Hey there guys Bill here. Proud owner of a Red 1989 Cherokee Limited.



I plan on making my first cherokee a lifted beast and have a question about what kind of backspacing I will be needing for my set up.

I have a Rough Country 6.5" full leaf lift kit with steering stabilizer and nitro shocks. I also hit Craig's List up and got a set of 35/15/r15 Super Swamper TSLs with a enough tread to last me till a brand new set arrives.



Question is, besides the amount of trimming I will have to do, should I do 3.75" or 4" for my backspacing? Or should I go even lower?

I plan to regear the stock axels or find some 44s off CL and gear those up. I dont really travel long distances so 35s really wont kill me.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give. I've been lurking here for awhile now reading up on how I should go about doing this thing right.

lower....2'' or your gona rub bad. Your prolly still gona rub. maybe even 2'' bs and spacers.

Wow that seems like alot. Is there anyone running 35s out there that can throw me their backspacing to double check?

I didint state this before, but I just plan on muddin' this thing for awhile (parts aren't HD enough yet to crawl at all). And also I have never found the need to go full lock on the turning radius either.

Once again thanks for the answers guys.

those tires are a bit wide.......your gonna rub some kinda bad........alot of people run 33/35-12.50x15 on a 8" rim and 4" BS............