I am trying to figure out how big of a tire I can fit on a 05 LJ that has a 1 inch body lift and aftermarket Barricade flat fenders, (like these) Barricade Wrangler Black Flat Fender Flare Set J102429 (97-06 Wrangler TJ) - Free Shipping and Barricade 16 inch rims with 4.5 inch backspacing (like these) Mammoth Wrangler Bead Lock Style Charcoal Wheel J100625 (87-06 Wrangler YJ & TJ) - Free Shipping
I am building this Jeep for my niece who will be turning 16 in a few months.
In the end the LJ will have 33 inch tires and a 3 inch lift kit but for now I'm looking to just add the 33 inch tires with the above parts and save the lift kit for a year or so from now, my concern is that my niece will be a newly licensed driver with no real experience with driving a lifted vehicle and I figure she can get some experience with it with the BL and 33 inch tires and do the lift later, although she has been practicing driving it in parking lots and is familiar with it in stock 30 inch form.
I would like to put the 33 inch tires on it for her since the LJ looks better with taller tires. She likes the lifted, big tire look too.
She won't be doing any 4 wheeling with it, just using it on road for school and the mall so there won't be any real articulation of the suspension.
So do you think the 33's will work with a street vehicle with the BL, fenders and rims or is that too tall ? From what I have read I'm pretty sure 31's will work but I don't want to have to buy a set of 31's now and then another set of 33's in a year to go with the 3 inch lift.
Any one have any experience with a set up similar to this ?
Thanks for any help
HR
I am building this Jeep for my niece who will be turning 16 in a few months.
In the end the LJ will have 33 inch tires and a 3 inch lift kit but for now I'm looking to just add the 33 inch tires with the above parts and save the lift kit for a year or so from now, my concern is that my niece will be a newly licensed driver with no real experience with driving a lifted vehicle and I figure she can get some experience with it with the BL and 33 inch tires and do the lift later, although she has been practicing driving it in parking lots and is familiar with it in stock 30 inch form.
I would like to put the 33 inch tires on it for her since the LJ looks better with taller tires. She likes the lifted, big tire look too.
She won't be doing any 4 wheeling with it, just using it on road for school and the mall so there won't be any real articulation of the suspension.
So do you think the 33's will work with a street vehicle with the BL, fenders and rims or is that too tall ? From what I have read I'm pretty sure 31's will work but I don't want to have to buy a set of 31's now and then another set of 33's in a year to go with the 3 inch lift.
Any one have any experience with a set up similar to this ?
Thanks for any help
HR