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hahaha you went to FSU. Sorry you couldn't get in to Florida.
Classy, but wrong FSU. And I wouldn't have been accepted to Florida either - scored over 14 on my ACT ;)
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Classy, but wrong FSU. And I wouldn't have been accepted to Florida either - scored over 14 on my ACT ;)
So no big scores, no big tires? :LOL: Glad you aren't a Seminole, though. That makes the world a better place.
 

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Ya know I think of it like this.... my BroncoS are like my wife.... when I get up in the morning and I see my baby I’m like, Damn you are one fine looking lady with all those beautiful curves sex appeal... then I step out in the garage and see my Bronco sitting there with that sleek paint job, round curves sitting on 35s and I’m like wow your one sexy machine! Both easy on the eyes, capable of taking me anywhere and killing me at the same time. So do I need 35s...no probably not.... do I like the way they look? Hell yeah!!! Will I put em to work? Not everyday but when I need them they will be there. And if one day when I wear them out if I really think they are too big I will drop them down to a C cup... oh wait wrong one.....
If I pay $54K, I want to get a chubby every time I look at it, Broncos on 35s gorgeous ladies get me every time...
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35s on that LB FE with black interior is going to look sick. They actually built the FE to put 35s on so I'm not worried about if it can handle them. It's going to be one bad dude!!
 

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Ya know I think of it like this.... my BroncoS are like my wife.... when I get up in the morning and I see my baby I’m like, Damn you are one fine looking lady with all those beautiful curves sex appeal... then I step out in the garage and see my Bronco sitting there with that sleek paint job, round curves sitting on 35s and I’m like wow your one sexy machine! Both easy on the eyes, capable of taking me anywhere and killing me at the same time. So do I need 35s...no probably not.... do I like the way they look? Hell yeah!!! Will I put em to work? Not everyday but when I need them they will be there. And if one day when I wear them out if I really think they are too big I will drop them down to a C cup... oh wait wrong one.....
If I pay $54K, I want to get a chubby every time I look at it, Broncos on 35s gorgeous ladies get me every time...
Thats my story and I’m sticking to
It.... ??
But to each to his or hers
My h.s. buddy married a real looker she was miss craydad or something 17 yrs younger than him,i asked him recently hows married life....he says fir seven minutes a week its great ?
 

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Big tires are fine if you know what your doing, I have driven over 40k miles on my 37 KO2s on my SUV, it drives perfectly fine, handles mountain curves flawlessly (not as well as my Holden but I digress).

The trick is to buy the right tires for the job, the KO2s are very civilized while being very tough.
I run no lift on my truck and it functions perfectly fine as a daily driver.

There are a couple people that run 39.5s on the forums with a small body lift and blocks. They have no trouble as daily’s either, probably not quite as nicely as 37s but do fone
I agree the things to watch are weight, load rating, and tread reputiation. If you are careful and choose a tire that is not overly heavy, the sidewall is appropriate to weight C/D probably for the bronco, and has a good reputation like K02 or STT PRO.. the vehicle will drive differently, but it will still be very nice, look awesome, and ya be a little better offroad.
 

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my big questions is I am buying a badlands sasquatch (badsquatch) can i trade out my 315s for true 35's, or did ford already use all the room available to squeeze in the 315s?
 

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And if one day when I wear them out if I really think they are too big I will drop them down to a C cup... oh wait wrong one.....
If I pay $54K, I want to get a chubby every time I look at it, Broncos on 35s gorgeous ladies get me every time...
Thats my story and I’m sticking to
It.... ??
But to each to his or hers
Well, the switches do have silicone...
 

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my big questions is I am buying a badlands sasquatch (badsquatch) can i trade out my 315s for true 35's, or did ford already use all the room available to squeeze in the 315s?
315's are the same size or slightly bigger than 35's.
 

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my big questions is I am buying a badlands sasquatch (badsquatch) can i trade out my 315s for true 35's, or did ford already use all the room available to squeeze in the 315s?
They're close to the same size; tires labeled 35 doesn't mean they are "true" 35s....look at the specs for the same tire between brands; for BFG there is a 1/10" difference in diameter...so no problem there. Some 315s are bigger than some labeled 35s and vice versa. We haven't even seen specs on the new GoodYear, people are just guessing on actual diameter based on other GY tire...but being new, people don't really know what real world inflated size will be. No specs yet on it that I have seen either.
 

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They're close to the same size; tires labeled 35 doesn't mean they are "true" 35s....look at the specs for the same tire between brands; for BFG there is a 1/10" difference in diameter...so no problem there. Some 315s are bigger than some labeled 35s and vice versa. We haven't even seen specs on the new GoodYear, people are just guessing on actual diameter based on other GY tire...but being new, people don't really know what real world inflated size will be. No specs yet on it that I have seen either.
ya most 35x or bigger than 315x... and i am aware inflated under load they are smaller... for sake of fitmet i am just talking published tire spec hieght.

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The bronco as i understand is using a variant of the wrangler duratracs, that don't say wrangler on them for obvious reasons. Here are the specs listed on the goodyear site for that tire and size


Section Width (in.) 12.7

Tread Depth (in 32nds) 18

Outside Diameter (in.) 34.4

So just for comparison goodyear makes the MTR a true mud terrain in D ply, which would be a reasonable tire for this vehicle with more aggresive tread. here are the specs for 35x12.5r17


Section Width (in.) 12.5

Tread Depth (in 32nds) 21

Outside Diameter (in.) 34.8

you can see it's just shy of a a half of an inch taller, and a very little bit thinner, and has deeper tread.. Not saying that is the tire i would go with.. but wondering if anyone did the homework to know if there is enough room to do so..
 

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a true 35x12.5r17 is slightly bigger than a 315, by around half an inch
👆 this, the goal is 35”. 315 is an indication of tire’s width, then some black magic mathematics conversion happened and you could have a 35” diameter tire but mostly just over 34”.

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The bronco as i understand is using a variant of the wrangler duratracs, that don't say wrangler on them for obvious reasons. Here are the specs listed on the goodyear site for that tire and size
No one has said they are a variant of the Duratrac...and GoodYear said they were completely new. "Wrangler" encompasses a whole line of tires. Maybe they are built on the Duratrac casing, but no one has confirmed that.

You are right that 35s are generally a little bit bigger, but not always, and with brands like BGF, it's 1/10". That said, if the numbers you show are the difference, putting radius 2/10" bigger on a true 35, then there is no way that it is that close from the factory to make a difference. You can almost assuredly run any 12.5" 315 or 35 on the market.
 

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I don’t think big tires suck, they’re designed for a purpose. It’s the the end user’s poor decisions that suck.
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