2025 Rubicon X + Metalcloak 2.5” Game-changer + stock

[dan2ktj]

Stock 33 inch Falken AT tires. Rocksport Red shocks.

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[brainfog]

I have the same JTRX in '41 and considering this setup. What tires are you planning? How's the ride after the lift and shocks?

 

[dan2ktj]

The ride is as good, or better, than stock on highways and decent surface streets.

For crappy cracked and heaved asphalt streets, I notice the sharp impact points maybe a bit more at 35mph & 35 psi. I suspect the stock shocks are valved to give a little more cushion for those but the RedSport shocks offer more stability with the lift. It’s a fair balance for the changes.

I recently had an oil change & tire rotation at the dealership and they filled the tires to 38 psi. The 3 psi had more effect making the ride firm and granular texture than the lift did.

I’m going to stay with the stock wheels. I had 1.75” hubcentric spacers from Bonson Here. They machine them in house. I used them to adapt JL wheels on my TJ.

So I think I'll go with a 11.5 x 35 - 17" AT tire. Either BFG KO3 or Falken

 

[joethewrangler13]

How much actual lift did it give you?

 

[camss69]

Here‘s mine, same jeep, same lift, but with 35” KO2’s which aren’t quite 35” and Fox 2.0 shocks. I measured right after install and it was about 5.5” higher with the lift and tires. Tires were 1”, so the lift was about 4.5” which is higher than I expected or wanted really. I didn’t want to go 37’s but I think the 35’s look too small now. It’s settled about a half inch in 500 miles since the install.

 

[joethewrangler13]

Same result on my Mojave. I wasn't really looking for that much lift, but now that I have it, I've been looking at some big tires!

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