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Old Jun 3, 2001 | 06:43 PM
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Do you think my 1995 Bronco would look good with 38 inch super swamer tires, loud mufflers, brush gruard and all that good stuff? Any pics on web of big Broncos like this?
 
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Old Jun 3, 2001 | 08:29 PM
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I will show you a pic of my 95 Eb bronco as soon as I get the bumpers replaced.

hit and run guy hit me I killed the car in fron me and both bumpers are dented but no body damage.

I have brush Guard on it.

31 x 10.50 BFG Kos on it.

Pretty soon dual exhuast.

Cherry red.

she sure dose look pretty damn mean whens shes coming at you.

I scare the ##### out of people at stop signs.

they go and I creep up they almost ##### there pants.

I put a pic on pretty soon.
 
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Old Jun 4, 2001 | 07:23 PM
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Bengaltiger14, you will need at least a 6" suspension lift and a 3" body lift to clear 38's, and will probably need some fender trimming to boot. I'm not a big fan of body lift's so I'd probably go with an 8" skyjacker, and cutout flares.

Another consideration is if you plan on actually wheeling the thing you'll need to upgrade your axle's, brakes, longer brake lines, lengthen your driveshafts, lower (numerically higher) gears, hmmmmmmmm, bumpstops, steering stabilizers, etc, etc, etc.

Now, if you have an endless supply of cash, it's easy. I've had to build all of mine myself, of course, I wouldn't have it any other way.

Oh, and to answer your original question, yes, they look totally bad a$$ sitting waaaaay up there.

back to the money thing, plan on spending $4-5K on getting it set up right on 38's, less if you can do it yourself.

I'm by no means a professional, but I am the local shadetree lift installer, feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions.

Good luck,

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Old Jul 7, 2001 | 08:58 AM
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I have a 90 xlt sitting on 38.5 X 16 super swampers, sure looks bad #####, love it. But mister negativity is here to let you know about the downfalls.
First of all 5-6k is about right including tires sans rims. BUT you MUST do it yourself if you can or the price will be dramatically increased. You have to replace the sadly weak gears and centersections on both axles. It is an art to set up gears so I would bring it to someone who has done a lot of them. There is NO WAY I would trust the stockers.
38's are still pushing the strength if the rest of the vehicle, so rebuild all u joints with the best you can find, including the driveshafts. Add a little performance upgrades to the engine as well, those tires are EXTREMELY heavy you'll feel like your towing a house when you drive it. The brakes cant handle the added weight either, stopping distances are increased 100 fold.
You should opt for a supperrunner steering from superlift with heavy duty stabilizers there is a lot of wandering with tires that big.
There are many other things to explain but fingers are getting tired, lol
email me if you have any questions
good luck
 
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