Yep, you'll need 5 of these....
Must Have's!! <---<<< Clicky

 

I've seen his Jeep. It ain't that serious

 

J/K...
You won't need anything else.

 

I tried searching this but searching wrangler in a jeep forum is freaking crazy.

Anyway, anyone ever tried Goodyear Wrangler tires? I am looking for some tires, hopefully under $100 each that will do well in minor off-roading and good winter traction. Any recommendations? I've been running 235-75-15s.

 

Pick one:
http://www.goodyear.com/en-US/tires/family/wrangler

Then read reviews:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/bfg/bfgoodrich-tires.jsp

I recommend Duratrac tires if you won't be wheeling on rocks, but they may be out of your price range.

My favorite tire overall is the Firestone Destination M/T.

 

Holy cow, I didn't realize there was sooo many different categories of the wranglers... Those Destination look freakin' mean. I'd love to get a set, but as you said a bit outta my range right now. Thanks again for all of your help!

 

I've been running the Goodyear Wrangler Radials (Basically the cheap all-terrain tires) in the back for a while and they're decent. They wear pretty evenly and have good traction, but the sidewalls are really thin.

I have the Wrangler RTS up front - used to have a full set of them, but I put a culvert pipe through one of the sidewalls on them - so I replaced two of them with the Radials. The RTS's are actually better quality built - the sidewalls are a little thicker, and the max pressure in the RTS is 40 versus the Radials (ATs) 35. The RTSs are also less noisey on the highway.

Thus endeth my experience with Goodyear Wrangler thus far.

Honestly, if I had the money to spend on a new set though, it would be the Duratracs or the Wrangler MTR Kevlars

 

I'm running 30x9.50" tires with a 2.5" coil and full leaf lift. I'm about to put 31x10.50 BFF a/t on stock steel wheels will I have any rubbing issues

 

it'll most likely rub on your LCA's. You should clear them just fine but I'd look into getting aftermarket LCAs or wheels with less BS

 

What's the minimum backspacing I need?

 

Wow I ordered a Zone 3" AAL lift kit through 2Kool Performance on Monday and it is already here for me to pick up That is two things I have ordered from this guy and bother were ready for pickup in a couple days. Too bad I am still waiting on my tie rod from a different source All I am missing now it a new exhaust and brakes and I am ready to roll

 

I've recently gone up to 35s on my 6.5 lift and have been trying to figure out what steering set up I should go with.

I don't have my jeep in front of me right now (getting gears) so, hoping someone with a similar set up could share what they've done with steering and how it's worked for them.

I've heard that crossover steering and hi steer, because it connects the wheels directly together it will cause bumpsteer at high speeds, which with the roads around where I live now I can't live with.

I don't need massive strength, there really aren't that many big rocks around here and, but it would be nice. I am looking for something I could install myself in driveway (No welding/reaming)

What is the main problem with the stock steering? Mine has a lot of play in it, but I'm hoping that's just tie rod ends.

I want to get the track bar and drag link angles as parallel as possible, how hard would that be? I currently have a drop pitman arm on there by rough country.

Is the currie currectlync steering a different design than stock, or just higher strength? Does it have longer threads at the drag link? My jeep barely has thread contact left there.

Sorry for the long post, I have done research but everyone says a particular system worked for them, but it's either a huge install or someone else says it shouldn't work.

Thanks in advance.

Edit: Here is an older, not very good picture of my steering, but nothing other than the stabilizer and drag link/tie rod adjustment has been changed. (http://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/...psf9c28357.jpg)

 

At your height you need an over the knuckle kit. Under the knuckle will have to severe of a draglink angle.

OEM steering is barely adequate for stock jeep, so imagine the stresses it will see with bigger tires and the demands of taking the rig offroad.

Steering upgrades are always a good investment.

 

when do i extend the rear brake line? ill be at 3.5'' max

 

Any particular kit you'd recommend? Rather something relatively inexpensive. Also all of the OTK kits I found seem to be crossover/inverted T? Will this not cause excessive bumpsteer at higher speeds by linking the wheels directly together? If not, then what do you think of the IRO bolt on kit?