With cut fenders is it possible without giving up a lot of flex?

 

you don't have to give up any flex.

that setup downright works

lift height doesn't equal flex

 

That's a gray area. Actually the higher you are, the more play room your tires will have in the wheel well. Is the the most efficient way of gaining flex? – not necessarily.

Trimmed fenders will offer more flex for lower lifters, but no one with a 4.5 inch lift is going to get the flex I do with 33's and the factory flares. Almost all of them have to trim it off to get where I'm at, or else they will rub or break something tying the flare to the fender.

To answer OP:

If you trim your fenders you'll have plenty of flexing room.

 

no gray area, just setup your suspension travel to go mostly down, as opposed to mostly up.

 

Also how much do 35's run around price range?

 

3 inches up travel 12 inches down.

Bumpstops and proper shocks and longarms you can run min lift with major flex and no tire rubbing.

 

Expect to pay anywhere from $160-300 each with the $160 set being the worst quality and the $300 set being the best quality.

 

how did you fit the 17" travel shocks?

 

Oops my bad... 12 down.

 

how did you fit the 15" travel shocks?

if you get full use out of shocks that long, i would expect to see more flex than in that pic too. my 10's with 35's flexed about that much.

 

Them my measurements might be off lol.ill grab a tape tomorrow and recheck them.

 

 

if you want a bunch of tire options/prices I made a thread about it
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f59/li...9/#post2118219

 

Correct me if I am wrong here. But when you measure the outside of a tire per say (3in up/12" down) That is not actual shock travel. That is outside wheel travel.

IF you figure the axle/wheel overall length and actual shock location at say a 45degree angle. The tire/wheel should have a little bit more travel than the shock does. Because one side of the axle is moving and not the entire axle and the shock location is in further from the wheel. IF the entire axle was moving at the same rate, then yes shock travel would equal tire/wheel travel. Like going in a circle. the outer most part is a larger circumference than the inner part.

 

I'm deciding whether to run 33's or 35's