i also drive 30 mins to school and 30 mins back 4 times a week so i guess something to consider also. gotta make up my mind before winter and im sliding all over lol. i plan on trimming the fenders regardless, already took the flares off. it would save me a good chunk of money only buy 2 31's tho decisions decisions....

 

You dont need to Regear or axel swap. And u wond need a bigger rim either they can mount a 33x12.5 on a stick jeep rim. THe only thing you will have to do if u want to do bigger tires is a little trimming and manybe looking into bigger bump-stops so that the tires dont tear the fender to hell. But in my advise i would say GO BIG OR GO HOME. u will love 33's on there

 

ya i know i will haa 31s dont look big enough for me

 

According to your profile you are running a manual transmission. I also run a manual and hated the 3.07 gears running 29 inch tall tires. Going from the stock tire size to 31s is increase in torque of about 10.5 percent, going from stock to 33s is about 18 percent increase. So it will pretty much suck for power and mileage on the road, on a trail it will be a pita. I would say buy the two 31s and save up to get the tires, wheels, axles and gears you need to do the 33s. That is just my opinion, but you will hate 33s on 3.07s.

 

33's on 3.07's blow you won't even know what fourth gear is on the highway, I did an axle swap on mine to 3.55's and it's still a dog try to find a four cylinder with a set of 4.10's and just swap the axles out

 

Ya it will be slower but he didn't buy a camero he bought a jeep haha

 

I'm running 33's on 373 gears and mine still gets up and goes when I want it too

 

Big difference between 3.07s and 3.73s. Plus, your V8 with an auto will make up for pos gears more than a 4.0 liter and a manual transmission, so maybe what your GC does on 3.73s doesn't relate that well to what his Cherokee does on 3.07s.

 

3.07s with 33s arent to bad, yes it would be nice to be able to get up and go when on the highway but i just keep it in 4th unless going down hill. just some hills while wheeling sucks becuase if had better gears wouldnt need to put it into 4 lo on alot of things

it is what it is eventaully going to get 4.56s gears down the road

 

the reason you want an 8'' wheel is for airing down.

 

Yea and a 7" rim will air down better I would put money on it that my swampers will air down better on a 7" vs an 8" rim.

 

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
I run 44's locked up on my Honda accord, but those are the street tires... I run 53's when I'm offroad.

You honestly wanna say a Dana 35 locked up is holding up to 38.5" tires? It maybe has been parked in his garage for years with that setup but definitly not wheeled.

 

he's just asking about tires.. no need to pick at each other here.

 

33's wont be a dog. my buddies 2000 on 33s is faster and has more power than his brothers stock 89. just my 2 cents but you will certainly not be underpowered by any means.

 

That's an 89 compared to a 00.. Of corse the 2000 gonna have more *****