I ran into the same issue with the ZONE 3" Zone adventure series lift lit, as 12.5 inch tires rub on the control arm if you use the factory wheel like i did... I went with purchasing the ford performance beauty rings, to add red accent to the area 51 bronco but after several conversations with zone and bds (Same Company BTW) aftermarket wheels are recommended. See the comments from zone ( Sport Truck USA) below. I will also provide the video links that are just like the pictures above from (Bird_Dog_Overland ) that show the rub on any wheel below a 5 offset... You will notice below that the BDS arm also has the same specs according to the engineers. I would of thought the increased angle of the arms would give room... I blocked out the PII information of the individuals, but left the information of the companies that have been helping with this early information. You will notice I was very disappointed with the long wait. Shame on zone as these details should of been available before spend as beauty rings, tires, and lift kit. Hope this helps the group as it is long but has great detail. I am also working with 4 different performance shops in the San Antonio TX area to help get them up to speed for other bronco owners.
I apologize that was for the BDS arm. Below is for the Zone arms which is basically the same thing. The entire Zone lift kit including the Arms calls for 5-5.5.
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Best Regards,
XXXXXXXX
Customer Service and Technical Support
Sport Truck USA
(517) 279-2135
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From: O.J. Garza
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2022 10:41 AM
To: [email protected]>; [email protected]
Subject: Re: Ford Bronco Coil-over Kit.
And what about the BDS control arm? Does it have more clearance?
Omar J Garza
From: XXXXXXX@ridefox.com>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2022 7:43 AM
To: O.J. Garza
Subject: RE: Ford Bronco Coil-over Kit.
The 37’s will work with the arms but not with the factory wheel back spacing. I recommend 5.5” or less back spacing to clear the UCA. Spacers are one way to achieve this if that is the route you choose. Please let me know if you have any more questions.
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Best Regards,
XXXXXX
Customer Service and Technical Support
Sport Truck USA
(517) 279-2135
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From: O.J. Garza
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2022 11:24 AM
To: XXXXXX@ridefox.com>; XXXXX@alamotruckgear.com
Subject: Re: Ford Bronco Coil-over Kit.
XXXXXX,
This is a First Edition Bronco with the Sasquatch package so we have the adventure series 3 lift kit (Part # ZONF97). I am running Mickey Thompson Baja Boss 37 x12.5 R. 17 on the Stock Wheels. XXXXXX from Alamo truck was also trying to reach out to your technical team to see if it was OK to run 1/4 spacer. I am very not happy after the long wait with the outcome and also looking to see if same issue will be happening with the BDS version of the control arms. The whole purpose of this kit was to add 37" tires.
Omar J Garza
From: XXXXXXX@ridefox.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2022 1:05 PM
To: O.J. Garza
Subject: RE: Ford Bronco Coil-over Kit.
Thank you for choosing Zone Offroad. I would like to dig into this a bit for you but first can you give me some more information? What size wheels and tires are you running? What lift do you have with the control arms? What bronco package do you have?
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Best Regards,
XXXXXX
Customer Service and Technical Support
Sport Truck USA
(517) 279-2135
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From: XXXXX@ridefox.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2022 1:57 PM
To: XXXXXX@ridefox.com>
Subject: FW: Ford Bronco Coil-over Kit.
From: O.J. Garza
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2022 12:30 PM
To: XXXXXX@ridefox.com>; XXXXXXX@alamotruckgear.com
Subject: Re: Ford Bronco Coil-over Kit.
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XXXXXX,
After the very long wait, I wanted to share some disappointment with your team on the control arms. I have added a few video for your review on my 2021 Bronco. Would like to see if there is a remedy for this. I have also looped in XXXXX from Alamo Truck Gear. Do you have any update on the BDS arms?
From: XXXXX@ridefox.com
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2021 2:50 PM
To: O.J. Garza
Cc: xxxxx@maxdalt.com
Subject: Ford Bronco Coil-over Kit.
This is XXXXX from Zone Offroad/BDS Suspension. The bushings on our Control Arms for the Bronco kits were defective. We are getting new bushings made up, and these should start shipping out in the near future. Our sales team has not receive a firm date yet. If you have any other questions feel free to reach out.
XXXXXXX
Inside Sales Representative
Sport Truck USA Inc
(P) 517-279-2135
So did you buy spacers? What size? I was wanting to add a lift and 37x12.50’s to my FE and keep the factory rims vs buying new wheels…your post has me thinking that won’t work without wheel spacers or new wheels. Thanks!
Just received the 1.5 inch spacers from bora @ https://www.motorsport-tech.com/bora.html. They fixed the problem and gave me a 3.5 inch wider stance. Runs great !
All depends on the brand of 37 "... Not all are made the same is what I have learned on this journey. K02 tires are not as wide as MT Baja Boss 37 and Nitto are also smaller. They are all listed as 12.5 but the actual width is different ...
