man that looks great

 

There are several 2" "budget boosts" out there.

Usually just 2" spacers that fit between the frame and the stock springs. If you are going to do ANY off roading, get one with the longer shocks or at the very least shock spacers. If you don't, you'll find your short shocks working as articulation "stops" (thud).

I plan to run 33" tires on my 2 door Rubicon and my current plan for lift is one of these 2" budget boost. (It's a kit with four 2" spacers, one for each spring, bump stop extensions and four shocks that are 2" longer) Several manufacturers make them.

You can get away with not putting track bar re-locaters or brake line drop brackets with a lift as short as 2" but since I plan to do some moderate off-roading I'm going to make my own brackets to drop the brake lines, just in case, and spend $180 each to get adjustable track bars for the front and back. The trackbar brackets, while workable at getting you lined back up correctly, are weaker than a correct length track bar. (I've already seen a pic online of a broken track bar mount caused by one that got a little too much load on it).

Side note: I've also ordered new wheels with less backspacing so that I don't have to get wheel spacers. I just don't like the thought of using wheel spacers. I'm paranoid about extra points of failure where my Jeep's "feet" are concerned. (though many people have used them for years without a single problem)

Side note #2: By using a spacer lift your ride should be very similar to stock since you are keeping your stock springs. The only concern will be the shocks that you run with it.

-S

 

This is great, thanks. So if I don't want to use a lift or spacers, I should stick with 32's?

 

Thats pretty much what im planning on, except I am going with the wheel spacers. On a straight axle vehicle there really isn't much to worry about as long you torque them down correctly. I think its 90 lbs Ill have to double check tho.

 

Yup. But watch out for the width of those 32's. The widest stock tires are, I think, 10.5 (?)

If you grab some fat a** 12.5" wide tires or some such, you are going to rub at full turn.

I'm not near my Jeep right now, but you can go on to the Jeep website and check out the stock tire sizes for the different models. If you aren't going to change wheels or add spacers, I'd avoid going wider than the widest stock tire that comes on a JK. (it will probably be the Rubicon' MT tire)

Just a thought, but you might consider snagging a set of take-off Rubicon tires from somebody that has a Rubi with sized up rubber. They'll probably be willing to sell them at a reasonable price to get their garage space back.


-S

 

i don't know about listening to this guy

 

Thanks, TEV. I'm really happy with the setup. I've had it setup this way for a couple of months, and just yesterday the ESP light started coming on. I haven't had a chance to figure out what that's about.

 

I gotta say that I am happy with my 2.5" lift and 33" tires. I think it is a nice looking combination that, at full flex, fills the wheel wells but doesn't rub.

Side view:


Full Flex - no rubbing

 

2.5 is perfect for 33's it looks way better than 33's and no lift in my opinion. I ran 33's with no lift for about a month. Oh and if you do decide not to lift it. At least run the skyjacker 3/4" lift in the front. Anyway here is a pic of mine with 2.5" (i took off the running boards)

 

From what I've seen and read, these seem to be the perfect combos:
2"/33"
2.5"/34"
3"/35"

On a side note, why does eejk's 2.5" look so much lower than Jeephrog's? Is one a BB, and one a coil lift?