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I Just Got My Bronco On The Road. It Needed Some Work When I Got It And I Am Looking Into A Lift. Right Now It Is Stock With Worn Out Suspension And I Plan To Put On 31's Or 33's. Does Anyone Know Of A 2 Or 3 Inch Lift That Comes With Everything Including Shocks (duals In Front)? I Would Go Higher But I Have To Be Able To Get My 160 Lb Mastiff In It. Thanks

 

Check with Rancho Suspension (www.gorancho.com), they used to offer a 2.5" suspension lift for the 80-96 Bronco.

Not sure if the Rough Country 2.5" kit comes with shocks. Here's a recent thread on that one:

2.5 RC lift

 

Research this to death before making ANY decision on what products to use. There are MANY Lift manufacturers out there and the quality functionality of a lift is critical in keeping the truck both drvieable AND SAFE! Many manufacturers will provide as much or as little of the equipment needs to complete a lift. There are different methods of achieving suspension lift and some are better, safer, more road/off-road worthy than others.

Plug a few keywords into the search function on this forum and see what you get. There is a ton of info on this topic out there and the more you know the better able you will be to find the exact product(s) that will make the truck right for what YOU want to do with it.

Some quick examples of infor that may not be obvious but comes with lifting the truck: Your Bronco will accept 31's without ANY lift and may need as much as 3-4" of lift to accomodate 33's. If you go to 33's you will almost assuredly need to re-gear the axles to keep from losing power. Changing gears requires recalibrating the speedometer. This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to adding a lift to your truck. So again, I say research this topic to death before just making a decision based on a few opinions. Lifting a truck changes it... a lot more than most people are willing to admit.

This is not an attempt to scare you from your project, just a reminder that the kind of changes that are involved in lifting a truck bring safety under deep scrutiny so the better the equipment used the better off the driver, passengers and everyone on the road.

 

grey has many good points that need to be taken into consideration.

But if you want a lift, say rough country for instance, don't get the shocks that come with the lift. The shocks are terrable and won't last, you be better off buying Rancho 5000s or skyjacker Nitros.

Like grey said, if you decide to go with 33s then regearing will be needed, and that could easily run $1,000-$1,500, + the $500-800 for lift and shocks, not to mention new tires and possibly wheels.

What are you going to use your Bronco for, daily driver, towing?

 

MOSTLY A DAILY DRIVER W/ SOME OFF ROAD AND NOT MUCH TOWING. I AM LEANING TOWARDS THE ROUGH COUNTRY LIFT WITH RANCHO SHOCKS AND BFG 31-12.5-15 AT KO TIRES ON STOCK WHEELS. LIKE I MENTIONED, I CAN'T GO TO HIGH ANYWAY OR BIG MAMA WON'T BE ABLE TO GET IN,
THANKS GUYS.




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HERE'S BIG MAMA

 

For 31" tires, you don't need a lift at all, but if you want you can get a leveling kit from broncograveyard.com.
They have a poly lift spacer for a 2" lift for $95 in your choice of color.
They also have coil springs w/ 1/5-2" lift for $170.

Also what are the KOs? M/Ts? or A/T?

 

The Bfg Ko Tires Are At And They Have A Real Nice Tread. Correction On The Size I Want, I Am Going For The 31-10.5-15's. I Am Going To Look Into Those Springs You Mentioned From Broncograveyard, I Could Use Those And An Add-a-leaf Or Helper Spring On The Back With New Shocks All Around, I Will Keep You Posted