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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 04:09 PM
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lol newbies... get your cutting wheel or sawzall out and go to town on that thing! if you wheel out here without cut fenders your gonna F your stuff up lol. i learned the hard way. i had a BB on 31's and it ruined a good fender and forever warped the quarters.
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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by ol'DixieJeep
lol newbies... get your cutting wheel or sawzall out and go to town on that thing! if you wheel out here without cut fenders your gonna F your stuff up lol. i learned the hard way. i had a BB on 31's and it ruined a good fender and forever warped the quarters.
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You own a cherokee. Dont be scared of a good grinder. those little wheel wells are very capable of stuffing 35's with a little bit of sparks, metal slivers, and sweat
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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by BNJeepsta
And are you sure the 17's are the right bolt pattern? I thought stock 17" wrangler wheels were a larger bolt pattern?
FYI, WINNER, WINNER Chicken Dinner ! After the owner told me he measured them and they were 5 on 4.5. Should I sell them or someone told me they made a spacer that i could put on it to adapt the pattern. I dont know if i want to mess with it and put the 3" lift on it or just put new tires on my ugly honeycombs.
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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by moneypit434

FYI, WINNER, WINNER Chicken Dinner ! After the owner told me he measured them and they were 5 on 4.5. Should I sell them or someone told me they made a spacer that i could put on it to adapt the pattern. I dont know if i want to mess with it and put the 3" lift on it or just put new tires on my ugly honeycombs.
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Ugly honey combs are so much better than paying for a tire thats for a 17 inch wheel. And id look around you may be able to do both. Oh and where are you located? I have some slightly taller than stock tires and rims off my xj I need to get rid of. Rims are the classic holes. Lol dunno what they are called

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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by moneypit434

FYI, WINNER, WINNER Chicken Dinner ! After the owner told me he measured them and they were 5 on 4.5. Should I sell them or someone told me they made a spacer that i could put on it to adapt the pattern. I dont know if i want to mess with it and put the 3" lift on it or just put new tires on my ugly honeycombs.
I thought so!
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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by NewKindOfClown

You mean you took off the flares. A lot of us cut the fenders to make room.
...And the tire had too much articulation because you didn't use bumpstops.
Agreed. Can't stress enough Bumpstops, Bumpstops.. they in my opinion are just as important as any other part of a lift.
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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by I Leak Oil
Rims are the classic holes. Lol dunno what they are called
We in the biz have a very technical name for those: 10 holes.

To the other guy, check Craigslist for wheels. You can resell the ones you just bought and use the money to buy a set you like that will actually fit.
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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by NewKindOfClown

We in the biz have a very technical name for those: 10 holes.

To the other guy, check Craigslist for wheels. You can resell the ones you just bought and use the money to buy a set you like that will actually fit.
Wow, extremely technical
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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by I Leak Oil
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Ugly honey combs are so much better than paying for a tire thats for a 17 inch wheel. And id look around you may be able to do both. Oh and where are you located? I have some slightly taller than stock tires and rims off my xj I need to get rid of. Rims are the classic holes. Lol dunno what they are called

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Im in Greensboro NC. Ive heard the 17s aint cheap. They have alot of tread life left though. Hmmmmmm, what to do. Im pretty sure i could make some money on them.Here is a pic of the new ones.
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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by moneypit434

Im in Greensboro NC. Ive heard the 17s aint cheap. They have alot of tread life left though. Hmmmmmm, what to do. Im pretty sure i could make some money on them.Here is a pic of the new ones.
I think you should make money. Sell em. Some soccer mom who destroyed their rims from curbs will want em. Or maybe even some rich kid. Id say sell em. take the money and buy some decent 15's. Or tires and wheel spacers
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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 07:34 PM
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Who makes a good trac bar for 3.5 inches of lift that isn't super expensive?
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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by LaredoLover8
thats the lift i have decided on i wasnt sure whether i wanted a 6.5 and 35s or a 4.5 and 33s i kinda didnt want to do the 35s cuz its a lot more money due to an axle swap.
i just though of 5.5 on 33s looks great what tires do you run.
what kind of wheeling do you do?

if its pretty mild trail riding you could get away with running 35's on a d30/8.25 combo.

oh, and cut your fenders and run 4.5" with 35's...
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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 08:46 PM
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Also what do you guys think about running 35's on a d30/d35 setup? 4.0, AW4, 231, 4.56's
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Old Jan 19, 2012 | 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by BNJeepsta
Also what do you guys think about running 35's on a d30/d35 setup? 4.0, AW4, 231, 4.56's
I think the d35 will explode bringing the core of the earth to a standstill and causing massive earthquakes and flooding killing all life on earth.


seriously though a 35 is too much for a d35 - it's only a matter of time till something breaks. It's pushing it on stock d30 shafts also
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Old Jan 19, 2012 | 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by dukie564

I think the d35 will explode bringing the core of the earth to a standstill and causing massive earthquakes and flooding killing all life on earth.
True story, happened to a buddy of mine
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