3/4” is about as tall as you can go with stock bolts. The front two barely thread with that size spacer and the other bolts it’s about perfect for the available thread.
Bronc Buster has a full kit if you want to check them out.
There may be. they thread in quite a way. What I did was took one out, stacked 2 pucks between the safety washer and the frame mount, and tried to thread it in. 2 pucks no way...but 1 I didn't try. The 6 13mm ones are all the same length. The 12mm front ones for the core support might be longer, but those you can get no problem.
Awesome! Thanks! That is what I plan to do, 1" or 3/4" body lift. I do not want any crazy bumper gaps or wheel well gaps. Body lift pucks can be found on ebay, I found a guy that makes custom ones. His ebay store is waker_mikie
They make custom ones at your local ice rink...alot of times they will just give em to ya! Well tested!
I have 2" of body lift on mine. Homemade hockey puck lift. Same as the 2 puck on my 90 FSB, but WAY easier. I have done three pucks in the past, but stopped due to NVH issues. New Bronco is perfect for body lift...literally the easiest I have ever done. The intermediate shaft has PLENTY of flex...no need to lengthen, the air cleaner snorkle is no problem, and all wiring/cables/etc are more than long enough. No mechanical fan to deal with...it's just so perfect. The only issue is the body bolts are 2x M12x1.75 (no problem there) and 6x M13x1.75. The length you want is 200mm. NOBODY in the known universe makes a M13x1.75x200mm bolt...it simply isn't done. I had to make my own. I took M14x2.0x200mm bolts and rethreaded them (I found M13x1.75 dies readily available). This was tedious, and I ordered extras in case a effed them up (which I did a few). Other than that it went like clockwork, and I now run true 37s w/no rub and full flex after frame trimming
I was thinking of the BroncBooster Body Lift Kit while reading @Bmadda's post. Very similar comments, even down to the custom bolts...
If anybody has an inside source, find out where they get those bolts! They charge $400 for that!I was thinking of the BroncBooster Body Lift Kit while reading @Bmadda's post. Very similar comments, even down to the custom bolts...
Watch the YouTube video at the bottom of my prior post. Those bolts were custom made in house, probably similar to what you had to do.
They are prettier than mine! Also I was able to reuse the safety washers. They are captured on the original bolt w/a knurl. Can be pounded out, then holes enlarged w/a unibit to fit the 14mm bolt (I only rethreaded the 1st 2" of the bolt, the rest fits as a 14mm no problem!).
Their body lift kit is $550 for the 3.0" lift, plus $295 for the HD front modular bumper relocate bracket, $320 for the rear powder coated bumper relocate bracket, and $220 for the adaptive cruise relocate bracket. Close to $1,400 total for the entire 3.0" body lift package.
I have the ford winch on my front, so not gonna relocate. As far as the rear, I am considering an aftermarket bumper, or homebuilt...not sure what I wana do yet. Nobody HAS to relocate bumpers...just alot of people find the extra gap unsightly. Trick from the old days? Cut a piece of plastic garden edging and shove it between the bumper and the body. Nobody will look twice at it ever again!
Pretty sure 13mm is slightly larger diameter than 1/2" so you would have some pretty hokey threads. dunno where you are going to get a 200mm long tap either, so you would need to lift the body enough to shove a tool in there? Sounds like a horrible idea, but maybe. I'm not doing it!
Yeah, but only .011”… however, I figured the pitch difference over the length of standard engagement and came up with, I’d lose about a half of a thread at the bottom… so I wouldn’t go that way either.
