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Agreed. "What you want to do with it" should be the first question, when determining the componentry (but often isn't).Depends on what you want to do with it. I have a Big Bend, non-Sas with 35" and it drives perfectly fine. As a matter of fact, I was concerned when I put on 35"s but truth be told, didn't really notice much of a difference at all. Car has 0 problems finding the right gear.
Anyway OP, I think you can put some relatively low cost spacers on the stock springs if needed, and then you might need some +30 or so offset wheels, to avoid 35" tires rubbing? Otherwise for someone wanting to replicate all of Sas capability, then sorry to say you should have gone Sas, it's hard to beat for the cost/effort.
fyi, in case you think Sas is needed for off-roading, I off-roaded for years in the Rockies with open diffs and 31" tires, as did most of my friends, before buying elockers and all this other candy became a stock thing. (And we had no money, lol.) The photo in my signature, is me climbing slickrock at Moab, in my CJ-7 with open diffs and 31" tires.
Around here, you'd think people need locking diffs for their trip to Walmart. In reality you can have loads of fun off-road even on difficult trails, without all the extra stuff, if you're a reasonably good driver.
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