Howdy, just found your forum few weeks ago and been a bit of a lurker. So i figured i would join up and hopefully get alot of questions answered from you jeep veterans that ive been debating. Im a member of the fullsizechevy forum and been there for quite some time. Im a former marine (jarhead) now turned professional fire rescue, and always been in love with hardcore mud running, wheeling, and trail riding. Up till about 3 months ago ive been a hardcorp full size truck only guy. But my truck has officially gotten too big to drive every day so i needed a daily driver. I never had thought about jeeps other then cursing them for being able to fit down trails i had to drive over trees to get too. But i found a 2001 TJ sport with 60k miles on it and said what the heck. Well ive officially caught this Jeep fever, and now my bone stock TJ has got 7 inches of lift. 3" BL and 4" X series rough country suspension. The jeep is a 5 speed with a dana 44 rear and the 4.0. Ive added a TB spacer, airraid intake, b&m short throw shifter, rock sliders, neoprene seat covers and a list of other doodads. I guess my first real question is what size tires can i fit on this thing without massive scrubbage? Im well versed with gears, axle strengths, lockers, from building my truck and i can install anything myself. Ive got a set of 38.5x15 boggers from my truck but im not sure if i could clear those. A friend i work with is running 35x14.50s on his 97 TJ with 2" less lift then i have and clears them fine. I would rather see if any of yall have run anything close to this size before i foot the money for rims. But speed is helpful, my jeep looks kind of funny with 7" of lift and stock 30x9.50 goodyear tires lol. Thanks in advance.
