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I have 3.5 in suspension lift and 2 in body

75Bronc

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Yes with enough trimming. I have the same set up with 35’s. I have considered going to 37’s. Plenty of people with that setup, just can’t be afraid to do some cutting.
 

Timstrk

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I have that setup, too. Trimmed and trimmed some more. Cut the rear flares and extended them three inches, too. 37" MTRs.
 

Apogee

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I'm working on doing the same, 3.5" SL + 2" BL with 37's, however I'll be running full-width (65") F150 axles, so that changes some things with respect to tire/body fitment. Are you sticking with EB width (58.5") axles or swapping over to something else?
 

abn373

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I have 35s with only a 3" suspension lift. No body lift, no cutting and no rub. Well a slight rub on OEM arms at full lock and compression. Hell my OEM tires/wheels on my '17 Raptor rub worse from the dealer.

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Crawdad

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I had the same setup on my old 76. I had cut fenders, 17x9” steel rims (4” backspace) and stock radius arms. My 37” KM2s would rub on full turn. You can prolly adjust the lock nuts on the rotors to not allow the contact.

Lots of unknowns to factor in. In other words how wide did u cut your fenders? The type of rims (lots of backspace expect to rub rad arms)? How wide are the tires (my 37s were 13.5” wide)? How old is the 3.5” lift as some do flatten out over time? Expect to change some gears as I had stock gears but a 351W pushing those 37s, had I had 4.11s or 4.56s I might have rethought of selling it! 37s on a cut bronco looks sweet!
 

NC-Fordguy

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Here's what mine looks like. It has the James duff long travel suspension. I can hear the rear tires rub into the wheel well under full compression. Installing the rear bump stops should solve the issue.
 

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I have 17x9s with a 4 inch backspace. I have lots of room up front. I think the rear may run a little.
I am also running stock axles. I currently have stock gears but will be upgrading to 4.11s
I may do the long radius arms in the future as well.
 

HICBronco

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A little off the topic, sorry

I'm trying to get an estimate on the height of my bronco after I install a 3.5 sl, 2 bl w/ 35s. I noticed a few of the guys on this thread was running this hight lifts. I know all Broncos will differ depending on a lot of thing I'm just trying to see if I'll even have a chance of getting back in the garage. I have a hardtop most of the time and currently running stock bumpers front and back. I most likely will run Duff and maybe 4link the rear. If somebody could measure to the bodyline and let me know it would be greatly appreciated. Again sorry to go off the topic.
 
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