trexburn
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Its a 2 door, I'm also adding xrc bumpers will that squat it down enough to help? Probably a stupid question.
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2.5 rock krawler lift question
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Its a 2 door, I'm also adding xrc bumpers will that squat it down enough to help? Probably a stupid question.
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olram30
Not That Kind of Engineer
I would choose other tires, those suck to get balanced. It's more of the shocks that have too much droop and really the spacers are just wasting time and money. Just save up for a front drive shaft.
MedixJK
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I know those mt/r are a popular tire, especially in the east as they seem to work well here, but they are HELL to balance. Just forewarning. The new driveshafts will be smaller diameter and will be jointed different than factory. Check out Coast, Reel or adams drivelines and youll see what i mean.
trexburn
New member
Do you guys have a better choice in tire then, around the same price.
07JKSahara
New member
Nitro Trail Grapplers. Cheaper if I remember. Very round, very good tire.
MedixJK
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Ive never ran the nittos but ive never heard anything but good about them. Im running toyo m/t's and love them. A little on the heavy side, but have them balanced w hardly any weights at all.
I too would recommend Nitto or Toyo. Very round tires. I've run the MTR's and could never get them to balance and found their sidewalls to be weak.
jkwebbie
New member
Nitto Trail Grapplers are real good and are usually around the same price if not cheaper. Cooper Discoverer STT is another good tire. I run with a lot of guys that have the Coopers and they work really good, I'm actually debating which tire to get actually lol
305/70R17 or 75R17 will be really close if not a bit taller. Depending on the make, some 285/75R17's are close too.
olram30
Not That Kind of Engineer
Don't forget longer sway bar links.
If the kit really doesn't come with rear brake line drop brackets, that's just stupid and yes, you should get a set. So long as you DO NOT get new shocks that are too long, you should be fine with your factory front drive shaft. IF you do, yes, you should be looking to get a new one. IF your lift does in fact yield MORE than 3" of lift, adjustable front lower control arms will allow you to set more positive caster and that will improve your handling at highway speeds. New longer lines are only needed IF you are sitting at 3" or more and have shocks that will allow you greater droop.
At bare minimum, new longer rears so that you can install your factory rears up front.
OverlanderJK
Resident Smartass
You have a two door? I have those could and netted 3.5" of lift. You'll run into more issues then you think. I would reconsider your decision if you are on a budget.
07JKSahara
New member
Same here, have them on a 2dr and got 3.5.
Oh, I totally missed the 2-door part. Yeah, as OverlanderJK said, we just installed a set of those coils and they gave him 3.5" of lift. At this height, you will need to be looking into a new rear drive shaft and adjustable rear upper arms to set your pinion angle sooner than later. This in addition to other things you'll want. Not exactly a "budget" minded lift.
MedixJK
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Agreed ^^^^ much much more budget friendly. By all means, if you wanna hold off and save to do the OP lift, more power to ya. But to lift a 2 door like that is gonna need alot of parts.