The eight speed transmission fairly easily soaks up the change in tire though you lose 8th unless going downhill. I have a Rubicon with 4.10s. I'm sure 3.73 or less would be a poor experience. Having said that, I'm upgrading to 4.88s, mainly for towing, but also to regain 8th. I'm still...
I have 37s BFG KO2s. Very little road noise, smooth running and decent on icy roads (which I guess is now a thing to worry about in TX?)
You probably don't need much of a lift if you don't plan to articulate the jeep (i.e. disconnect sway bar) off road. I have a 2.5" Icon lift and extended...
Optioned with powder coat black and black hardware
9 months old, never been off-road
Reason for sale: going with an RSI Smartcap for enclosed space.
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$850 -> $800 -> $725 - prefer local pickup or can deliver, assembled, about an hour or so from NJ
in PA, NY, CT
So after having the shop check everything axle and suspension related, the only thing left was wheels and tires. After Roadforce balancing all of them, it was found that they all needed about an ounce and the driver front wheel needed more work (something to do with balancing in relation to the...
I have an appointment with the shop who did the install on March 9th to check everything. They are very well known and I have had them look at this before where they checked the torque on everything, this resulted in additional 1oz put on one wheel. This isn't my first time with 37's, but it is...
Fair points. I’ll thoroughly check everything, but this is a year old vehicle that’s never been on anything more than a dirt road. I’d be amazed if 12k miles was enough to wear the ball joints or rod ends.
I'm not sure this follows any particular tire, but I do have an oil change coming up at 12k and will see if the rotation I usually get has any effect. I did think maybe one of them was out of round or something, but you may be onto something.
I'm pretty sure the Yeti bar comes with its own...
The Jeep:
2020 JTLE, Icon 2.5" suspension (springs in front, pucks in rear), AEV geo brackets, Savegre II, 37" BFG KO2, Yeti track bar..
11,500 Miles
The suspension was professionally installed in early 2020. The wheels were road force balanced, and everything was rechecked at 500 miles...
I have a strong feeling you’ll have contact when you take that off-road unless you add bump stops to compensate. You’ll of course lose up travel though.
It tows just fine, not like my F350 did, but passable.
If I went 4.88 even better since I have 37” on the Jeep.
I only tow it from storage to the one site we go to with it. I don’t think it would be safe to fill the car with people and tow it though. The tongue weight is probably 700lbs.
I just picked up my Gladiator from the dealer and the steering is definitely tighter and more consistently so at different speeds. The wheel is ever so slightly off center (was more so before) so I may just adjust that myself. They also reset the computer so my speedo is off by about 6mph...