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I thought about doing a body lift kit mostly for the ability to raise the fuel tank up into the body area and gain ground clearance not so much for tire clearance ...but I just don't like body lifts, and I'd probably won't ever do that
Body lift wont do that for you anyway, You would have to remove the frame crossmember that goes above the tank, and build a different one (otherwise I'd have done it already!) Great build, but dude! body lifts are a Bronco tradition! I gotta see if mine will run 40s now!
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How did you regear it? Did you swap out the ifs front and rear axle or just the front ifs and rear gearing?
 
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How did you regear it? Did you swap out the ifs front and rear axle or just the front ifs and rear gearing?
Spicer HD 5.38 FDU, 32 spline spicer extreem CVs, 5.38 rear R&P.
 

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By any chance did you run into an errors being thrown on the dash i.e. traction/ stability control lights?

Also did you have to recalibrate for the tire size?
 
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By any chance did you run into an errors being thrown on the dash i.e. traction/ stability control lights?

Also did you have to recalibrate for the tire size?
No codes, no errors. Yes I used the ford performance pro cal tool to get a 355 hp tune AND adjust tire size (to 37s) ...and the gear ratio to 5.38. These changes can also be made in forescan.

Everything works perfectly.
 

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Well here's a few initial pics of the 40s. Went with yokahama geolander X-MT 40x13.50r17. These are the factory ford beadlock rings. They allow the wheel to become 9.5" wide with the ring, or 8.5 with out. This moves the centerline of the tire out by 1/2". Actually increased the track a full inch.

I'm very happy with the fit and the performance with 5.38 gears and the ford performance tune still feels faster than with no tune,4.7s, and 35s.

Obviously with only a 2" lift above SAS, I will need to do some MORE fender trimming. And will be making new inner fender liners. Im ok with hacking 1"-2" on the fenders radius. Eventually, with long travel I'll need to remove as much as 4" in certain areas.

The one area that the fronts rub even at ride height, is the frame behind the LCAs, at near full lock. This could be remedied with wheel spacers, which I'm not a fan of because they increase scrub dramatically and leverage on the steering components. I'll probably try these temporarily until I can widen the front 3" on each side using Braptor A-arms.

The rear squeeze is very easy and needed almost no trimming initially to be driven moderately. To achieve full compression with my current wheel travel nearly 2" needs to be trimmed.

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