BNJeepsta

My lift is pieced together with parts from all different brands. Imo that's the best way to go. You can get what suits you the best. Also I ran an AAL and blocks before, never again will I do that lol. The AAL sagged after about a month and rode like a dump truck and the blocks made my leafs worse and gave me terrible axle wrap

BNJeepsta

Dude what the hell are you talking about? The jeep in that pic has stock bumpstops and plenty of up travel. And it has NEVER even hit one of the flares, let alone taken one off. If they were 12.50's they might hit but 31x10.50's don't hit at all.

TrollHammer

Not sure what level of bumpstopping is "crazy", but with proper massaging of the wheelwells, you can get quite a large tire in the wheel wells with moderate to no bumpstopping.

Last year I ran 34" tsls with no lift. I had stock bumpstops in the back and only had minor rubbing on the smooth part of the wheel well if I stuffed the tire and leaned the jeep over hard. A few taps with a 1lb hammer solved that, and youd never know I did much to it. In the front I added a hocky puck on each side and pushed the floorboard up a bit and had no issues.

As far as fenders and flairs, I did cut and roll the metal, but Im not sure I had to. The only point they rubbed was on each end in the back, and a little nip with the cutoff wheel took care of it.

I added a 3.5" lift and will be adding 1" spacers to the stock bump stops. Proper bumpstopping actually aids in articulation for two reasons: it keeps the rubber from jamming up and binding somewhere it shouldnt touch, obviously, so you dont have to worry about it when flexing, but the hidden bennifit is that the bumpstop can act like a fulcrum, pushing the far tire down just a smidge. A smidge may be all it takes to decide if you make it over an obsticle or up a hill.

Ill admit that I am keeping an eye out for new adjustable bumpstops, as the rear stock stops are weak and cant take any lateral orce once they get a little rusty. Out of three jeeps (six bumpstops) I only have one bumpstop that looks sound enough to last the season. One I have attempted to glue back together, but Im not holding my breath. Anyone know of front and rear bumpstops that dont cost a fortune? Id like to spend no more than $100 for all four.

BigMatt

In running a 4.5" w/ 33 x 10.5 right now my fenders are trimmed but I have no bump stops whatsoever. I have on more than one occasion shoved those tires so far into the wheel well I've removed the undercoating without causing any sort of non paint related damage.

rayray0918

Exactly. Stock wheel backspacing is best if you don't want to trim on a 3 inch lift and I believe that's what the OP was asking. I wouldn't tell someone to get 3.75 or 4 inch BS when the guy doesn't want to trim. That's just setting him up for failure cause you WILL rub. We should take a poll....haha.

rayray0918

So you're saying you did ZERO trimming?

BNJeepsta

Look at the pic man! ZERO TRIMMING

rayray0918

I wouldn't be able to tell by looking at a picture if you trimmed or not Man. You just might be the first person in history that has Zero rubbing and Zero trimming with 4 inch bs or whatever it is.. Good job

Disoriented Hillbilly

Had my aal's a year now. Very little, if any sagging. And i dog the snot out my rig.

BNJeepsta

That's wild. What brand are they?

yarom

What is the stock back spacing?

BNJeepsta

5.25"

Disoriented Hillbilly

RC. They were a full length leaf, not a stubby like some kits.
My aal's after 1 year:

Disoriented Hillbilly

^^^

BNJeepsta

Looks good man! What kind of winch is that?