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help with 4.5 lft and 35s?

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Old 12-16-2008, 06:09 PM
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with 6.5 lift you need lots of other parts to gey it working correct
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Aslo long arms are recommended
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Originally Posted by Desertfox1023
Sounds good, Why not do a 6.5 lift then.

But I would do some:
17x9 rock crawler rims with 3.75 bs
35x12.50x17 BFG M/T 2 tires
Stuan internal beadlocks
there are benefits to keeping it low
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yea you gotta regear your axles and that costs over a grand. and even if i did a 6.5 inch lift i would still put 35s on it. so i think im just going to keep the 4.5inch lift
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thanks btw how much is it to join its about time
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To join what man?
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4.5 is fine for 35's. i like the look of tj flares after you trim also.

heres mine at 3 with 35's and tj flares

and then with about 5.5 (hope it will settle to 4.5 once i get bumpers and armor)

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sweet ride. is that the jeep truck or did you chop off the back.
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So is Rear springs better to have then just 3in lift with 1.5in shackles??
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you may rub some with 4" back spacing. I'd go 3.75 or less.
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I know the advantages of keeping it low, he just said he had an unlimited budget. But hey the main thing was the Tire and wheel package. That's what I would run on the setup.
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yeah but idk if i wanna go with the 17s or stay with the 15s
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Originally Posted by lifted93xj
yeah but idk if i wanna go with the 17s or stay with the 15s
Here's the advantage - when you air down a tire you lose ground clearance under the axle. Your tires while have the stance of a fully inflated 33 but they will preform a hell of a lot better. Stuans beadlocks give you more ground clearance to the internal tube in them so they preform just as well but with about .5" more ground clearance vs. external bead lock rims. Now with 15 vs 17's your adding 2" on a rim size it adds an additional 1" to your ground clearance under the axle. A little more money but if you got the right budget it's the route I would go. I'll try to find a pic and post it up to visually show what I'm talking about.


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