Hey Guys,

So I'm a new guy here, and I have a 2005 Liberty Sport that I'd like to make look as mean as my Chevy that I'm selling. Anyhow, I have a few things I want to do, and I've been reading my arse off so go easy on me as I know some of these are repeat questions:

1. Lift
I've read the best spacer lifts to go with are the Daystar 2.5 or the Rev Tek 2.5". I'd like to go with a coil lift but cant afford the $500. I'm mainly just doing this for aesthetics. Will I be happy with just a spacer lift?

The spacer lifts in the front do make the ride harder. I was happy with my daystar when I had it. If all you will do is some easy trails and road trips, it should be fine.


2. Rims/Tires
Looking at the pictures on here I'd like to keep my general wide stance look that I've had on my past two trucks. I've been looking at some 17x9's with 5" backspacing. Will this achieve the just barely outside the fender look? Or should I search for 4.5" BS? Also, I see that some sellers on ebay list an offset, what does this refer to?

Off set is the same as back spacing. I forget what the MOAB rims are, I think they are 5.5. % inch may not give you enough.

3. I'd like to take off the grey molding and make it black. Including the front and rear bumper. The jeep is the sport edition, white, so I'm thinking a black and white theme with black rims(mixed with some chrome) and a tint would look sharp. Any suggestions for painting the plastic black? Some have mentioned a Line-x spray, but that seems costly.

There are vinyl paints out on the market, dupicolor makes a vinyl paint.

Later mod's will include the K&N swap, maybe a nice catback, and of course a decent system. But for now, 1, 2, & 3 are my priorities.

go for it and look at the 2 whell drive section for engine mods, etc.

Thanks for your help, sorry some of this is repeat but I wanted to start my own thread that accustomed to my criteria.

Jeep On!
~Josh

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2. Rims/Tires
Looking at the pictures on here I'd like to keep my general wide stance look that I've had on my past two trucks. I've been looking at some 17x9's with 5" backspacing. Will this achieve the just barely outside the fender look? Or should I search for 4.5" BS? Also, I see that some sellers on ebay list an offset, what does this refer to?

3. I'd like to take off the grey molding and make it black. Including the front and rear bumper. The jeep is the sport edition, white, so I'm thinking a black and white theme with black rims(mixed with some chrome) and a tint would look sharp. Any suggestions for painting the plastic black? Some have mentioned a Line-x spray, but that seems costly.

As far as fender paint goes, can you just use rattle can paint? Does it look good? Does it hold up to gas drips when filling up, snow, rain, salt? I thought this would have to be some sort of special paint thing...sorry, not familiar with painting.

Have you considered Rhino lining? It's been done by some of the members here and looks very tough.

Check this thread. Troy's jeep (orange one) has Rhino lining (or Line-X)...

http://www.lostjeeps.com/forum/phpBB3/vie ... ino+lining

So I'm looking at a wheel that has a 5x4.5 (bolt/bs) with +35mm offset...what does this mean?

If it's a +35mm offset on a 9' width wheel, that gives you a VERY high backspace, which would actually make your track width narrower than the stock wheels.

Do you have a link to the wheel you're looking at? Maybe they have their numbers wrong?

Here's the one's I'm considering, thanks for replying!
1. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... AMEWA%3AIT

2. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/18-Chrom ... 0032783357

3. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... AMEWA%3AIT

Man, I like the look of #3. That would be too f-in' slick on a KJ. I need to play with those in Photoshop.

#3 won't fit our rigs, ALL the specs are way off.

Man, I like the look of #3. That would be too f-in' slick on a KJ. I need to play with those in Photoshop.

Check these, same one's in chrom and I think this might work? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Wheel-Pr ... dZViewItem