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I need a decent suspension lift kit for my bronco other then the 5.5 I can find like a little more height for it!

It does have 3 and half now with 31s though. Im putting this together for a daily driver and weekend toy just want to have some fun for something me and my wife can do together, but the 31s will do nothing, but get me stuck.
 
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The only thing good about lifting broncos that high is to impress girls and you have one, so get over it!!

A 5.5 lift and some trimming is all you need for 35s.
Broncos are already top heavy and flop easy.
 
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Give me a call and we can set you up with something nice and flexy yet still rides/drives great. I would recomend a 3.5 suspension and 3" body or a 5.5 suspension. Again you may want to do a little searching and reading reviews. PERSONALLY i would not use skyjacker or anything like that. Please chime in guys!

-Nik
 
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call wildhorses! when i did the SAS on my BII i used their 5.5" EB progressive rate coils and they were NICE! even when i swaped to rockwells, they still held up with zero issues!
 
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Every build is different, but you can run 33's on a factory height EB with the fenders cut fairly aggresively. 35's are no problem with 3.5" suspension lift and 1-2" of body lift, which then gives you the benefit of a lower center of gravity than a 5.5" suspension lift and better clearance under the body for transmission swaps, t-cases, oversize gas tanks, exhaust, etc. 37's don't take that much more effort than 35's, you just have to cut and clearance everything a little bigger.

The EB crowd is fortunate to have vendors like Wild Horses, Tom's Bronco Parts, James Duff, JBG, BCB, etc...any and all of which can set you up with anything from individual components all the way up to complete systems, that way you can do it the way you want to do it. First you need to figure out what you want though, so I would suggest shopping around and talking to the folks that pimp that stuff every day.
 
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mikepotts said:
call wildhorses! when i did the SAS on my BII i used their 5.5" EB progressive rate coils and they were NICE! even when i swaped to rockwells, they still held up with zero issues!
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Thanks for the kind words! I truely belive exactly what you and many other people are saying. But what both of you said is true. I would shop around and read real world reviews of products. If you decide you want to go our way then know that i try to help out all of our pirate customers.

-Nik
 
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Maybe you should build it instead of buying it.
 
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Discussion starter · #14 ·
Im fairly new to the 4x4s. I always had lowriders and race cars pretty much. This is something we want to be at least on 35s cause some of our farm is pretty mushy and always wet never seen a truck on anything smaller then 35s go threw there.

Ive sold my 2 lowrider trucks today to help finish this Bronco and working in the parts store has it benefits like I have learned already with this thing. Im most def. fixing to set it up for a 37 inch tire and Im going from there and getting ready for alot of playing the mud in the summer.

Since it is already lifted is there something I can do to raise it up some more like a spring or coil change? I will be doing a body lift for a 302 or 351 swap later on.
 
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Built not bought said:
Since it is already lifted is there something I can do to raise it up some more like a spring or coil change? I will be doing a body lift for a 302 or 351 swap later on.
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first, you would have to know what is on it already (springs), or you might end up with the same or less lift... you might get more, but its a chance. if your gonna do it right (and not wind your own springs), goto one of the manufacturers already mentioned website and find a spring set with the rate that will give you what your looking for. trying to get something with more lift than what you have, when you dont know what you have is a crapshoot.
 
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mikepotts said:
first, you would have to know what is on it already (springs), or you might end up with the same or less lift... you might get more, but its a chance. if your gonna do it right (and not wind your own springs), goto one of the manufacturers already mentioned website and find a spring set with the rate that will give you what your looking for. trying to get something with more lift than what you have, when you dont know what you have is a crapshoot.
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It is a 3.5 Im not sure on the brand, but I think it is skyjacker. The truck has 31s on it right now.
 
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Ok. I see now sorry man not trying to be a noob to this, but Im good with engines and dropping stuff to the ground never thought I would be trying to go up with one.
 
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Built not bought said:
It is a 3.5 Im not sure on the brand, but I think it is skyjacker. The truck has 31s on it right now.
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I've ran 36" TSL's with WH's 3-1/2" and quite a bit of trimming. Flexed and handled well. I wanted to keep the center of gravity as low as I could. As for the skyjackers, well...they suck! Go with WH's or Duffs.
 
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