4.5
- 3
___
= 1.5 inches more ground clearance.

This means less things scraping the unibody, transfer case, etc in rocky situations.

 

Lift raises the unibody of the vehicle from the axles. THE ONLY THING that give you more ground clearance is bigger tires.
4.5-3= YOUR AXLES ARE THE SAME HEIGHT OFF THE GROUND

 

You do have more ground clearance. Rocks will have a harder time hitting the Transmission, T-Case, oil pan, etc... He said nothing about axles

 

Clearance means you can clear higher obsticles. You will still hang up on your axles so you don't have more clearance. Going higher for the sake of less "scrapes" means you should probably stay off rocky trails. If you like the look of 4.5 go for it, I think it looks great. If we think 4.5 makes you more trail worthy, well that's a whole different conversation...

 

Yeah, and? When I bottomed out before my lift, it was on the transfer case, not the axles.

 

This guy disagrees with you

And this is one bad machine!!! LOL

 

Forget it, it's not sinking in. I'll stick to my mall crawling 3" lift...

 

I hat to tell you this. But there is more to clearing obstacles than a high ride height.

 

Hey holycaveman, what lift you got on the pic in your avitar? Just curious

 

IN the picture I had 2-2.5. I have 3-3.5 currently. But I am going back down soon I hope. My underside does not hold me up. My approach angle is the only limiting factor. And when I re doo the back end and install the 36's then I should eliminate that.

 

The whole reason I went 6.5 instead of 3:



My method works for me. Don't take me as stupid, because I know what you're saying. But the way I wheel, nothing touches my differentials. The only time anything would have touched any part under my Jeep is if I went over a hill and bottomed out.

Different terrains are different. It's not that either of us are right or wrong, it's that difference that makes the whole argument.

 

Did you take time and do that? LOL not bad. Yea there is no one rule for anyone. And having different ideas is a good thing. Gives us more options


Just cause I am feeling funny.

 

Everything depends on the market you're in and terrain you want to run.

In Withlacoochee, which is the only place anywhere near me, the trails are already flattened out for you. All you have to worry about is navigating the rocks and hills.

Some people do that whole rock thing you just posted, and that is where his side of the argument would shine.

And this would happen if most trail hills were 75-90º, but we're looking at more like 25-40º.

And to get your nose up like that, you'd be gunning that gas pedal wouldn't you? Slow and steady wins the race...

 

End result.

 

You know I am just having fun. For me I like going slow and thinking about every obstacle. I am rarely gassing it. However when you ride low you know ahead of time you will be dragging your belly around. And to me its worth it rather than being tippy. But we each have our ways.

That is why my transfer case clocking jig should be here in a few days. My belly will be totally flat, and have the clearance of a normal xj with 6in of lift at he bottom of the transfer brace.