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Seems like the ford ranger lift but .5 less clearance and more expensive: https://fordrangerlifts.com/shop/ols/products/xn-2021-bronco-sport-2-level-lift-w28r

Let us know how she rides?. Eager to know.
Not the same. The fordrangerlifts kit is using strut spacers, where this Rough Country kit is using new longer struts, new longer rear coils and new longer shocks. not spacers and/or brackets.

I'm curious as to ride and quality/fit/finish on this kit too....
 

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after reading all the reviews I have narrowed down the list of lifts to the below.

HRG
Ford Ranger Lift
Flatout Suspension

I have a 2023 bronco sport badlands ordered. i will probably do zero off-roading. this is simply for look. but i also travel on an interstate about 70-80 miles a day. was interested in gettin 245/70/17 but saw a lot of people saying the pinch weld needs to be trimmed. if i am just traveling on the road would that still be the case? I've heard the flatout suspension makes the ride a lot better than stock, any one can attest to that?

any help would be appreciated...

Thanks,
Jeff
 
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after reading all the reviews I have narrowed down the list of lifts to the below.

HRG
Ford Ranger Lift
Flatout Suspension

I have a 2023 bronco sport badlands ordered. i will probably do zero off-roading. this is simply for look. but i also travel on an interstate about 70-80 miles a day. was interested in gettin 245/70/17 but saw a lot of people saying the pinch weld needs to be trimmed. if i am just traveling on the road would that still be the case? I've heard the flatout suspension makes the ride a lot better than stock, any one can attest to that?

any help would be appreciated...

Thanks,
Jeff
I had an HRG 1.5 on my OB and it was fantastic. And I did a lot of off-roading.
I'm looking again now that I have a BL. I'm not paying 5k for the flatout and the ford ranger lift might be to much without the subframe drop kit. I'm thinking of just going with what I know works, HRG.
245/70's rub from just turning without any suspension flex. I have 245/65 but am thinking about 235/70's next. They are taller but I'm wondering if they wouldn't rub being not as wide.
 


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If you aren’t wheeling hard just spend the few hundred on a spacer lift. Makes no sense spending 3k for a DD. I would just leave it stock height and run the 245/65/17s. honestly.
But whatever you run. Don’t run rough country. Just because it’s available, doesn’t mean it’s good
 

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Any update ?
I did a light off road trail a few months ago and did it good, I'm still on stock tires, but the suspension feels good, like the OEM, I can pass bumpers better but, on the road pr highway feels good. I'm planning to test the lift on the sand late this month.
 
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If you aren’t wheeling hard just spend the few hundred on a spacer lift. Makes no sense spending 3k for a DD. I would just leave it stock height and run the 245/65/17s. honestly.
But whatever you run. Don’t run rough country. Just because it’s available, doesn’t mean it’s good
I am wheeling pretty hard and I'm still not spending that kind of money. Lol
 

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I had an HRG 1.5 on my OB and it was fantastic. And I did a lot of off-roading.
I'm looking again now that I have a BL. I'm not paying 5k for the flatout and the ford ranger lift might be to much without the subframe drop kit. I'm thinking of just going with what I know works, HRG.
245/70's rub from just turning without any suspension flex. I have 245/65 but am thinking about 235/70's next. They are taller but I'm wondering if they wouldn't rub being not as wide.
Flatout is $2500 for the mid level and $3500 for the top line.
 


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HRG 1.5” lift Badlands before and after pics. Currently 235/65 17’s and went from just over 8.5” to 10” clearance under the gas tank bash plate and the drivers side felt (lowest spots). Pleased with the results, and after about 200 mile (25-80mph), doesn’t seem to handle too much differently.
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HRG 1.5” lift Badlands before and after pics. Currently 235/65 17’s and went from just over 8.5” to 10” clearance under the gas tank bash plate and the drivers side felt (lowest spots). Pleased with the results, and after about 200 mile (25-80mph), doesn’t seem to handle too much differently.
Ford Bronco Sport Lift Kit Compilation List 1CA9D322-EE55-4EB5-9575-80B313FC33A1


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More people need to create posts of this quality!! Excellent job on the pics and measurements!!
 
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HRG 1.5” lift Badlands before and after pics. Currently 235/65 17’s and went from just over 8.5” to 10” clearance under the gas tank bash plate and the drivers side felt (lowest spots). Pleased with the results, and after about 200 mile (25-80mph), doesn’t seem to handle too much differently.

Awesome. I did the same lift on my BL. The gain in the rear was way over what I thought it was going to be for only 1.25"
I think the handling is almost better!
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If you aren’t wheeling hard just spend the few hundred on a spacer lift. Makes no sense spending 3k for a DD. I would just leave it stock height and run the 245/65/17s. honestly.
But whatever you run. Don’t run rough country. Just because it’s available, doesn’t mean it’s good
Curious why not Rough Country?
 
 







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