Staying 100% stock
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Year: 2000
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Engine: 4.0 L
What are everyone's recommendations for replacement shocks at stock height? Main concern is good ride quality but I also do pull a small boat and utility trailer a couple times a month as well.
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Year: 1999
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Couldn't be happier.
My '99 Sport is bone stock.
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Believe it or not... I actually saw a set of BFGs on an XJ the other day in a parking lot that were 215s..... I was thinking to myself "they look so tiny" lol... It's like a XJ that's rollin' on a set of cherrios! LMAO...Wish I would've taken a picture of it now... It was at stock height, but man those 215's just looked wrong on so many levels... lol
Believe it or not... I actually saw a set of BFGs on an XJ the other day in a parking lot that were 215s..... I was thinking to myself "they look so tiny" lol... It's like a XJ that's rollin' on a set of cherrios! LMAO...Wish I would've taken a picture of it now... It was at stock height, but man those 215's just looked wrong on so many levels... lol
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Quote:Originally Posted by RocketMouse
Believe it or not... I actually saw a set of BFGs on an XJ the other day in a parking lot that were 215s..... I was thinking to myself "they look so tiny" lol... It's like a XJ that's rollin' on a set of cherrios! LMAO...
Wish I would've taken a picture of it now... It was at stock height, but man those 215's just looked wrong on so many levels... lol
Believe it or not... I actually saw a set of BFGs on an XJ the other day in a parking lot that were 215s..... I was thinking to myself "they look so tiny" lol... It's like a XJ that's rollin' on a set of cherrios! LMAO...
Wish I would've taken a picture of it now... It was at stock height, but man those 215's just looked wrong on so many levels... lol
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I'll see if I can remember to get a pic later of the sticker in the glove box that shows the tire pressures and sizes.
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Year: 1997
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My previous XJ left the factory with 225/70r15. Over all the years and options, there were many different tire sizes used. Ones I know of:
195/75r15
215/75r15
225/70r15
225/75r15
225/70r16
I've seen 235/75r15 rumored to have been factory at one time for certain XJ's, but I've never seen this confirmed. Same with 235/70r15.
195/75r15
215/75r15
225/70r15
225/75r15
225/70r16
I've seen 235/75r15 rumored to have been factory at one time for certain XJ's, but I've never seen this confirmed. Same with 235/70r15.
#132
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My previous XJ left the factory with 225/70r15. Over all the years and options, there were many different tire sizes used. Ones I know of:
195/75r15
215/75r15
225/70r15
225/75r15
225/70r16
I've seen 235/75r15 rumored to have been factory at one time for certain XJ's, but I've never seen this confirmed. Same with 235/70r15.
195/75r15
215/75r15
225/70r15
225/75r15
225/70r16
I've seen 235/75r15 rumored to have been factory at one time for certain XJ's, but I've never seen this confirmed. Same with 235/70r15.
But man did those 215s look soooo wrong on an XJ. Almost like that West coast "low rider" look. If you know what I mean. lol
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Problem is, I have no idea which gear to get.
When I looked, there must of been a hundred different colors to pick from.
Like I posted before, the door jam says 215, the build sheet says 225 and now I have 30's.
?????????
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http://gojeep.willyshotrod.com/HowtoSpeedoGears.htm
https://www.quadratec.com/c/referenc...ar-tooth-chart
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1135317
http://www.novak-adapt.com/catalog/t...edometer-gears
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