kit, glad I could help some. 9 inches will be plenty for 38's I have a friend running that set up with a bronco

 

Picking up the 10.25 Thursday! cant wait to start this thing even thought its a small step out of this whole swap. With that kit i gotta leaf springs from a 99-2004 f350 right? or can i use ones from a 90s f350? I'm getting new ones just wanna know what kind i gotta get.