JohnDF said
Hey Greg, hate to keep picking your brain, but...
1). How did your 40s fit on the 3.5" lift?
2). Any big rubbing issues (frame, bumper, etc)?
3). Did you add longer bump stops?
4). How much trimming did you have to do?
5). How did the Mickey Thompson's work?
Any information you can share would be appreciated.
1. They fit. I am running a 3 inch bumpstop front and rear. I could take an inch out if I reroute my brakelines and cut the bolt shorter on my sway bar in the rear. The most eye opening experience for me was getting my jeep on the Metalcloak cti trailer. I learned a lot about what tweaks I need to make to have them fit better. I am not getting the full flex out of my kit.
2. I do rub the frame on the backside of the front tires when fully turned. I think my wheels are potential too offset causing the issue. This doesn't totally make sense to me, but Jeff doesn't rub with his jeep.
3. Just the stock bumpstops I was running when I was on 37s. I made no changes. But I do plan to tweak the above mentioned things and remove one inch of bumpstop.
4. Factory flares had to go!! The front needed a little behind the tires. I could use more up front when fully stuffed and turning. The rear needs more also. The jeep obviously works right now, but on extreme situations, I'll need to cut more. Mainly the back of the wheel wells. We mainly made cuts along the pinch seem then folded the body over with a bfh. I don't really like the look of it and I'm leaning towards just cutting out what needs to be cut out. Everyone is worried their jeep will fall apart if the remove sections of the pinch seem. I might have it done professionally to give it a nice cleaned finish look. I really don't know at this point. But it needs addressing some day.
5. I have been pleasantly surprised by the MTs. They are C rated and I was worried they would wear fast. I have close to 8k miles on them and I can barely tell any wear. They are much softer than my toyos. But not nearly as smooth. They are noisy also, but I like that about them. Who doesn't love hearing a mud tire come down the road. Off road, I can't complain. They have taken me everywhere I wanted to go. In Moab, they did great. Haven't really had them in the mud. On rocks, they seem to do the job just as I need.
40's are great. Some people won't like driving them everyday though so keep that in mind. I would not want to go back to a smaller tire either. Maybe a 39" but any smaller and I feel like I should have stayed on dana 44s.
Hope that helps.
