so i have a fairly long commute for school and i need to keep my mpg as high as i can. bigger tires and high mpg are never used in the same sentence i know! but i want to put a rough country 4.5 inch lift on my xj and just run with the 29in tires that are on there now. i get 19mpg and dont want to see it go any less. so do yall think it would look funky like that? cuz im optimistic and see it a more flex and less rubbing!!!

thanks cole

 

um yes it would look real funky! like you were roolin on doughnuts

 

Yeah it would look funny and remember the higher in the air you go the more air resistance you have= lower mpg's

 

well i planned on having a set of sreet tires and off road tires anyways. 33's for off road but i dont want the lower mpg of 33's. i like the look of smaller tires of higher lift but damn that might just be too small of a tire! oh well, it'll flex like no other

 

yeah 31's is the smallest i would go with a 4.5'' lift they wont hurt gas bad and they will look ok too

 

I have that set up right now( 4.5 lift on 31 M/Ts) add in all the skids and bumper and I get 15 mpg average. I think I get about 17 on the highway but I have no prof of that just what I think due to gas consumption.

 

is there anything i can do thats not to costly to increase my mpg???

 

put a 3'' lift with30's or 31's its not that bad(for a jeep) at that height and tire size

 

Buy a Festiva....

Not that I know of, but I would love to hear anyone else ideas...

 

well i wqant the 4.5 cuz i do want to have 33's for off road use. and no chance in hell am i gonna buy a festiva! yeah if you guys have ideas to increase my mpg even 1 or 2 miles to the tank i'll try them out!

 

K&N if you don't already have one.

 

yeah i have one...they help some

 

x2 on a 3" to 3.5" lift with 31s this is what i had on my jeep when i first got it and it would flex like crazy check out my jeep album i have a couple of pics flexing it

 

that was 4.5 lift on i wanna say 245x75x15. kinda odd looking but not terrible. would have looked a little better i think if there were flares on still

 

Buy yourself some junker 4-banger car as a DD. The bug hits you hard. Youll be happy with it for a while and then start thinkin ..."hmmm, if i just did this or this i could stuff 35's under this thing" hahaha