To lift or not lift

Sep 06, 2025

So i asked in another thread about leveling kits and got some great answers. Now my question is should I put a 3 inch lift on my Bronco? Ive read alot of post of how great the sasquatch stock suspension is and im very pleased with it myself. I don't want to screw the on road ride up either. Came across this on fabtech website and wanted to know everyone's thoughts. What issues could I run into with this kit (link below) or just issues in general with lifting my ride. Im inclined to leave it as is but man it sure would look sweet with a lift but I need offroad function as well. Not rock crawling function but decent offroad ability. Any experience and advice would be greatly appreciated to this new Bronco owner.

https://fabtechmotorsports.com/prod...front-shock-spacers-rear-shock-spacers-k2383/

Sep 11, 2025

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timhood
Take a look at Melissa's write-up on doing the HOSS 3.0 upgrade. That's a 2-inch lift with fantastic shocks and no need to mess with anything else. What's in the kit is all you need. That would be the route I would go. But I can do all but the 10-worst trails in Moab with my non-Sasquatch Badlands. Of those remaining 10, some of those are for buggies and highly-modified rigs only, so I'm not missing much. The big difference is that I probably scrape skid plates a little more than my friend with his modified Rubicon with 35" tires and a 2" lift. But at the end of the day, we each completed the same obstacles.

I feel like a big point of the Bronco over the Wrangler is that excellent ride quality, so I would be leery of messing that up just for the sake of a little clearance when off-roading. That's why the HOSS 3.0 sounds so appealing. Improved ride quality, excellent shocks, and a 2" lift.

I am seriously leaning this route myself. We wheeled with Melissa and Brian through the Nevada and California dessert right after they did the upgrade. They were very happy with the upgrade. Now that I got the silly cone repair done on my shocks and not replacements I am looking into new dampers since these already have 50k miles on them. I can get these shocks and the heavy duty (Braptor) steering rack for less than most other suspension kits. 😉

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