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Question: max clearance W/OUT a lift?
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Author:  tanngrisnir3 [ Wed Mar 23, 2011 7:40 pm ]
Post subject:  Question: max clearance W/OUT a lift?
Just purchased a perfect 2006 Liberty Limited two weeks ago, and just took it for some relatively rough country driving around the north shore of Lake Powell in AZ.

I could manage most of the roads, but the one I wanted the most, the one leading out to Alstrom Point, had two areas that with more lift (and possibly some skid plates) I didn't want to risk.

My question is pretty basic: how large of tires can I go (and how much lift can I expect from them) before I have to start considering a lift kit and other mods? I feel pretty comfortable with with what we have planned (Death Valley, eastern Sierras/White Mountains) put would like just a touch more clearance. With my old Cherokee Sport, I could get 3" of extra clearance before I had to consider a lift with the right tires, but I'm not familiar with Liberties yet. Mine has 17" wheels, BTW.

Two pics of where I had to park and walk. The rough stuff I avoided isn't shown, but it's about 1300 ft, straight down, off that cliff.

Thanks in advance.

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Aaand a little closer up.

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Author:  tommudd [ Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Question: max clearance W/OUT a lift?
245-70-16 is what most go up to which is a 29.5 inch tire
so not gaining much really
Author:  tanngrisnir3 [ Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:48 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Question: max clearance W/OUT a lift?
tommudd wrote:
245-70-16 is what most go up to which is a 29.5 inch tire
so not gaining much really


Thanks! I've got 235/65 all-season tires on 17-inch aluminum wheels, so I can see that a bump up to that won't get all that much more lift.

I'm trying to avoid a lift, but it looks like it may become inevitable.
Author:  blackwidowkj06 [ Thu Mar 24, 2011 2:42 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Question: max clearance W/OUT a lift?
Nice Jeep and beautiful background. Nothing like that out where I live.
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