I have a 95 xj with a 4.5" lift and stock gears. I want to run 33's but im not sure if I need to upgrade my gears or not.

 

It would be best to upgrade to 4.56 or 4.88 but a lot of people run them on stock gears. If you don't upgrade gears I'd recommend a tranny cooler to help keep the trans happy

 

Put gears in it! Im running 33s with stock 3.55 gears. And I hate it! I will be putting in gears as soon as I get the money. And 32s are no better to me.

 

What they said.

 

Not to hijack but what would be the best gearing for 34s (its metric idk the exact size in metric but it comes out to about 34.33")

 

If your worried about cost I got a set of 4.11s out of a 4 cyl Cherokee and it was only $200 for ring, pinion and hs carriers.

 

the fact is that you are gonna want gears eventually my 33's on 4.5 are great but im holding off till my taxes get back so i can put my 3/4 tons under it

 

It depends on the weight of the tire as to how your Jeep will react... I'd do 4:56's

 

tell us what transmission you have

 

Im running 33s on 3.55 an have no problem with it at all i pull 50s off the line all day an take 1500 chevys so to run it tell you get the money you will be just fine an if its auto its got a cooler.. ive also pulled the hills an had no problem.

 

4.56 or 4.88, I'd probably go 4.88, most 35s are probably 34.5 and everyone runs 4.88s with them.

 

X2, I do 75 on the interstate every day on 33s and 3.55s

 

x3 on the stock 3.55 with 33's

 

it really depends on how you use your XJ. If you are going to wheel hard, I would upgrade, but I DD mine with occasional wheeling on the weekend.

 

If you feel that you need more power "DOWN SHIFT" seems a lot cheaper than changing gears.