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I have never heard of anyone replacing the IFS center section with an upgraded diff, no, that would be very involved.
If you were to upgrade anything to me it would be the unit bearings and brakes, the dana 35 diff (center section) is pretty dang strong even with 35-37" tires.
I can put a dana 44 ttb under my bronco and get 18" of wheel travel, huge brakes, huge wheel bearings, overkill hubs, etc Wheel bolt circle changes to 5 on 5.5
see here:
https://autofab.com/i-19736288-ranger-4x4-to-model-44-front-suspension.html
My BII came with a dana 28 ttb, I replaced it with a explorer dana 35 ttb, then we built custom cut and turned beams and eventually added 97 ranger outers for dual piston calipers with no slide pins.
The dana 44 outers or a full dana 44 ttb for my BII is something I have been considering.
wider is better!
I have not had any issues with 35" tires on the Dana 35 setup I have now, my locker and gear setup is $1500+ to duplicate, so changing/upgrading it is not high priority
Of course many Rangers have gone solid axle swap, using a Dana 30 or dana 44 solid axle.
Fox shocks are nice but in the desert and at the hammers pretty sure KING is winning the battles, KING shocks are wicked wicked good quality
I am also a big fan of Rad flo and Sway away...cant go wrong with any of those names
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