FENDER CUTTING QUESTION!!!

[XJ_ranger]

2" would be probably the best flexing and on road ride lift possibility -

Old Man Emu lift components...

For what its worth - I ran 30x9.5 tires stock on 2 of my XJ's, it rubbed very little...

you wont need to trim much...

In the front trim as much as you want...
for the rear, make cuts into the body perpendicular to the lip, as relief cuts, then get out the 3 lb sledge, and fold it in...

http://www.myxj.net/tech/rolledfenders/

 

[djblade311]

come out to truckhaven where there are no rocks and you can see how much trimmin you need.

I have never even heard of thornbirds until this thread...they must be for the elite.

 

[BRIANHO13]

I have never even heard of thornbirds until this thread...they must be for the elite.

Yes......all the mallcrawlers with the rigs that thier parents paid for run them.

 

[djblade311]

ah. I've yet to conquer the malls yet. Maybe my tires are the problem. I'll check into the Thornbirds.

 

[goodburbon]

I ran slickbirds on my cj-5 when I first lifted it. Here are my experiences (No rocks in South Louisiana, so we'll call it comparable)

i wound up with a very very dirty interior (side lugs sling goo something fierce)

stuck a few times cross rutted on simple hard dirt( side lugs are great in ruts, but without ruts, or trying to cross them you are SOL)

very strange driving habits, (because the super wide slickbirds would track any dips in the road and occasionally throw me into oncoming traffic or a parking lot or two)

broken brake lines (aren't those side lugs just great!)

Then My friend (damn good friend) bought me a complete set of 35x9.50 barely used co-op mudders, I never got stuck again, and on the ol' girls final voyage (led to a severe oil leak and consequently a thrown rod) I went through a crawfish pond where only the big rigs with tractor tires or 44's were making it (local mud-hole event) I was the only rig to make it there and back (the deep end of the pond) without assistance from a tractor ( the rig on 44 boggers broke a t-case chain).

the lesson: Thornbirds suck ass, narrow more aggressive tires work better in the goop, you need to open your eyes........or learn the same lesson the hard way.