Decided to keep her!!

NJKK883 · **Joined:** Fri Oct 04, 2013 9:59 am **Posts:** 2

Good morning,

I'm kyle and im new to the forum. I've been an owner of a 2012 Black Liberty Jet Edition since May '12. After coming from a 06 wrangler its been quite a rough transition. I was looking to get into a '12 '13 4 door but decided to hold off hoping that in the coming years that jeep will produce a diesel wrangler. Anyway, i am really big into surf fishing and would like to be able to drive my jeep out on Island Beach State Park during the fall & spring striped bass runs. So since im going to be keeping the jeep i think its time to start modding accordingly.

Does anyone have any experience with the Jet wheels driving on sand? or should i try to sell the rims and get new wheels and tires?

Ive been researching on various things such as lifts, bumpers, roof racks, etc. and im going to continue to do so.

But i was hoping that you guys might be able to help me out a little bit and start putting together a nice build list with me.

Thanks

Kyle

tommudd · **Posted:** Fri Oct 04, 2013 12:55 pm

If you read through you'll find for instance the lift there are only a few ways to go. Well there are more but they are cheap and will not last as long nor give you the ride/handling etc
Racks, all depends on how you are going to use it
The wheels and tires, personally I'd ditch them and find some 16 inch so you could air down and have some extra tread for traversing the sand .
Start reading and happy fishing

At The Helm · **Posted:** Fri Oct 04, 2013 1:14 pm

I second Tom on the wheels. 16's give you WAY more options on tires plus allow for air down in the sand.

Stang977 · **Posted:** Fri Oct 04, 2013 4:28 pm

Atthehelm or Rocklizard Racks. Both Very, Very nice!

http://www.lostjeeps.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=88&t=76916

http://www.lostjeeps.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=88&t=76583

Scar0 · **Posted:** Fri Oct 04, 2013 5:42 pm

The "Switch"
Great for sand...

At The Helm · **Posted:** Fri Oct 04, 2013 6:23 pm

Scar0 wrote:

The "Switch"
Great for sand...

Makes for fun snow driving too!

Gageraid · **Posted:** Sat Oct 05, 2013 11:27 am

Welcome! I'm guessing you're from Jersey?

Remove the front airdam. FREE!

Go full Old Man Emu lift. (Springs and shocks) ~$750.

16 inch rims make more sense if you ask me.

Happy fishing! We might need to schedule a Lost surf fishing event. :twisted:

jjohnson1892 · **Posted:** Sun Oct 06, 2013 5:40 pm

I moved from the Jet wheels to 16's and I'm beyond pleased that I did. I've had to air down 2-3 times and you wouldn't be able to do that (or at least comfortably) with the bigger wheels. Look at some steel wheels, under $100 per wheel.

Plus you actually get to have tire choices and that's what won it over for me :wink:

Ted15 · **Posted:** Sun Oct 06, 2013 7:33 pm

You could go with 16" wheels but look for something other than the stockers and look for a little less backspace. I prefer 15" x 7" w/3 3/4" backspace. The little cap in the center of the stockers leaks water and brine in and the shape of the rims doesn't let it out. In a short time the threads on your axles will be very rusty. 31" tires and 4.10 gears will yield incredible results. Add lockers or something and all the better.

NJKK883 · **Joined:** Fri Oct 04, 2013 9:59 am **Posts:** 2

Thanks for the replies

This truck will still be my daily driver..besides steelies which black wheel options do I have. Optimal back spacing etc. also which lift rides the best.

Gageraid · **Posted:** Mon Oct 07, 2013 11:33 pm

NJKK883 wrote:

Thanks for the replies

This truck will still be my daily driver..besides steelies which black wheel options do I have. Optimal back spacing etc. also which lift rides the best.

So far OME (Old Man Emu) springs and shocks ride the best for the KK's.

jjohnson1892 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 08, 2013 1:28 pm

NJKK883 wrote:

Thanks for the replies

This truck will still be my daily driver..besides steelies which black wheel options do I have. Optimal back spacing etc. also which lift rides the best.

There's a ton of information that you can find on the site by searching. I think my backspacing is 4" which is perfect. Google black wheels. And OME rides great and so does JBA. Just different price points.

tommudd · **Posted:** Tue Oct 08, 2013 1:42 pm

NJKK883 wrote:

Thanks for the replies

This truck will still be my daily driver..besides steelies which black wheel options do I have. Optimal back spacing etc. also which lift rides the best.

Best ride= JeepinByAl ajustable coilover
then a toss up between OME or Ironman
any aftermarket steel wheel 16X7 4 inches of back spacing then 245-75-16s
getting into 15 inch then the wheel / tire has to sit out more will other issues

Decided to keep her!!

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