97JeepXJ4x4

Heres my delema, im sitting on 4.5 lift right now with 32's, i like to off road an do all kinds of fun things with the jeep, an was wanting to go with maybe a 33 tire an use some flat style flares. But now i see myself wanting a 6.5 lift an maybe 35inch tires becasue i dont wanna be that guy on the trail that cant hang with some of the other people i wanna be able to do most everything they do. Now i do realize they are really modifed jeeps and what ahve your but just looking for opinion here on what your guys thoughts on a bigger lift, or stay at what i have.

cball917

This may not be what your looking for but I have been places with minimal lift where normaly should not have been. Wheeling is not just about lift etc. Experience and knowing how to drive plays a big part

97JeepXJ4x4

Yeah thats what the group i went with told me im really new to the off road thing. I was just trying to settle on what i want to do.
Heres a couple pics from my first wheeling adventure. heres a pic from my first adventure out

97JeepXJ4x4

An heres a couple pics of the xj's i was with the red has 8inches of lift the green has 10inches

2KXJJEEP

ok im running a 6.5"lift in the front and 4" in the rear for now until i get my hack & tap put on and i have the BW flat style flares and i almost went with 35's but was worried bout breaking axles and not being able to flex her as much i ended up going with 33's and love it...heres some pics hope it helps

97JeepXJ4x4

thanks for the picture xjjeeper, i didnt even take into consideration about some of the things required for the 35's, this is a big help.

Desert Rat

I agree with Cball, wheeling has more to do with driving than lift. I wheel with a bunch of guys on 35's and I roll with em on 31's, granted I work a little harder, but I keep up. The only real good reason I see for lifting more is if you find yourself running trails where your beating the **** outta your undercarraige, in that case you might wanna take it up a bit.

2KXJJEEP

oh and by the way i had a 4.5" lift all i did was put some 2" teraflex coil spacers on the front and im going to put some lift shackles or a full leaf pack on the rear to even it out

97JeepXJ4x4

So stick with the 4.5 lift an maybe run some 33 an cut out flares, I just don't wanna have to work as hard thats all, I mean I ran what i had an had some ground clearance issues an limited to my flex without destroying my fenders

2KXJJEEP

those BW flat flares will give u alot more flex room...do u already have longer brake lines and a adjustable trac bar

97JeepXJ4x4

I have longer brake lines an a track bar disconnect

2KXJJEEP

u mean sway bar disconnects lol but do u have a after market trac bar

97JeepXJ4x4

Just got these the other day

ct67_72

Stay with the 4.5". If you want 35's go for it. You don't need more lift though. There should be .no reason to have 10" lift on an xj unless all it sees is mud.

Skunkape

Agreed 10" is not a good idea.I wheeled with guys with 35s and 37s when I was on 33s.Being the small guy on those rides made me pick better lines and the result was me going where they went sometimes easier and with less breakage than they usually experienced.Im on 35s now and feel like the 33s helped me learn how to drive.No piece of gear you can buy can make up for knowledge and experience