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Old 02-08-2010, 10:52 AM
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i love to drift my jeep and if i put 3-4 inches of lift would that make me to top heavy?
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yup.
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ya, simple physics
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i have a 4 inch lift and i drift just fine. haha
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i drifted mine around a corner yesterday with snow on the road at about 30mph with no front or rear swaybars and a 4.5 lift....
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if you are wanting to drift it lifted, you better get some larger sway bars and offset your wheels out a bit.

but if you want it for drifting, slam that sucker about 3 inches and you will do alot better. the cherokee is a hell of a sleeper for drag racing so i bet it would be the same in a drift competition
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my wheels are pretty offset, mickey thompson classic lock with 3-5/16 backspacing
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why?? good luck on that
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stock is too high for drifing....

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Originally Posted by dar83
why?? good luck on that
why what? wider looks better, i also have the bushwacker fender flares so it looks great. they are dead even with the flares
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Originally Posted by nasonguy
stock is too high for drifing....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oNr6FXiROo
lol ive seen that, and why would you want to drift on dry concrete??? i'm talking wet roads or dirt. sorry if i didnt specify
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Ah, ok, I thought you meant like actual drift compititions and stuff, lol.

Drifting on dirt is fun, still easy to roll it though, gotta be super careful.
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my buddies jeeps has 4.5 inches of lift with 33.12.50's and does dough-nuts and powerslides just fine in the dirt snow or mud. havent tried it on the wet road and dont think we will.

my jeep has 6-6.5 inches of lift and no sway bars and it drifts fine in the snow or mud but it does feel really top heavy all the time with no sway bars.
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i've got 31 bfg a/t tires and the neighborhood i live in is asphalt...when it rains it is super slick, just slowly starts going sideways, but i dont have a posi or locker in the back, i'm getting one in a few days....i'll probably wipe out first time i try to spin em on the wet road. our roads are so slick when wet that i tried turning a corner doing twenty and didn't go anywhere, i slammed the brakes and pumped them a few times and by the time i stopped i was like half a foot from driving in a ditch i probably couldn't get it.....i was like OMG! haha i'd never drift on concrete, i dont even think i could, i care about my tires tooo much. haha
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Originally Posted by nasonguy
stock is too high for drifing....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oNr6FXiROo
hahaha i was gonna post that!


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