I'm happy with my 35", so I'm wounding why I would want to move up to 37" I know a bigger tire gives more ground clearance, but other then that. Why go with 37"?

 

Cus its cool.

 

Easier to crawl over larger objects. The bigger your tires are, the smaller the rocks feel

 

That's like asking why go 35 when 33's are fine.

 

Cuz we're jeepers and our ultimate goal is to make our jeeps look like the Tonka toys of our childhood. You know you want to.

 

Going to 37s involves more than just tires in most cases. If you don't NEED them because of the type of wheeling you do, then there is no reason to get them. Regrdless of how "cool" it would look.

 

I have done a lot of trails in Moab with 35" and had not problem. I want to do the Rubicon. That's why I was thinking 37", and I know it means up grading more then just the tires. That's why I'm not sure I want to up grade right now.

 

Cool factor, braggin rights, some people because the use them, some people just to have a nice looking mall crawler. Some say because the are trying to compensate for small pen-s. I only have 35" tires.

 

I seriously considered 37's when I was getting new tires last year to replace my old 35's. What stopped me from doing so was that I am still learning to wheel properly. I've only been doing it since late 2009 and have gradually been working up to more difficult trails. Until I reach a trail that I cannot do on 35's, I see no reason to go up in size. My last wheeling trip last month was at one of the most diffcult trails I've ever done (rated 7-8 here in New England) and I made it through. It was a challenge and I scraped and bumped through it but I made it with no go arounds. Guys on 37's were scraping and bumping just as much. Afterall, they only had 1" of additional clearance over me. The only guy who blew through it was on 40's.

I see way too many people building their rigs to monster truck proportions and most don't have the first clue about how to drive/wheel it properly. That leads to breaks that could be avoided, roll overs due to not understanding your rigs geometry and possibly even bodily harm due to being stupid because "my Jeep is huge".

For those doing 4"+ lifts and 37's to not wheel...well..... Why spend that kind of money to either damage your rig driving on the road (if you don't reinforce other areas) or spend money on gussets, sleeves, driveshafts, etc...when that investment doesn't mean crap from a monetary standpoint when you go and trade it in for your next vehicle (seriously...spend $3000 on mods and watch the value quickly go to zero when trading it in.....like a custom motorcycle). But hey...it's your rig so do what you want.

I will hold off any anything bigger than 35's until my rig is no longer a daily driver. My plan is to buy something like the grand cherokee and a trailer so I can haul my JK to the trails and not be worried if I break something. At that point, I'll gladly move up to 40's and go do the extreme trails where 40's are the minimum size needed.

 

Many Jeeps have done the Rubicon stock. It takes longer and requires a pretty high level of skill, but it's doable.