Am still a newbie and i did read the lift theory and many others but i have a few different questions

1- 37s or 35s?
2- when you regear what happends on the highway?
3- for a 35 or 37 is a 2.5 lift high enough with flat flares? Personally id like to keep my stock flares.
4- i daily drive every day but when i go wheeling its tough trails! What are the real answers to these questions!

 

Bigger is better? Hey my wife thinks that way

 

Why stop at 37s if bigger is better?

 

1. Personal preference, budget, usage, etc.
2. The rpm's for a given speed go up. Plug some numbers into the chart in the faq's.
3. For a given tire size, flat fenders can negate the need for a taller lift. So, the answer will depend on use and specific setup.

4. Real answers? You are looking for Yes or No, when the real answer is 'maybe' or 'depends'.

Decide on a budget and a tire size, and go from there.

 

37's... 3.5" kit with stock fenders and nice adjustable control arms and 5.13 gears to keep speedo and gas mileage and power... Then I added an AEV procal which works great, but you can go with any tuner and then you'll be set!

 

Thank you!

I'm counting the hours...my new axles arrive sometime tomorrow and then first thing Wednesday the factory d30and d44, factory drive shafts all come off, then Dynatrac d44 and d60 + custom drive shafts and new rims and tires

My AEV Procal has arrived along with ARB compressor and jk bracket

Went with 5:13's and I made a last minute decision to swap out Ace mid width bumper for an Ace stubby bumper with a stinger

I figure what's a jk on 37's without a stinger?

With just the 33's it seemed too odd to put on a stinger...

Saw too many beautiful rigs at the Bethel Maine Jamboree with 35's and 37's and stubby bumpers and stingers and they looked great

Matthew

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For budget, and being a daily driver, I would go with the 35's. They will be more than capable off road and still have decent street manners.

 

Exactly, why not run some 42's on it with a 8" lift and a 3" body lift.

 

Since you're a newbie, I highly recommend hold off on mods for Atleast 6 months. In that time, you will learn A LOT more about your jeep than you know now. Get out on the trails and learn to wheel stock. It will greatly improve your skills down the road. Aside from learning valuable skills, you will also learn what direction you want to go with your build. That's my 2 cents. Throwing on some 35's or 37's and you never truly learn the basics. Easy trails are too easy, and trails suited for that rig are over your head..aka making a newbie Mistake on those trails is much more costly

 

OK, to be serious now. Since you don't have a profile filled out I went back and read through your started threads and posts that you have made and came to the following determination:
You have a 2013 sahara which I assume is an automatic and I could not determine what gearing you have. You are running the 18" wheels with the factory tires. You are new to jeeps but have had some kind of chevy truck or suv and have run goodyear duratrac tires. You seem to have had problems with tps and some stereo issues. You are under the impression that your transfer case would not be covered under warrantee if you lift more then 2.5" for some reason. You run trails and have gotten stuck in the mud on those trails. You state in this post that you run tough trails but in another thread you say you would not do anything extreme. You JK is your daily driver.

I would recommend for you to run 35" tires on aftermarket 16" wheels with a 2.5" lift and some new shocks with the stock flares. Just note that you will need to run some longer bump stops with this set up. If you currently have 3.73 gears then I would just leave it be, if you have 3.21 I would think hard about running some 4.10 or 4.56 gears depending on how hilly it is where you live and how much highway driving you do. Should you re-gear your highway performance will depend on the ratio you pick. If you like your highway performance now you would want to pick a gear ratio that matches your new tire size to the engine rpm at highway speeds.

Any other questions?