what to do what to do?!
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what to do what to do?!
Hey guys I'm new to cherokees but I've forever been a jeep guy since my first wrangler! I have an 01 jeep Cherokee xj and it's currently in the shop being lifted
I'm having put on 6.5" long arms
Sye kit
Rear drive shaft
New springs and shock of coarse
4.10 gears (I desired 4.88 but the guy doing it said that the amount I drive to work would be best if I just stayed with a 4.10 now and upgrade when I upgrade my axles. I currently have 8.25 rear and I'm pretty sure the d30 front)
35" Cooper stt
And whatever else the set up I bought comes with I'm still unclear on what he said will come with it.
Stinger winch bumper
Plans:
Roof rack (I'm building on from a forum using electrical conduit)
1-2 led light bars
A set or two long range KCs I've always bought them
A rough country 9500lb winch
Lots of skid plates underneath (intend on doing first)
Ridler diff cover
Dr.x diff guard
Spectre intake to the cowl
Hi-Jack
Now if anyone's suggests highly of anything to make my ride mechanically better for my set up please chim in and let me know. I drive about 30 mins to work everyday and I'm 18 so you know the trails is what I intend to do on my off time hahaha!
I'm having put on 6.5" long arms
Sye kit
Rear drive shaft
New springs and shock of coarse
4.10 gears (I desired 4.88 but the guy doing it said that the amount I drive to work would be best if I just stayed with a 4.10 now and upgrade when I upgrade my axles. I currently have 8.25 rear and I'm pretty sure the d30 front)
35" Cooper stt
And whatever else the set up I bought comes with I'm still unclear on what he said will come with it.
Stinger winch bumper
Plans:
Roof rack (I'm building on from a forum using electrical conduit)
1-2 led light bars
A set or two long range KCs I've always bought them
A rough country 9500lb winch
Lots of skid plates underneath (intend on doing first)
Ridler diff cover
Dr.x diff guard
Spectre intake to the cowl
Hi-Jack
Now if anyone's suggests highly of anything to make my ride mechanically better for my set up please chim in and let me know. I drive about 30 mins to work everyday and I'm 18 so you know the trails is what I intend to do on my off time hahaha!
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X2...that dude is a fool for recommending you do it that way. Why pay to do it twice?
EDIT: if it isn't too late, have him install 4.88's...you're gonna want it with 35's. Ask me how I know. Also, auto trans? Definitely 4.88's. Manual, 4.56 to get it as close to the original stock gearing as possible.
EDIT: if it isn't too late, have him install 4.88's...you're gonna want it with 35's. Ask me how I know. Also, auto trans? Definitely 4.88's. Manual, 4.56 to get it as close to the original stock gearing as possible.
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Some shackle relocation brackets will help with your ride quality. And yeah, 4.10s and 35s will make you and your transmission upset. 4.56s and 35s will actually be as close to stock ratio as you can get, but when you factor in all the extra weight added and wind resistance the 4.88s are what you want. Also, if you want lockers now is the time!
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NO with 35" tires a 4.88 gear is the one that brings it back to the stock gear ratio. 33's 4.56's, 31's get the 4.10's.
Do all you can to get the proper gears in there instead of the 4.10's, hell I wouldn't them with my 33's.
Do all you can to get the proper gears in there instead of the 4.10's, hell I wouldn't them with my 33's.
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I didn't see any mention of fender flares, with that lift and tire you are going to need to do some trimming. Why both led light bars and kc's?
I'm running 4.56 on my 6.5 long arm with 35's and am happy with that setup.
I'm running 4.56 on my 6.5 long arm with 35's and am happy with that setup.
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I do plan on just trimming my fenders for flex room and I heard that when I upgrade my axles I will have to get diffrebt set of gears is that true and I can't afford a locker now sadly
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What do you mean by upgrade your axles? Like axle swap? The gears for your hp dana 30 and c8.25 will not fit anything else, so if you gear those plan on keeping them. And if you ever wanted to do lockers down the road you would need to pay to have your gears set up again (unless you went the lunchbox locker route)
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My Cherokee is a 5 speed and had 225x75 r15s which are 28.3 inches tall, and I'm now running 35s which are 34.8 inches tall.
With the extra height of the tires and lift plus the extra rotating mass of the 35s. I went with 4.88s which works great since I use the Cherokee mostly for wheeling.
28.3/34.8 X 4.88 = 3.968 or 3.97 to 1
I still get between 15 and 17 on the highway, but very seldom do I get enough highway time with it to make it an issue one way or the other.
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I have an Aussie in my 8.25 and a Lokka in the D30. I love them and both cost less than 1 ARB air locker.