Too bad you can't make the 2 door cover work on a 4door. I'd wish I could have so it all would have sealed up better, but oh well

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...ster-2dr-black

 

I'll have to give them a call. They did the welding to reinforce my teraflex rear frame side LA control arm bracket. Guy seemed a bit cocky when I talked about my plans for a JK but he did good work and I got what I'd call a good deal for welding work, and it turned out great. Looks strong as hell. Ill swing by there and see what he charges.


That's been my experience. I borrowed a buddy's LJ that had a set of 33" thornbirds. They hydroplaned like crazy and would slide when braking a bit harder than normal to stop at a red light. When he came with us to wheel they easily turned to mud hocky pucks and would not self clean at all with wheel speed. Never saw them in use on rocks but they sucked in mud, sand, and rain.

 

Going back to your price question, that sounds a bit expensive to me unless they come mounted on something. May be the difference between buying tires for 16" wheels vs the more expensive 17" wheel size.

 

Tony, that's been the experience of several here, but he mounted my wheels/tires for a fair price.

Please let us know how this turns out as I'm very interested sort of, maybe, possibly, am definitely thinking about new gears myself. If they're fair with the costs, they might have 4 - 5 JKs in there pretty quick.

What gearing you going with? The forum "consensus" is 4.88 for 6speeds, and 5.38s for autos. I want 4.56s for Wilbur which would bring him back to a little stronger than stock, and help prevent the occasional stalling that occurs when crawling steep stuff.

A number of the GA guys have re-geared, but I've lost track of who exactly.

Edit: Just found this in a re-gearing thread so I guess that answers that question. 5.13s - whew!

 

Yeah I'm very happy with the what he charged me
Formthe welding. Gonna swing by his shop tomorrow and I'll def post up my findings. Looking at going with 4.88 gears. I plan on 37s in the future but 37s and 4.88s should be pretty good with all the highway driving I do, and still crawl good.

 

I tend toward the opposite of the gas pedal hammer move.

Given that, maybe 4.88s would be better for me since I don't typically drive on the interstate for miles. Still don't like the idea of cruising at 3000 rpms - on our latest trip to Gadsden, I was running about 2400 rpm when doing 65-70 mph.

 

That's what I'm flip-flopping about. If I stick with my baby 35s, then 4.56. If I go to baby 37s, then 4.88.

 

just go ahead and go 40's

 

i need 35's

 

Well I got bored last night and trimmed my front fenders. Still trying to figure out how I want to do the rear. I'll get some pics up today. Took awhile, prob 4 hours for the front. But I'm meticulous and measured eveything twice and cut once. Love how it turned out. I could easily clear 37s now with no rubbing. Might take out my bump stops and see if I can get some more uptravel w/o over compressing the springs.