33's with 4.5 lift
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33's with 4.5 lift
Would i need to do anything to run 33's with 4.5 lift or should I stick with the 31's? There are two local guys sellind 33" BFG M/T's for $300 with steelies that have decent tread. Thanks
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yeah. i ran 31's under my 4.5 RC. it was good, no trimming and turned easily. but like they all said 33's would be a great set up. with 31's under 4.5" you can easily tell there is a lot of room to step it up to 33's
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You have 3.55s
And if you are doing a lot of freeway driving I would recommend 32's over 33's because you are going to lose a lot of power. But many say 33's are the largest tire size that they would run without a re gear.
And if you are doing a lot of freeway driving I would recommend 32's over 33's because you are going to lose a lot of power. But many say 33's are the largest tire size that they would run without a re gear.
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Yes, you will have considerably less power with 33s. At least 4.10s, if not more is what you need to regain your lost power. I have 33s and 4.88s on mine and love it. I do a lot of rock crawling and need as much gear as I can get!! Later!
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With those gears if you dont want to regear, id go with 31s. They will be fine for now just do not trim your fenders. If you do, they will look tiny, otherwise they will look fine and your gas mileage will be decent. hoiw big your tires look is always relative to your lift
Also, what axles do you have?
Also, what axles do you have?
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Yeah I meant 3.55's and I have the 8.25 out back and 30 front. I do alot of highway driving. I have actually thought about leaving it at 3" and get bumpers and just keep the 4.5 stuff til' I can afford to do everything that i want for the 4.5. Or go with 32x 11.50's. Don't know.
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This is the formula for gearing decisions.
Deciding what gear ratio to use when changing tire size is actually quite simple.
It's just a matter of mathematics.
Current tire size/new tire size =current gear ratio/new gear ratio
This simple formula will allow you to figure out what ratio will get you back to your current performance.
For instance, let's say you have stock 3.55 gears & stock tires and want to go to 33" tires.
Stock XJ tires are about 27" tall so:
27/33 = 3.55/new gear ratio
Cross multiplying (thought you'd never use algebra again?) gets you this:
33 X 3.55 = 27 X new gear ratio
117.15 = 27 X new gear ratio
117.15/27 = 4.34
IOW, 4.56 gears (the closest avail to 4.34) will give you slightly lower gearing than you had while stock.
From here it's up to you where to go.
If stock performance is fine stay with 4.56. If you want a little more low end grunt, go to 4.88. If you want to murder the rocks go to 5.13 or lower.
BTW, lower gears = higher numerically
Deciding what gear ratio to use when changing tire size is actually quite simple.
It's just a matter of mathematics.
Current tire size/new tire size =current gear ratio/new gear ratio
This simple formula will allow you to figure out what ratio will get you back to your current performance.
For instance, let's say you have stock 3.55 gears & stock tires and want to go to 33" tires.
Stock XJ tires are about 27" tall so:
27/33 = 3.55/new gear ratio
Cross multiplying (thought you'd never use algebra again?) gets you this:
33 X 3.55 = 27 X new gear ratio
117.15 = 27 X new gear ratio
117.15/27 = 4.34
IOW, 4.56 gears (the closest avail to 4.34) will give you slightly lower gearing than you had while stock.
From here it's up to you where to go.
If stock performance is fine stay with 4.56. If you want a little more low end grunt, go to 4.88. If you want to murder the rocks go to 5.13 or lower.
BTW, lower gears = higher numerically