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Old Jan 19, 2013 | 12:06 AM
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Yeah I'm trimmed in preparation for the 33's my one and only worry is that they will hit the leafs or rub the control arms.. I'm running RC lca's not stock so I should be fine. Especially if your running 13.50s on them. Oh decisions...

My old setup was stock control arms 15x8 3.75bs d windows with 31's and it was close to rubbing the lca's/leafs.. So that's why I'm over thinking it now. Lol

the way i look at it is if i'm running 13.50s on mine w/ no rubbing you should be fine with 12.50s. my 96 rubbed like crazy and they were 12.50s on 15x8s... which is why im so surprised i dont rub now lol
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Old Jan 19, 2013 | 08:40 AM
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Just came across this page on Instagram. Fab company called LEADFOOT OFFROAD. They make this roof rack for XJs. I Deff am wanting this with the 40" LED lightbar across the front! I just keep finding more stuff I want ugh hahah



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Old Jan 19, 2013 | 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by NewJerseyXJ609

Wait.. Are you saying that a 10 inch rim isn't wide enough to handle a 12.50 wide tire...

15x10 can easily handle that... A friend of mine is running a 9inch wide rim with 13.50s and another is running 8 on 12.50. So I know it will handle it. I just don't know whether to go 15x10 or 15x8 both with a 3.75 bs just for the look of it. I really like how his sit with the 10's
No I'm saying with a 10" rim and 12.5 tire the rim is so wide that you can pop the bead in on hard offroading conditions
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Old Jan 19, 2013 | 12:19 PM
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No I'm saying with a 10" rim and 12.5 tire the rim is so wide that you can pop the bead in on hard offroading conditions
Ok gotcha so your saying that the 15x8 would be the better choice for me since I'm going to be running 12.50
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Old Jan 19, 2013 | 12:22 PM
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Just came across this page on Instagram. Fab company called LEADFOOT OFFROAD. They make this roof rack for XJs. I Deff am wanting this with the 40" LED lightbar across the front! I just keep finding more stuff I want ugh hahah



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What I would do for one of those light bars... Lol
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Old Jan 19, 2013 | 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by busted-knuckles

No I'm saying with a 10" rim and 12.5 tire the rim is so wide that you can pop the bead in on hard offroading conditions
10" wide rim on a 13.50 tire is perfect though
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Old Jan 19, 2013 | 12:34 PM
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@newjerseyxj yeah you can get them on eBay pretty cheap. I got a 12" for 140 shipped.. Putting it on soon



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Old Jan 19, 2013 | 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by NewJerseyXJ609

Ok gotcha so your saying that the 15x8 would be the better choice for me since I'm going to be running 12.50
For hard core wheeling yes, a 8" rim is good for a 12.5
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10" wide rim on a 13.50 tire is perfect though
Yes for a 13.5 tire a 10 rim is good, a 13.5 tire on a 8 rim would be hard on the tire.
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Old Jan 19, 2013 | 02:36 PM
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anybody have any experience w/ JcrOffroad? i really am liking these sliders they make http://www.jcroffroad.com/mm5/mercha..._Code=XJ-US-Dx

they would look killer on my jeep painted black. plus they would cover up this ugly *** dent in the bottom of my passenger side rocker
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Originally Posted by GAREBLXJ
anybody have any experience w/ JcrOffroad? i really am liking these sliders they make http://www.jcroffroad.com/mm5/mercha..._Code=XJ-US-Dx

they would look killer on my jeep painted black. plus they would cover up this ugly *** dent in the bottom of my passenger side rocker
My buddy has a bunch of jcr stuff on his xj not those exact sliders but still. He's more than happy with they're stuff. I'm definitely looking into getting sliders from them a little down the road.
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I'm thinking about seeing how much it would be to custom build a roof rack similar to that leadfoot one and add the 40" LED..... Hmmm..
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Originally Posted by NewJerseyXJ609
My buddy has a bunch of jcr stuff on his xj not those exact sliders but still. He's more than happy with they're stuff. I'm definitely looking into getting sliders from them a little down the road.
hell yeah i just want to get some cuz theres a pretty noticeable dent in the bottom of the passenger side rocker and those sliders would cover it perfectly
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Old Jan 20, 2013 | 11:11 AM
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Any suggestions on what i can do to beef up my front end for these 13.50 tires?
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Any suggestions on what i can do to beef up my front end for these 13.50 tires?
Are you talking about beefing up the axle itself?

Truss it, knuckle gussets, full case locker (stronger than the stock carrier) weld axle tubes to diff housing.
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I already plan on trussing it and locking it I was talking about beefing this area up..



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