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Old Sep 28, 2009 | 12:39 PM
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33s with plenty of room to flex or 35s with a little less room??? In terms of off road performance...
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Old Sep 28, 2009 | 12:45 PM
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Well I do a little bit of everything, I have 3.73s and wanna regear, got a stubby bumper and stock skids
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Old Sep 28, 2009 | 12:46 PM
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35 with a lot of room to flex it better than both...

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Old Sep 28, 2009 | 12:48 PM
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35 with a lot of room to flex it better than both...

corey d
That goes without saying... haha
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Old Sep 28, 2009 | 12:49 PM
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I'm interested in this as well. I've got room to clear both after the lift, and I like the look of 35's better, but I'm not going to have the cash to re-gear for a while. If it's all the same off road between 33's and 35's I might start leaning to 33's.
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Old Sep 28, 2009 | 12:52 PM
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leave the 33s til you regear
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Old Sep 28, 2009 | 01:08 PM
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I say stick with 33s on the 2DR. You will have plenty of flex and you'll be able to go just about everywhere a 4DR can go with 35s. You'll just have a few more scrapes, but that's why you have skid plates!
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Originally Posted by wildandwillin
leave the 33s til you regear
Ive got 35's on a 2dr auto with 3:73's and the only place i notice a difference is flooring it on the highway. Offroad the 35's make a big difference from 33 for clearance and climbing, my dad has 33's and I have 35's and I promise you I can climb up some rocks and shelves that he cant. just my
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Old Sep 28, 2009 | 01:12 PM
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I don't have any issues with 33x12.50's flexing off-road in mud & rocks with a 2" lift. Also, have plenty of power with my 3:73 gearing and 6 spd. I think 35's would be to painful for 3:73's around my neck of the woods...but 35's do look good.
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Old Sep 28, 2009 | 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by drgreybow
I'm interested in this as well. I've got room to clear both after the lift, and I like the look of 35's better, but I'm not going to have the cash to re-gear for a while. If it's all the same off road between 33's and 35's I might start leaning to 33's.
The 6-speed makes everything way more bearable. I have been driving on 35's and 3.73s with the 6-speed and really doesn't bother me at all. If you buy the 33's now you will be wishing you went to 35's and will be out all of that money plus the regearing.
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