Another question. Is there a favorite shock you all would choose? Should I stick with RE? If so, do you suggest their standard twin-tube, or jump up to the Extreme-Duty mono-tube? A stiff ride is okay.

What do you think of 31x10.5 tires on 15x8 wheels? She likes the look of the MT Baja MTZ tire. Purely for aesthetics, we'd like to run a 17" wheel, but it seems like most pics I see of similarly lifted XJ's look like they're running 15's.

Based on everybody's input, it looks like the RE 3.5 SUPERFLEX kit is the way we'll go.

 

I know. Thats why I told what I did.

Bilsteins!

Love my 8" rims.

 

Bilstein Shocks are going to ride the best. But you'll pay for them.

17's look good but most people run a 15" rim. Cheaper tires.

MT Baja's are fine.

3.5" will be all you need.

 

This place has good prices on shocks.
http://www.eshocks.com/bil_veh.asp?M...&Manf=Bilstein

 

If your gonna go to mickey Thompson for tires. Baja claws are the way to go!!!!

 

Ok guys, last tire question out of me, and it's a "which one would you choose" type of question. I've narrowed it down to two.
Goodyear Wrangler MT/R 32x11.5x15
BFG KM2 33x10.5x15.

My XJ might see 5,000-8,000 miles a year on the street. Never on ice or in snow. I've just now got into "wheelin", so I've been taking it easy. Light trails and little rock, lots of mud.

I will be trimming both front and rear fenders and I will be eventually stepping up from 3" lift to 4.5".

 

4.5" with trimmed fenders... get 33s either way. Between those two tires, it's all preference.

 

33x12.5x15 Mickey Thompson baja claws for the win!!!!!! (Sorry, can't vote for your choices)

 

Lol. I understand.

33's it is. Oddly the 33x10.5 is cheaper than the 32x11.5

 

It was a coin toss for me between km2s and mtrs, km2s were cheaper.

 

More common size. Supply and demand.

 

Would there be much of a difference in engine performance between the two? I probably won't regear.

 

The lighter the tire the less effect it will have on performance. My jeep goes 75 at 2k rpms with 33x10.50x15s

 

Right, but I don't see that much of a weight difference between a 32x11.5 and a 33x10.5.

Ahh, screw it, 33 KM2's. My work needs to hurry up and issue our bonuses. Tires, front bumper and hopefully some adjustable LCA's.

 

my friend is building a budget xj pure offroad/mud toy and wants about 4 inches of lift but cheap any ideas or combo of parts that will stay under 400 bucks with shocks?