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Advice for those buying a Bronco for the looks, not offroading... GO straight to 37" tires

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What's the link for the 37" capable lift, 2", 3", etc?

What mods are needed for the a-arms and cv-joints?

Will this give me enough capability to climb over the islands at the mall or will I be limited to the Starbucks drive-thru?





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Mall - yes, Starbucks - no. Why? Because the Starbucks ones are higher than the sky.
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I think a lot of people are still in sticker shock and keep-the-new mode.

Once a few step up to 37" or 40" and go to Bronco meets, others will quickly follow.

I agree. I am, mostly, trying to caveat this unsound financial move by little things like telling myself I'll keep the stock 35s for warranty purposes the first year or so, lol
 

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I'm sure this has been pointed out before but not in this tread is 35s on the 2 door = 37s on the 4 door

A 2 door with 35 will look like the 37s on the 4 door. Its just a size thing. My neighbor is a big jeep guy and has a 2 door and a 4 door. When he got the 4 door he put 37s on and I was like so you are stepping up he was like no it just takes 37s to make the 4 door have the same look as my 2 door.
 

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My plan is to run my WildTrak on the 35" for a while to get to know the vehicle and after a year or two change out the wheels and tires to 37"s.... by then there should be enough info out there on what additional mods I will need (Lift or not).
 

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Base JKU came with 29”. I went to 31 with steel oem wheel after two months.
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two years later put 2” lift and went 33” MT.
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three Years later went 2.5” lift and 8 arm adjustable suspension. Needed 35” tires to fill gap. Didn’t care for MT or Yokohama (highest rated MT at the time).
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do it once after all the research needed. Save up and do it once.
 

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based on what you said, im sure the answer will be a no, but do you (or anyone else) foresee any issues running 35's on the M190 on a 2 door base 7 speed manual? gunna do some wheels with a little bit of negative offset too. I dont do any serious rock crawling or trails. just some mild off road stuff for hunting. I dont want to feel like i have to baby the thing when i drive it with 35's.... i'm sure i'll do a couple pulls through the gears every now and then. thanks in advance!

edit - i found some good answers on this thread: https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/threads/stock-190mm-front-axles-tough-enough-to-turn-35s.2599/
 
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based on what you said, im sure the answer will be a no, but do you (or anyone else) foresee any issues running 35's on the M190 on a 2 door base 7 speed manual? gunna do some wheels with a little bit of negative offset too. I dont do any serious rock crawling or trails. just some mild off road stuff for hunting. I dont want to feel like i have to baby the thing when i drive it with 35's.... i'm sure i'll do a couple pulls through the gears every now and then. thanks in advance!

edit - i found some good answers on this thread: https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/threads/stock-190mm-front-axles-tough-enough-to-turn-35s.2599/
I'm currently running the Kenda RT 601 tires in 35x10.50R17.
That's the equivalent of a 275 metric width.

They don't rub inside with factory offset rims.

I'm hoping that the regular Bronco 17" rims will also work this way.
If they do, I'll sell the Sasquatch wheels and tires.

Still haven't settled on getting a true Sasquatch package, or make my own Cheapsquatch. :ROFLMAO:
 

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The OP is correct: Tires are a gateway drug. Buy once, cry once.

A long time ago when I didn't know any better I had an H3. I bought it with the mega tough Adventure Package. It came with "heavy duty" skid plates, 33" tires, a locking rear dif, and a 4:1 transfer case. I proceeded to go to places like Paragon Adventure Park (long gone, sadly), the brand new Rausch Creek, a hopefully NOT once in a lifetime trip to Colorado and then Moab, and to various local trails.
What I learned is that unless you stick to groomed fire roads you will quickly run out of ground clearance. That heavy duty skid plate looked like a pringles can lid and every low point on the frame was ground down from dragging over rocks.
I soon went to 35's with shackles from a YJ and turned up tortion bars to get some lift, probably about 2". This was better, but still the H3 was a drag queen as it dragged itself over every rock in sight.
I then moved over to a JKU Rubicon. It quickly got a 4" lift and 35's. I did more, tougher obstacles and it was radically better than the H3, but it too was a drag queen. Soon it was regeared and had 37's on it.
I still have the JK. Its sat for a while and I recently rebuilt it with my son. Its his new rig and driving about in it brought the yearning to have my Bronco ASAP. But there's a moral to this TL;DR post and thats this:
If you even think for a moment that you plan to wheel the Bronco, and by wheel I mean anything more than a fire road do it right, and do it once. Its a HECK OF A LOT CHEAPER than doing it peace meal.
To the guys and gals moving up to 33's and thinking you'll never touch down.... Please, don't be shocked when you hear the screeching of metal on rock. Its not if it'll happen, but when.
 

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If you are the type of guy that looks back at your vehicle as you walk away, or as I do, park it differently to get a different view each time, 37s are probably for you!
 

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I'm getting the Badlands was debating Sasquatch or not. I want the beadlock wheels they are $995 well being Sasquatch is $2,495 that $1,500 for gears tires and more. So Sasquatch it is. Now with the auto its 4.46 gears with Sasquatch I'll get 4.7s on 37s sounds good to me. I'm thinking someone will have the 2in lift by the time it comes in. Hope to go 37s day one. If they want fit I'll set them to the side ride 35s till a 2in lift comes out. Will try stock regardless before I do the lift. Many times you can fix a little rubbing with a heat gun and a softball.
Hey, Stage 3 Motorsports have lift kits for the Bronco and other stuff to. You can visually build your bronco on their site.

Btw, I just a future customer for them. Waiting for my WT...?
 

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My advice is never lift a vehicle for looks.
 

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Question: do the 37s come with a clip-on mullet? So the poseurs can really “look the part?”
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