Hey everybody, new to the Jeep Forum and I need some Help.
A Little Back Ground on the Jeep
This is my wifes DD for the next year and a half until my Mustang is paid off, and then we plan on trying to acquire a used SRT8 Cherokee as the family wagon!(then the xj gets to work for me haling parts everywhere!) We do have two young daughters as well so, keeping the Jeep safe is the key. The jeep takes maybe two camping trips a year and only mild
4wheeling takes place(The jeep sit's plenty high now to get there!), so the lift will be used for looks and thats pretty much it!( +Snow in CO!)
1996 Jeep Cherokee with a h.o 4.0 and auto transmission.
I recently picked up a set of factory Wheels and tires off of a 2008 JK Rubicon .Tires are BFG MUDs 255/75r 17 (5k miles). So yes I know I will need wheel adapters for the wheels and I know that even with spacers I cant just run these tires w/o getting a lift of some sort.
So my questions are, is it necessary to lift 3.5 " to fit these tires? When I measure the tires with a tape I get right under 32" of tire but everyone calls them 33" tires? Like i said before I don't need a crazy off road set up just want a nice looking DD thats good down the highway and handles as close to the way it was before, so what is the best and affordable lift set up??(Don't want a add a leaf kit). As far as spacers what is a good spacer size as they seem to vary, also if the inner fender flairs have to be trimmed Iam not worried about it!
Anybody else done this same thing?? Pictures of the final product??
Thanks for any help!
A Little Back Ground on the Jeep
This is my wifes DD for the next year and a half until my Mustang is paid off, and then we plan on trying to acquire a used SRT8 Cherokee as the family wagon!(then the xj gets to work for me haling parts everywhere!) We do have two young daughters as well so, keeping the Jeep safe is the key. The jeep takes maybe two camping trips a year and only mild
4wheeling takes place(The jeep sit's plenty high now to get there!), so the lift will be used for looks and thats pretty much it!( +Snow in CO!)
1996 Jeep Cherokee with a h.o 4.0 and auto transmission.
I recently picked up a set of factory Wheels and tires off of a 2008 JK Rubicon .Tires are BFG MUDs 255/75r 17 (5k miles). So yes I know I will need wheel adapters for the wheels and I know that even with spacers I cant just run these tires w/o getting a lift of some sort.
So my questions are, is it necessary to lift 3.5 " to fit these tires? When I measure the tires with a tape I get right under 32" of tire but everyone calls them 33" tires? Like i said before I don't need a crazy off road set up just want a nice looking DD thats good down the highway and handles as close to the way it was before, so what is the best and affordable lift set up??(Don't want a add a leaf kit). As far as spacers what is a good spacer size as they seem to vary, also if the inner fender flairs have to be trimmed Iam not worried about it!
Anybody else done this same thing?? Pictures of the final product??
Thanks for any help!