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Old May 20, 2011 | 10:19 AM
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Hey everyone,

My bfg km2's will be wearing out sooner or later. When they do I want to go to a 37" tire on my two door. Right now I have a 2.5" tfbb and my 35's clear fine. When I go bigger I don't want to have to extend brake lines or do new drive shafts. I was wondering...I don't need much flex so could I clear 37's on just a 2.5 tf coil lift or a 3.5 aev lift?

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Old May 20, 2011 | 10:22 AM
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Planman did 37s with a 2.5" ome lift and a 1" body lift. And he did 40s with 3.5" and 1" body lift I believe. You can do it!!!
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Old May 20, 2011 | 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by JK.nick
Planman did 37s with a 2.5" ome lift and a 1" body lift. And he did 40s with 3.5" and 1" body lift I believe. You can do it!!!
I have read thru planmans write ups over and over. I just refuse to use a body lift. So we shall see.
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Old May 20, 2011 | 12:00 PM
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I have a 2dr sahara. I have the Tera Flex 2.5 BB with shocks, Rubi Unlimited 4dr springs (gave me and extra 1" in the front and 1.3" in the rear), modded stock flat fenders and a Rough Country 1.25" body lift on 37" KM2's (really about 36.2"). If you have aftermarket rims wider than 8" I would go with a Toyo or MTR as they are closer to stated size.

Here's a shot with the 35's and 37's. I personally think it is a great look, just like with the 35's, just bigger (same amount of space in the wheel wells).
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Old May 20, 2011 | 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by 04sssti
I have a 2dr sahara. I have the Tera Flex 2.5 BB with shocks, Rubi Unlimited 4dr springs (gave me and extra 1" in the front and 1.3" in the rear), modded stock flat fenders and a Rough Country 1.25" body lift on 37" KM2's (really about 36.2"). If you have aftermarket rims wider than 8" I would go with a Toyo or MTR as they are closer to stated size.

Here's a shot with the 35's and 37's. I personally think it is a great look, just like with the 35's, just bigger (same amount of space in the wheel wells).
I have 17x9 with 4.6mm backspacing. I am not going to trim my fender flares either. They match my Lod rear and Arb front perfectly.
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Old May 20, 2011 | 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by TheDirtman
wow that is a pretty small backspace for a rim.
-12mm offset. I like the wide stance. I wanna add wheel spacers but there not legal...
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Old May 20, 2011 | 07:57 PM
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i just realistically looked into going to 37's...it would cost me almost 10k more to do what i would truly need....since i dont want flat fenders...so nevermind
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Old May 20, 2011 | 08:17 PM
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Dude got $5 grand in mine. Rock krawler 3.5 with 37s wheels included thats 5 wheels too. You can do it way cheaper than $10 grand with high quality parts.
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Old May 20, 2011 | 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by hdvoodoo
Dude got $5 grand in mine. Rock krawler 3.5 with 37s wheels included thats 5 wheels too. You can do it way cheaper than $10 grand with high quality parts.
So a 3.5 will fit 37's? Aev says their 3.5 will not fit 37's. Hmmm very interested in this
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Old May 20, 2011 | 08:37 PM
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I have the aev 3.5 prem and with different or trimmed flares / extended bump stops 37's will work fine
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