Anyone drive anything..lifted?

[Rifter]

Remeber jeeps have crap axles, you arnt going to want to go to large on the tires till you upgrade the axles.

4" is not so bad it will be more top heavy but unless you are trying to autocross it you wont notice much on road difference under normal driving.

Just keep in mind while offroading you are not going to be able to take some as extream horizonal angles you can now with it at stock height, without rolling it over. I wouldnt go more than 4-6" on lift if you can avoid it no matter what tire size you are trying to run, i would cut the fenders/inner wheel wells first before going with higher lift if possible.

My buddy has a blazer lifted 6" on 40" tires with the fenders cut ALOT to fit the tires and it can make it through washouts that my other buddy with the same body style blazer on the same size tires cant make it though because he has 8" of suspension lift and a 3" budy lift, way to topheavy.

I plan on going with a 6" lift on my old chev pickup and cutting the body back to fit either 38" or 40" tires next summer.

 

[jlee]

I had a small lift on my Tacoma (2.5" or so) and it was fine as my daily (33x10.50 tires).

 

[Bignate603]

I had a small lift on my Tacoma (2.5" or so) and it was fine as my daily (33x10.50 tires).

That lift and tires looks just about right for a Taco.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

i didn't want an offroader until i saw that lower 40 concept jeep!

 

[hanoverphist]

My buddy has a blazer lifted 6" on 40" tires with the fenders cut ALOT to fit the tires and it can make it through washouts that my other buddy with the same body style blazer on the same size tires cant make it though because he has 8" of suspension lift and a 3" budy lift, way to topheavy.

I plan on going with a 6" lift on my old chev pickup and cutting the body back to fit either 38" or 40" tires next summer.

i had a 79 chevy stepside that i bought with 8" lift and 44" tires under it. that thing looked fun, was pretty easy to handle for the most part but was a dog off road. too much height to it, made it a very weak off roader. i dropped it to 2.5" with 33s and had much more usability and reliability.

my 61 scout with 33s and no lift was way better tho. i really miss that sucker, it was small and powerful. would climb pretty much anything, and fit in lots of places my step-side wouldnt

 

[Atty]

Never as my daily driver but I've driven more lifted trucks than I can remember. From leveling kits to lift kits so tall you need to climb on the 40+ inch tires to get to the door.

Small lifts aren't bad and bigger tires aren't too bad. If you get the right kind you'll be fine. I've driven with Toyo AT's and they don't make too much noise on the road. Nito's make the most noise of any tire I've ever used. Drove from BWI to the Mountains of Virginia/West Virginia (idr which) in a 4DR jeep with a 4-5 inch lift and Nito XT tires, holy hell I wanted to kill myself. So much annoying noise.

You'll like being higher than everyone and a lift makes them look awesome but, at least for me, I'd prefer things like that to be toys, not DDs.

Also, AFAIK, bigger tires mean you should get your speedo remapped or something. Your speedo will be off because of the new tire size. Depending on how big you go, it might not make too much of a difference for you to care.

 

[JCH13]

I had a WJ with a 2" budget boost that my dad now drives. I'd go that way if I were you. IIRC, you can fit 245/75/16 tires, or 265 with a little trimming. Also get a full set of skid plates.

I have a XJ with a 2" lift right now. It's pretty nice knowing I have ground clearance for pretty much any trail here. I drive it like a sports car and it hasn't flipped.

You must not drive your sports cars too hard then :sneaky: ...

...unless your Jeep is like this one.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Trade it in on a raptor.

 

[goobernoodles]

I had a small lift on my Tacoma (2.5" or so) and it was fine as my daily (33x10.50 tires).

You have good taste in vehicles.

 

[BlackTigers]

Picked up a three inch lift...

And tires that require copious amounts of trimming. . Who needs bumpers anyway.

Started designing my rear tire rack, and working on rocker sliders at work.