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Old Jan 21, 2010 | 12:18 PM
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Here is the thing with 31 inch tires. If you run them on stock rims, then you can stuff them and only rub a little on the rear fender flares. You get full travel of your suspension when you wheel. The minute you take those tires and put then on after market rims that move then out about 2" you loose a lot of suspension travel unless you start trimming fenders. Rubbing on the LCA at full turn is really just a minor annoyance and doesn't harm anything really.
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Old Jan 22, 2010 | 02:28 AM
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Originally Posted by 4.3L XJ
Here is the thing with 31 inch tires. If you run them on stock rims, then you can stuff them and only rub a little on the rear fender flares. You get full travel of your suspension when you wheel. The minute you take those tires and put then on after market rims that move then out about 2" you loose a lot of suspension travel unless you start trimming fenders. Rubbing on the LCA at full turn is really just a minor annoyance and doesn't harm anything really.
Exactly what i think too! All this wanting to have aftermarket rims with backlash is only because it looks better!
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Old Jan 23, 2010 | 01:18 AM
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http://www.jeep-xj.info/HowtoWJcontrolarms.htm

try this link
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Old Sep 1, 2020 | 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by posjeepxj
or put on lcas off of a grand cherokee they will let your tires clear
what year wj
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Old Sep 1, 2020 | 03:35 PM
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http://gojeep.willyshotrod.com/HowtoWJcontrolarms.htm
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Old Sep 1, 2020 | 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by lanz59
what year wj
Hopefully he resolved the problem10 years when the thread was last alive. BTW, you can turn off the "show related threads" at the bottom in your profile settings.
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