Just added bigger tires and a 2.5" lift to my JK

Troysterr · **Posted:** Sun Jun 21, 2009 12:49 am

I just got my Teraflex coil lift installed:

durangotang · **Posted:** Sun Jun 21, 2009 1:31 am

oooooooooooo......

I had to print this out to persuade a fellow JK owner..

Troysterr · **Posted:** Sun Jun 21, 2009 1:36 am

Better hurry--LOST Ouray is only 3 weeks away!

A fellow Jeeper (who told me I needed to get a "real Jeep" years ago) said that I should just leave it stock and save up for a few years for a long arm kit. Yeah, right! :lol:

I'll go ahead and save up for the long arm, but I had to have a little boost to keep up with the rest of you guys.

durangotang · **Posted:** Sun Jun 21, 2009 1:38 am

To keep up with us? :

You'd need a 4" lowering kit and some limiting straps to even try :lol:

Troysterr · **Posted:** Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:06 am

LOL...I dunno, I haven't had this thing off the pavement yet. I felt pretty skilled in my KJ, but this is a new experience altogether. It's like driving a school bus compared to my little KJ.

501 · **Posted:** Sun Jun 21, 2009 4:16 am

Like the JK, LOVE the Log Cabin house! Always wanted one of those.

daspes · **Posted:** Sun Jun 21, 2009 11:25 am

What size tire did you go with Troy?

jeepmedic · **Posted:** Sun Jun 21, 2009 11:49 am

I dont know what is better looking..the jeep or the background scenery

Troysterr · **Posted:** Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:54 pm

daspes wrote:

What size tire did you go with Troy?

285/70R17 - basically 33"x11"

I would have liked 33"x12.5", but there aren't many tires made in that size.

501 wrote:

Like the JK, LOVE the Log Cabin house! Always wanted one of those.

jeepmedic wrote:

I dont know what is better looking..the jeep or the background scenery

Thanks, we are very fortunate to have a vacation rental property on Bear Lake, on the border between Utah and Idaho. It's a beautiful place, especially this year with the ridiculous amount of rain we've gotten.

bill97redtj · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:16 pm

Did you install lift yourself?

Troysterr · **Posted:** Fri Jun 26, 2009 2:02 am

bill97redtj wrote:

Did you install lift yourself?

Nah, paid a buttload to get it installed. But I've been swamped lately, so it would never have gotten done if I'd waited until I could do it.

Joe Jeeper · **Posted:** Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:33 pm

Nice!!!!!!!!!!!! :twisted:

Guest · **Posted:** Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:17 am

Any pics of the JK climbing those rocks?

Troysterr · **Posted:** Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:13 am

ThunderbirdJunkie wrote:

Any pics of the JK climbing those rocks?

Not those rocks, but I did just get it dirty for the first time on Saturday, up American Fork Canyon (Forest Lake). I didn't have a decent camera with me--I took these with my crappy phone camera:

The only problem was, I couldn't tell when I was flexed, because the tires didn't rub! At all! I'm used to driving my KJ--when the rear tires start rubbing, I know that I'm flexed, so I get out to take a picture.

durangotang · **Posted:** Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:18 am

haha you wheel like me then....

"creak....rubrubrubrubrub...(feel cool, snap pics)... rubrubrub....clang(hitch)"

Troysterr · **Posted:** Mon Jun 29, 2009 3:15 pm

Heck yeah! I'm going to miss that! :cry:

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Mon Jun 29, 2009 3:42 pm

durangotang wrote:

haha you wheel like me then....

"creak....rubrubrubrubrub...(feel cool, snap pics)... rubrubrub....clang(hitch)"

hahahahahahahhaha so accurate.

the JK looks sick! love the house too.. what a beautiful place to have a jeep. bet you had a hard time disco'ing that sway bar for your flex pics.. *streeeeeetch .. push button... ahhhh*

Troysterr · **Posted:** Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:19 pm

2006 KJ wrote:

bet you had a hard time disco'ing that sway bar for your flex pics.. *streeeeeetch .. push button... ahhhh*

Yeah, but I didn't even have to push a button with the Powertrax in my KJ. :lol:

This JK is fun, but driving it only makes me more impressed by what my little KJ could do.

stumpjumper_09 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:38 pm

That looks pretty cool.. I was considering getting one when i got the kj but like you said they are a little big.

jeepmedic · **Posted:** Sun Jul 12, 2009 4:10 pm

Troysterr wrote:

2006 KJ wrote:

bet you had a hard time disco'ing that sway bar for your flex pics.. *streeeeeetch .. push button... ahhhh*

Yeah, but I didn't even have to push a button with the Powertrax in my KJ. :lol:

This JK is fun, but driving it only makes me more impressed by what my little KJ could do.

I second that. My Libby was excellent off road. I miss it.

Just added bigger tires and a 2.5" lift to my JK

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