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Old Feb 5, 2012 | 08:49 AM
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I have a 2012 jeep wrangler unlimited Sahara. It will be mostly a DD with Light wheeling no rock crawling.

I'm thinking of a 2 inch lift " coils and shocks" and a 1.25 inch body lift

On tires I really want to keep the stock wheels and not regear for about 6-12 months currently have 3.21

So tires either falken rocky mountain 285-65-18 or duratrac 275-65-18 I think these are the largest I can get away with.

So what's your thoughts and which tire would look best under that life and work the best for daily driving and light wheeling to moderate
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Old Feb 5, 2012 | 08:54 AM
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If you don't want to regear I'd say 33's. The lift and 33's would look great. In my opinion for dd and light wheeling would be the bfg all terrains. It looks good and wears great. For wideness I think 12.50 is the max on stock tires.
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Old Feb 5, 2012 | 08:56 AM
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You could get away with more I know I did. I think 33's would like fine but if you want 35's it will fit with that set-up. Not that I am saying you need 35's as there is of course advantages and disadvantages of both 33's and 35's. Take a look at my thread and read my specs as it is quite close if not exact to what you are asking. Hit me up with any questions or wait for some more replies, you will get tons of good advice here.

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...owski-Show-Off
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Old Feb 5, 2012 | 09:11 AM
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So you would not do the duratrac but go bfg at. Also how does width 285 covert to width
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Old Feb 5, 2012 | 09:33 AM
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Thanks what's the conversion rate so I can tell which tire to buy but I beat width wise the tires I already posted are already the largest I should go. I was leaning toward the duratrac but the falken are bigger
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Old Feb 5, 2012 | 10:08 AM
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I did a 3 1/4" rough country lift and put 35" x 12 1/5" BFG KM2s it works great. It only rubs a little (noyjing that concerns me) at full extention in the rear. I did not do a body lift.
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Old Feb 5, 2012 | 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Jegarner
I did a 3 1/4" rough country lift and put 35" x 12 1/5" BFG KM2s it works great. It only rubs a little (noyjing that concerns me) at full extention in the rear. I did not do a body lift.
Well what do you think of the tires I'm looking at
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Old Feb 5, 2012 | 10:38 AM
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In my opinion you can't go wrong with duratracs. They look aggressive and are still really quiet on road.
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Old Feb 5, 2012 | 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by JE8154
In my opinion you can't go wrong with duratracs. They look aggressive and are still really quiet on road.
Cool what size you think will work best with my set-up
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Old Feb 5, 2012 | 11:44 AM
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Also what do you guys think of the combined lift
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