I plan on getting a 3in lift in the somewhat near future but until then what can i do to make more room for my tires?

 

trim the fenders

 

how much can i take off without compromising the structure of the jeep?

 

the front you can take of a crazy amount, for the rear you gotta watch out for the pinch seam, do a search on here for how to trim rear fenders there may even be a write up on it in that section, me i just made a few cuts in the bends on the rear and then beat the crap out of them with a hammer till they bended in, for the front before i took the fender flares off i just traced the outline with a sharpie and cut along that it trimmed off like two inches prolly, you can fit 31's on a stock suspension with proper trimming

 

just cut..

 

There is a writeup in our writeup section for the rear fenders and one for the front.

 

thanks

 

It's an XJ, the structure of the Jeep comes compromised from the factory.