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Year: 1998, 1999
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Any pics of his ramp and garage door? I'm a long way away from doing that, but I'm interested to see one way it was done. I have enough room for a lift but I wouldn't be able to stand under the vehicle (need another foot or two) so I don't know that I will.
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Year: 1998, 1999
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Dropped the trees in the front yard, next step clean it up and my roof is getting started this week. App won't let me upload more than one picture per post for some reason.
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Year: 1998, 1999
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Thought it would be fun to drive up on one of the stumps, found out instead of "mad flex", I have "sad flex". Sway bar still connected obviously. Maybe I'll take it off as my sway bar bushings are shot and see what happens. No play money or time available to do jeep stuff so I have fun when I can.
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Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Found a free hour, quick update. I installed driver side axle shaft, wj knuckle, brake bracket and caliper and one wheel to check clearances. I was happy to see it basically only rubbed the paint off the caliper and inner wheel. The tire spun with almost no resistance, however the wheel weights would get ripped off right away if I ran it as is. So, I plan to grind the calipers a bit. If it still rubs the weights, I'll look into alternative methods of tire balancing. Grinding is free though, and I don't envision having to grind much.
wheels are 15x8 ET-19 or 3.75" BS American Racing AR23 alloy.
If you didn't feel like reading that, the pics say it all.
wheels are 15x8 ET-19 or 3.75" BS American Racing AR23 alloy.
If you didn't feel like reading that, the pics say it all.
Anyway, what calipers you running, Akebono? Would offset tre's fit? I'm trying to stick with 15" wheels, but want aluminum, these seem to be the best option with 3.75" bs.
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Akebono calipers fit with a very light grinding. Before grinding, it rubbed essentially just past the paint layer. I took off more than needed.
My offset 1 ton tres from ruffstuff did not fit if I wanted to turn the ar23's, even with grinding. The steel wheels I had on the other jeep, same specs, fit fine. Couldn't turn with the aluminum wheels and the offset tres. Had to put steel wheels on it to move back home
I can get other pics of my mostly complete setup if you want. Jeep progress is halted because reasons
My offset 1 ton tres from ruffstuff did not fit if I wanted to turn the ar23's, even with grinding. The steel wheels I had on the other jeep, same specs, fit fine. Couldn't turn with the aluminum wheels and the offset tres. Had to put steel wheels on it to move back home
I can get other pics of my mostly complete setup if you want. Jeep progress is halted because reasons
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Year: 2001
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Akebono calipers fit with a very light grinding. Before grinding, it rubbed essentially just past the paint layer. I took off more than needed.
My offset 1 ton tres from ruffstuff did not fit if I wanted to turn the ar23's, even with grinding. The steel wheels I had on the other jeep, same specs, fit fine. Couldn't turn with the aluminum wheels and the offset tres. Had to put steel wheels on it to move back home
I can get other pics of my mostly complete setup if you want. Jeep progress is halted because reasons
My offset 1 ton tres from ruffstuff did not fit if I wanted to turn the ar23's, even with grinding. The steel wheels I had on the other jeep, same specs, fit fine. Couldn't turn with the aluminum wheels and the offset tres. Had to put steel wheels on it to move back home
I can get other pics of my mostly complete setup if you want. Jeep progress is halted because reasons
Thanks again for the info and pics.
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Thanks for that info, that's exactly what I was looking for! That's a tight fit! I'm not sure if I need offset tre's, but that might make my decision to go 16" instead, I'd like to have the option for those if needed and just to make everything clear for sure. Then of course I have the problem of too little backspace. I'm wondering if 4.5" backspace will cause 33x12 tires to contact the long arms at full lock.
Thanks again for the info and pics.
Thanks again for the info and pics.
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Year: 2001
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I have one or two 16x8" aluminum rims in mind, but they are 4" and 4.25" backspace and I don't think that will work well with my 8.8 out back, I think the tire will rub the inner fender well fully stuffed and articulated, not sure though.
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These wheels have 3.75" backspace... they tuck just fine. They're 15x8", but the backspacing pushes them out the same amount.
ETA, With an 8.8, you'll want more backspacing anyway as the axle width is slightly narrower.
ETA, With an 8.8, you'll want more backspacing anyway as the axle width is slightly narrower.
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