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Old 01-28-2013, 09:44 AM
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How high should I lift my jeep without it looking dumb? I'm thinking 3.5"
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Depends on tire size and personal opinion on what looking dumb looks like.
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I was thinking 30 or 31" tires
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If you're going with a 3.5 lift go with 31's! 30's are going to look to small
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You could fit some 32s (or maybe even some 33s) under a 3.5" with proper trimming/backspacing/bumpstopping.

But like Gee said, it's really personal opinion
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Determine your budget, then go from there.

Done right you can have 31s on no lift.
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Yeah but I wanna lift, I want space between my tires and fenders
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With stock fender 31s are a good size. I dont think trim is needed. With 3.5 lift
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So your doing this for looks and not function?

Trim the fenders, there will be space.
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go 3.5 trim a lil and put some 32s or 33s on her
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3" and 33's looks cool to me...
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That looks an awful lot like mine. Lol
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That looks an awful lot like mine. Lol
hell yeah brutha, 2 door + black + renix + ax-15 = win
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Haha, I had to swap in the AX.
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