Anyone got pictures or thoughts on 2.5” lift with 33” tires?

[CallMeJoe]

My JTR with 2" front and rear lift (Iron Rock Offroad). Love the lift! Stock Rubicon wheels and (stock) Falcon at tires. I like the combo and have no designs to go larger. When I need tires, I'll go up to a 285/75/17. I've never been a fan of Tonka truck sized tires. Looks silly to me, not to mention like taking a jackhammer to suspension components. Just my personal opinion. I value reliability over parking lot bragging rights. If I can't get there and back, it's worth nothing to me. It's not my daily driver. It's my ONLY driver...

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[DaveFrat]

My JTR with 2" front and rear lift (Iron Rock Offroad). Love the lift! Stock Rubicon wheels and (stock) Falcon at tires. I like the combo and have no designs to go larger. When I need tires, I'll go up to a 285/75/17. I've never been a fan of Tonka truck sized tires. Looks silly to me, not to mention like taking a jackhammer to suspension components. Just my personal opinion. I value reliability over parking lot bragging rights. If I can't get there and back, it's worth nothing to me. It's not my daily driver. It's my ONLY driver...

Where you find those bed rails and rack

 

[CallMeJoe]

Where you find those bed rails and rack

I made them... It's a work in progress.

 

[DaveFrat]

I made them... It's a work in progress.

They look good.

 

[Trauma PA]

How did you get a manual transmission with the max tow package? I wanted that but was not allowed to order mine that way. Jeep would only do an auto with the max tow package.

The OP says he has a manual sport WITHOUT max tow……

 

[danielspivey]

A 2.5" lift with 33's...... Why? JTR's come stock with 33's, most folks fit 35's with no lift. And most folks run 37's with a 2.5" lift.

Cus’ the “Price”. To do it right, especially for fast highway driving and towing, a regear would be expensive…. 37s and regear is how much…..?

 

[cb4017]

Cus’ the “Price”. To do it right, especially for fast highway driving and towing, a regear would be expensive…. 37s and regear is how much…..?

Which is one of the reasons I went with 33". Didn't want to effect the effective final gear ratio any more than I had to. Not to mention take-off Rubicon wheels and tires can be had for less than someone would pay for just tires.
Pictured is my Sport with Rubicon take-offs and the Mopar 2" lift. Lift actually ended up with just over 3" in front and 2.5" in the rear. I think it looks fine with the Sport fenders.

 

[DankjeeP]

Cus’ the “Price”. To do it right, especially for fast highway driving and towing, a regear would be expensive…. 37s and regear is how much…..?

5 of Falken Wildpeak M/T Mud Terrain Tire (37x12.50R17LT)​	5ea​	​	Quadratec​	$1,815.00​	​	​	​	​
5 of Method Race Wheels Trail Series 701 Wheel(17x8.5 with 4.75in Backspace (0mm Offset),Matte Black)​	5ea​	​	Quadratec​	$1,219.10​	​	​	​	​
5 of ORO-TEK OSC-8214S-R Generation II TPMS Sensors​	5ea​	​	Quadratec​	$204.95​	​	​	​	​
​	​	​	​	$3,239.05​	$251.03​	​	$3,490.08​	​
​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Front Chromoly Axle Shaft Assembly​	​	DAN10044432​	Northridge4x4​	$389.99​	$28.27​	​	$418.26​	​
Front Chromoly Axle Shaft Assembly​	​	DAN10044422​	Northridge4x4​	$389.99​	$28.27​	​	$418.26​	​
Yukon Complete Gear and Kit Package for JL and JT Jeep Rubicon D44 Rear and D44 Front 4.88 Gear Ratio​	​	YUKYGK068​	Northridge4x4​	$979.99​	$71.05​	​	$1,051.04​	​
​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Chromoly Axle Shaft - Jeep Wrangler JL and Gladiator JT - Dana 44 AdvanTEK Wide Track ELD Rear Left​	​	PN-10043168​	Dana Spicer​	$207.00​	​	​	​	​
Chromoly Axle Shaft - Jeep Wrangler JL and Gladiator JT - Dana 44 AdvanTEK Wide Track ELD Rear Right​	​	PN-10043169​	Dana Spicer​	$207.00​	​	​	​	​
Nodular Iron Differential Cover - Gray - Dana 44​	2ea​	PN-10023536​	Dana Spicer​	$278.00​	​	​	​	​
Ball Joint Kit - Jeep Gladiator JT (Dana 44 AdvanTEK), - Upper/Lower (One Side)​	2ea​	PN-10048946​	Dana Spicer​	$414.00​	​	​	​	​
​	​	​	​	$1,106.00​	$85.71​	$69.14​	$1,260.79​	​
Gear set install​	2ea​	​	​	$1,000.00​	​	​	$1,000.00​	$7,638.43​

YMMV but if you do chromo shafts and ball joints etc.

