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Year: 1993 YJ Wrangler
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Mine is a DD, 25 miles to/from work, 5 days a week. I'm in the Army, so I follow the postal worker's creed: Come hell or high water, and all that jazz. I'm trying to decide on new tires for dry, wet, snow, ice, rocks, forest. 96xjclassic has the FD M/Ts on his, and I love the look, but he said he hasn't had it in snow yet. Would you recommend them as an all-purpose tire? If it matters, I'm most likely looking at 31s.
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Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
lift questions
i bought my 96 xj about a week ago,i think it has 4.5" lift and it rides really rough....it creeks,pop, and if you go over a small crack in the road it feels like you went over a curb...any ideas??? it also needs alot of new bushings and i have no idea what to get for a lift this tall? any help would be great!! thanks, kory
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Year: 1993
Model: Cherokee
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Originally Posted by koryt
i bought my 96 xj about a week ago,i think it has 4.5" lift and it rides really rough....it creeks,pop, and if you go over a small crack in the road it feels like you went over a curb...any ideas??? it also needs alot of new bushings and i have no idea what to get for a lift this tall? any help would be great!! thanks, kory
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Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
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Originally Posted by koryt
i bought my 96 xj about a week ago,i think it has 4.5" lift and it rides really rough....it creeks,pop, and if you go over a small crack in the road it feels like you went over a curb...any ideas??? it also needs alot of new bushings and i have no idea what to get for a lift this tall? any help would be great!! thanks, kory
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a okay i actually looked at this thread and the guys managed to fit 31s
http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f177/...ck-xj-1041405/
check it out. But either way i was considering getting a budget boost in a few months i just dont wana pass this deal up.
http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f177/...ck-xj-1041405/
check it out. But either way i was considering getting a budget boost in a few months i just dont wana pass this deal up.
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Mine is a DD, 25 miles to/from work, 5 days a week. I'm in the Army, so I follow the postal worker's creed: Come hell or high water, and all that jazz. I'm trying to decide on new tires for dry, wet, snow, ice, rocks, forest. 96xjclassic has the FD M/Ts on his, and I love the look, but he said he hasn't had it in snow yet. Would you recommend them as an all-purpose tire? If it matters, I'm most likely looking at 31s.
And they're sexy as hell:
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Year: 1996
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Year: 1993
Model: Cherokee
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Originally Posted by realmikewilson
if i were to go with 32s would i need to get new rims or just use my stock rims cuz they will actually match my lift parts color...if not what size tire would be best with a stock rim like a 30x9.5r15
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Year: 1993
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Originally Posted by realmikewilson
alright thanks for the help i cant wait till i get it all installed....so will it look pretty funny rolling around on stock wheels and rims with my lift installed
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Year: 98
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L I6
more q's
i am running tires that are 29x8 with no clearance issues, so a three inch lift would in theory allow for 35's
(3inces added to the radius x2 = 6 added to 29 equals the new circumference of 35)
so i would only need to add about 1.5 inches of lift?
are there any issues that i need to consider with this?
backspacing, turning radius...ect?
i am already working on qd swaybar ends...
what other susp. mods(not lift) can i do to increase susp. travel/drop?
all i know about is shackle re-locators...
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Ok for your tire question, 35's would need A LOT of trimming at 3" that's because the wheel well is only so big front to back, you may add hight on top of the tire but not on the sides.
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yea 35s on 3" is going to require MASSIVE amounts of trimming and wheelwell modifications
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Year: 1993
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Originally Posted by dukie564
yea 35s on 3" is going to require MASSIVE amounts of trimming and wheelwell modifications
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3" for 33s requires a decent amount of trimming. i still rub on 33s with 5" of lift in the front and 3" in the back. it is very common for me to crush a front fender when tucking a tire.