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JK Body lift or chop fender flares?

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Old Jan 7, 2012 | 06:28 PM
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What do you guys think, should i install a 1 or 1.25 inch body lift or chop my fender flares to clear 35's? I already have a 2 inch lift.
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Old Jan 7, 2012 | 06:34 PM
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I have both. Either is great. Chop em!
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Old Jan 7, 2012 | 06:38 PM
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The JK easily hides a 1" or 1.25" bodylift and the rear bumper can also be easily raised 1" to eliminate the gap in the rear (Do a search for a thread I did a while back). I ran a 1" BL and 2"BB for 3 years or so without any issues at all. Rode like factory. Chopped fenders look cheap to me. I like the bushwacker or other flat flares though.
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Old Jan 7, 2012 | 06:52 PM
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I love the looks of the bushwackers. I was recently looking at the Smittybilt XRC fender flares, I know those are steel but it got me thinking that I could probably cut the stockers to look like those.
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Old Jan 7, 2012 | 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by SH0RTBUS
The JK easily hides a 1" or 1.25" bodylift and the rear bumper can also be easily raised 1" to eliminate the gap in the rear (Do a search for a thread I did a while back). I ran a 1" BL and 2"BB for 3 years or so without any issues at all. Rode like factory. Chopped fenders look cheap to me. I like the bushwacker or other flat flares though.
Hate being a noob but a "BB" stands for what?
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Old Jan 7, 2012 | 06:55 PM
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Budget boost
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Old Jan 7, 2012 | 06:57 PM
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Sorry I didn't specify earlier but I have a BB as well..
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Old Jan 7, 2012 | 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by FLRubi
Hate being a noob but a "BB" stands for what?
An inexpensive spacer lift, instead of a more expensive coil lift.
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Old Jan 7, 2012 | 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Lane87
What do you guys think, should i install a 1 or 1.25 inch body lift or chop my fender flares to clear 35's? I already have a 2 inch lift.
being that you already have a budget boost installed, i would definitely do a fender chop. it's cheap and easy to do and, the results look great
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Old Jan 7, 2012 | 10:25 PM
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Thanks for all the feed back guys! I think I'll be chopping my fenders as soon as i can get a break from this snow!
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