 

[cb4017]

5 of Falken Wildpeak M/T Mud Terrain Tire (37x12.50R17LT)​	5ea​	​	Quadratec​	$1,815.00​	​	​	​	​
5 of Method Race Wheels Trail Series 701 Wheel(17x8.5 with 4.75in Backspace (0mm Offset),Matte Black)​	5ea​	​	Quadratec​	$1,219.10​	​	​	​	​
5 of ORO-TEK OSC-8214S-R Generation II TPMS Sensors​	5ea​	​	Quadratec​	$204.95​	​	​	​	​
​	​	​	​	$3,239.05​	$251.03​	​	$3,490.08​	​
​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Front Chromoly Axle Shaft Assembly​	​	DAN10044432​	Northridge4x4​	$389.99​	$28.27​	​	$418.26​	​
Front Chromoly Axle Shaft Assembly​	​	DAN10044432​	Northridge4x4​	$389.99​	$28.27​	​	$418.26​	​
Yukon Complete Gear and Kit Package for JL and JT Jeep Rubicon D44 Rear and D44 Front 4.88 Gear Ratio​	​	YUKYGK068​	Northridge4x4​	$979.99​	$71.05​	​	$1,051.04​	​
​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Chromoly Axle Shaft - Jeep Wrangler JL and Gladiator JT - Dana 44 AdvanTEK Wide Track ELD Rear Left​	​	PN-10043168​	Dana Spicer​	$207.00​	​	​	​	​
Chromoly Axle Shaft - Jeep Wrangler JL and Gladiator JT - Dana 44 AdvanTEK Wide Track ELD Rear Right​	​	PN-10043169​	Dana Spicer​	$207.00​	​	​	​	​
Nodular Iron Differential Cover - Gray - Dana 44​	2ea​	PN-10023536​	Dana Spicer​	$278.00​	​	​	​	​
Ball Joint Kit - Jeep Gladiator JT (Dana 44 AdvanTEK), - Upper/Lower (One Side)​	2ea​	PN-10048946​	Dana Spicer​	$414.00​	​	​	​	​
​	​	​	​	$1,106.00​	$85.71​	$69.14​	$1,260.79​	​
Gear set install​	2ea​	​	​	$1,000.00​	​	​	$1,000.00​	$7,638.43​

YMMV but if you do chromo shafts and ball joints etc.

That seems like a good price for gear set labor install. I was quoted closer to $1800 around here for my JLU, and that's if I provided everything.

 

[DankjeeP]

That seems like a good price for gear set labor install. I was quoted closer to $1800 around here for my JLU, and that's if I provided everything.

That was a WAG (wild ass guess) but got a number in there for calculations. My local shop is shut down for the holiday, so haven't got a real number yet.

Edit: Got a quote for the gear install with me supplying everything. $810 per axle, includes retorque during break-in, so that's pretty good.

 

[Jerhemi]

Which is one of the reasons I went with 33". Didn't want to effect the effective final gear ratio any more than I had to. Not to mention take-off Rubicon wheels and tires can be had for less than someone would pay for just tires.
Pictured is my Sport with Rubicon take-offs and the Mopar 2" lift. Lift actually ended up with just over 3" in front and 2.5" in the rear. I think it looks fine with the Sport fenders.

Ain’t nothing wrong with that

 

[TexasCajun]

Yes if you go with 35s now you will either need to add an offset or 1.5" spacers. That's what I had to do. I do not plan to get a lift for some time as I have other things I want to do first. My tires are 305/75/17 and I went with the 1.5" spacer instead of an offset.

Here is the most recent pic of that.

 

[hickman785]

The OP says he has a manual sport WITHOUT max tow……

I guess maybe I should read a little more carefully...I obviously completely missed that

 

[Trauma PA]

I guess maybe I should read a little more carefully...I obviously completely missed that

My wife tells me that all the time

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