Why does the Rough Country 1.5 lift kit not fit the Badlands or First Edition but other kits will?

[DakotaBronco]

What will happen if the Rough Country 1.5 lift kit is added to a Badlands or First Edition? I can't find answers to this and the Rough Country website says it fits the 2021 Bronco Sport. Only if one looks in the "notes" will you find them saying it won't fit. Please help me understand and thank you.

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[Jrl]

What will happen if the Rough Country 1.5 lift kit is added to a Badlands or First Edition? I can't find answers to this and the Rough Country website says it fits the 2021 Bronco Sport. Only if one looks in the "notes" will you find them saying it won't fit. Please help me understand and thank you.

Suspension is different in the badlands and first edition models .

 

[RSH]

Ford Ranger Lifts and HRG Engineering offer lifts for the Badlands and FE BS models.
As for Rough Country, I can't answer why their lift wouldn't work, considering it's also a spacer based lift. Maybe it has to do with the swaybar drop links and mounting brackets they have in the kit, you would need to look at the struts too see if they are the same as the other BS models in regards to where the drop bracket would mount. The Badlands and FE have different suspension than the other BS models.

 

[RonSwanson]

What will happen if the Rough Country 1.5 lift kit is added to a Badlands or First Edition? I can't find answers to this and the Rough Country website says it fits the 2021 Bronco Sport. Only if one looks in the "notes" will you find them saying it won't fit. Please help me understand and thank you.

Badlands and First Edition already have a 1" lift relative to the other trims from the factory.

 

[DakotaBronco]

Thanks but the answer is more than that. The answer that I learned from Rough Country today in a phone call basically is that those lift kits aren't designed for off-roading. The kits would work for daily driving on both the Badlands and First Edition but will break if you off-road, which is what I got the First Edition for.

 

[RSH]

Interesting Rough Country would say "break". Some people on this board that have installed the Rough Country lift have had breakage issues.

 

[AndyMac204]

theres been alot of issues with the RC lift. also that note of ‘not meant for offroading’ makes me more concerned. best bet is to steer clear from it all together.

 

[rdc17]

Seems pretty silly to sell a lift kit that isn't meant to be used offroad.

 

[Mark S.]

Seems pretty silly to sell a lift kit that isn't meant to be used offroad.

It does until you realize that many folks install lift kits (and bigger tires) just for the looks.

 

[AndyMac204]

HRG has been the only kit to date, actually shown on youtube offroading, in some pretty severe situations.
that was enough for me to pull the trigger.

 

[AllTerrain]

HRG has been the only kit to date, actually shown on youtube offroading, in some pretty severe situations.
that was enough for me to pull the trigger.

Like that the creator of the hardware is out showing it work.
Decided to support HRG and purchase this hat.
Called and Ben actually answered the phone. Very nice professional phone call and Patch me through to somebody to help ship. Happened to be his daughter.
Family business!
Absolutely fantastic that we can call and speak to the person who make and use the parts that will be put on the vehicle we own. Outstanding!

In the past when I lifted my first Tacoma after doing my research I also used a suspension lift manufacturer that I was able to speak directly with the Creator who same thing created the parts install them themselves and went out and drove them in real-world conditions off-roading too. Best thing really help me with my knowledge about Tacomas.
Glad to have found HRG connection for the Bronco sport!

 

[kvenerable]

My HRG lift for the new BL shipped today, should have it installed next week. I’ll have to get that hat…

 

[AndyMac204]

Like that the creator of the hardware is out showing it work.
Decided to support HRG and purchase this hat.
Called and Ben actually answered the phone. Very nice professional phone call and Patch me through to somebody to help ship. Happened to be his daughter.
Family budiness!
Absolutely fantastic that we can call and speak to the person who make and use the parts that will be put on the vehicle we own. Outstanding!

In the past when I lifted my first Tacoma after doing my research I also used a suspension lift manufacturer that I was able to speak directly with the Creator who same thing created the parts install them themselves and went out and drove them in real-world conditions off-roading too. Best thing really help me with my knowledge about Tacomas.
Glad to have found HRG connection for the Bronco sport!

thats a sick hat! i wish i ordered a couple.

 

[AllTerrain]

thats a sick hat! i wish i ordered a couple.

just called them and did the order over the phone shipped it through the post office.
They also had FedEx option.

S/M or L/XL

 

[B-rock1975]

It does until you realize that many folks install lift kits (and bigger tires) just for the looks.

Exactly. Maybe 5~10% pepe with lifts actually do some off road. The other 90, mall crawlers

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