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Old 01-08-2013, 09:48 PM
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I have recently purchased a 2008 jeep wrangler x 2 door and i am a beginner at building my jeep up and am all ears for input suggestions and opinions. I am currently looking at a 3.25 inch rough country suspentsion lift and looking at putting 33inch or 35inch bfgoodrich all terrains on it. does anyone have any suggestions on if i should or should not go that route. i plan i doing a little bit of offroading but nothing to crazy. im not trying to spending thousands on a lift.

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I will be using this as a daily driver so I'd like a decent ride too.
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Originally Posted by CrazyLikeAFox
I have recently purchased a 2008 jeep wrangler x 2 door and i am a beginner at building my jeep up and am all ears for input suggestions and opinions. I am currently looking at a 3.25 inch rough country suspentsion lift and looking at putting 33inch or 35inch bfgoodrich all terrains on it. does anyone have any suggestions on if i should or should not go that route. i plan i doing a little bit of offroading but nothing to crazy. im not trying to spending thousands on a lift.

thank you for your time.
The TeraFlex 3" springs is a great lift and would give you plenty of room for up to 35" tires. Rides nice on highway as well. I also went with Bilstein 5100 shocks and really like the combination. This would be about the max lift without having to make front driveshaft adjustments on the 2-door.
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Another route if you wanted to keep costs down is the Teraflex Budget Boost with shock adapters and a set of red Rubicon shocks. With this setup you could run a 33" tire an be able to disconnect the front swaybar. With wheel spacers or 4.5" backspaced rims you shouldn't have any rub.

You could also run a 35" tire with that setup. With wheel spacers or a 4.5" back spaced rim you shouldn't have any rubbing. But not able to disconnect the front swaybar with the 35's as you would have major rubbing issues.

Best of luck with your build!
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Originally Posted by CrazyLikeAFox
I will be using this as a daily driver so I'd like a decent ride too.
Welcome to the forum, good luck on your mods.
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Teraflex budget boost and some 33s. This will get you started and allow you decide where you want to go next. It won't break the bank and you won't kick yourself when you switch it out with something else.
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Good luck wiht the build TeamFaust's advice was pretty good. Take your time and read plenty of treads before making your decision best of luck
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Welcome to the forum. Good luck with your mods. When you're finished you're going to love they way it'll look, I guarantee it. Enjoy
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Welcome to the forum. Good luck with your mods. When you're finished you're going to love they way it'll look, I guarantee it. Enjoy
Sounds like a Mens Warehouse commercial
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Originally Posted by v8zracer260z

Sounds like a Mens Warehouse commercial
LMAO it does! Welcome to the forum!


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