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Old 05-26-2009, 11:28 AM
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I got my 31/10.50's mounted yesterday. My Jeep is stock with no lift and they fit pretty good. Its tight but they don't rub that bad. They lifted my Jeep up quite a bit and gave it a mean stance. It's a $300 Jeep with $25 worth of tires on it...I don't think it's bad Let me know what you think!




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That looks pretty good. Do you plan to lift or not?
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That looks pretty good. Do you plan to lift or not?
I'm going to keep it stock for now. I may AAL or put a block in the rear and a coil spacer in the front but nothing more than that. I'm the "smallest amount of lift with the biggest possible tire" kinda guy.
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good looking jeep for the money, I'd do the bb and ride it! bad thing about big tires on small lift is your gonna rub and limit your flex.
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That looks great, and a heck of a deal. Of course, I'm partial to white Jeeps, as both of ours are white.
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i like it good job and you can do some bump stops and adjust the steering stops to stop the rubbing. but about 1.5 to 2 inches of lift will also help when you are ready
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when putting 31's w/ no lift is there a lot of rubbing? ideallly i want to get 31's with a 3.5" lift. but i want to take her off road and cant afford a lift right now. and idont want to go buy 30's then buy 31's in a couple months. so i just wanted to see if the rubbing is that bad. and my rear end is sagging, i'm figuring that might come into play as well
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Thanks for the kind words! I may trim the fenders but I'm not exactly sure if that's the route I want to go yet. The rubbing isn't that bad. It rubs at full lock but it's not awful. The difference in mine is that my rear doesn't sag at all so I couldn't exactly say for sure how the 31's would do on your Jeep MilkyXJ. I'm guessing the rear springs were changed sometime before I got this Jeep.
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That looks great, and a heck of a deal. Of course, I'm partial to white Jeeps, as both of ours are white.
I appreciate the kind words!
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Thanks for the kind words! I may trim the fenders but I'm not exactly sure if that's the route I want to go yet. The rubbing isn't that bad. It rubs at full lock but it's not awful. The difference in mine is that my rear doesn't sag at all so I couldn't exactly say for sure how the 31's would do on your Jeep MilkyXJ. I'm guessing the rear springs were changed sometime before I got this Jeep.
you don't really need to trim for 31's they fit the wheel wells pretty good. i would just put a spacer behind the stops to limit a tiny bit of the turning radius that will most likely take care of it
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Originally Posted by TapouT
I'm going to keep it stock for now. I may AAL or put a block in the rear and a coil spacer in the front but nothing more than that. I'm the "smallest amount of lift with the biggest possible tire" kinda guy.
AKA no articulation............
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Originally Posted by 98 JeepJeep
AKA no articulation............
Have you ever heard the term "droop"? Stock XJ suspension does it very well.
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