New member but have owned many jeeps. Just bought a new 14 jk unlimited and looking to build it up. Just ordered a bunch of parts but really have no clue what Im doing. Any help is appreciated, I already ordered so please keep that in mind. I'm mostly concerned about tires rubbing, i wont be rock crawling or maxing out the suspension just worried about normal driving and amature offroading
1) rock krawler 3.5 mid arm x-factor lift
2) bilstein 5160 shocks
3) bilstein steering stabalizer
4) fuel trophy 18x10 with nitto trail grappler 37x12.50x18 4.5 backspace
5) smittybuilt m.o.d. full length front bumper
6) smittybuilt rear bumper with tire carrier
7) bushwacker paint to match white pocket fender flares (not flat style more factory look but wider)

 

Not quite sure where to begin as you've already ordered 2/3 of the pieces people would have advice/opinions on...

what do you plan on using your new Jeep for? Nothing more than dirt roads, start off with medium intensity wheeling with a club and/or going to a local off road park?

matthew

 

really just normal off roading, looking to possibly finding a club some time this spring. Will unfortunatily be used onroad til then, but its a 3rd vehicle so not too often. I was worried about the 3.5 lift not being high enough for the 37's but didnt want to go higher yet and do all the drive train mods, down the road though. I picked rock krawler for this reason

 

you might also pick up a adjustable track bar to recenter your axle after the lift.

 

The X factor comes with them. I would look into a drag link flip kit though.

 

The thing we need to know is what backspace wheels and I think no matter what backspace wheels your going to rub those bushwacker flare pretty good off-road unless major bumpstops are in place. The bushwacker pocket flares come down lower than stock if I remember correctly and you'll what about a 3.5 backspace wheel with 37's. Also hopefully you have a rubi with 4.10 gears for those tires(can't see profile on android phone) if not then at best you have 3.73 with won't really cut it with those heavy tire/wheels choice

 

Well.....good job ordering parts but unfortunately you've got some adjustment to do. Those tires may rub up your front bumper. You'll loose some turning radius also with the tires being tucked in on the frame like that.


It'll work fine for going straight but expect to adjust some things when you want to turn.

 

Anybody mention front driveshaft yet?


Helluva start

 

Yes with 37's fenders quickly become an issue...

i just went to 37's and about the only thing I didn't replace yet is the fenders...99% sure I'm going with the flat bushwackers.

inspection is tough in my state and although I can swap the 37's for factory wheels I can't just swap fenders for a day!

but really, 37's means you have to start talking about gears, I went with 5:13's which are great off road, but some people might prefer the 4:88's as they are a tad more on road friendly.

then you have to talk drive shafts, with 37's your spinning a lot more weight and the driveshafts and then the axles are going to take a beating...

Matthew

 

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