Where to start

[JoeNitro]

if you really plan on driveing it on the street for the winter and not as many trails you would be much better off wit 30/8.25 and 33's. 36" tsl's would be the gay in the snow n e way.

[Even]

36" iroks are great in the snow

[grundlepunch]

36" iroks are great in the snow

you would know..... how?

and yes they are

anything done to the waggy axles?

how much for the tires, i would like to call first dibs if that's ok

[ninetysix-ex-jay]

I'm pretty content running my 33's on 30/8.25. I was running easy black trails at RC with hardly any problems.


Also, can I has rear D44?

[Mike]

I'm pretty content running my 33's on 30/8.25. I was running easy black trails at RC with hardly any problems.


Also, can I has rear D44?

bolt pattern and width wont match your 30

[Even]

you would know..... how?

i drove my iroks in quite a few snowstorms back in the winter

i used to be able to take corners faster in my 8" lifted xj with 37's, than i could with a stock zj

Also, can I has rear D44?

can you convert a waggy to 5 on 4.5?

[SupermanIce-J]

If it will be a snow vehicle... I say 44's cus itll be beef

Get some snow tires or mallterrains for the winter... find em cheap

tsl's suck for snow but great for wheelin.

[loudobbs]

This is going here simply because there's more traffic.

With the car being close to finishing up (and my lack of not wanting to drop any more money into it this year), its time to start focusing on my jeep, moreso now because I can't drive my car come winter.

My cherokee is currently on the side of Andy's garage collecting dust, completely gutted, halfway done with the floor patchwork. I've decided what route I want to take with the jeep, accept when it comes down to axles. Right now I have the 36's TSLs I purchased from Sam, and F/R D44s out of a wagoneer.

I'd really like to keep this build as cheap as possible (So far the only thing I've spent any money on is the tires...everything else, including the jeep was free.)

Should I spend money and rebuild the 44's, and deal with the ride on the 36's?

Trade the 44's and 36's for 33's and a 30/8.25, bolt it all up and go?

Advice,direction,support...I've realistically got 3 months to get this thing on the road.

If you already HAVE the 44's, the hard part is over... well, the expensive part is over anyway, if you can weld. If you can weld, id say keep the 44's, and throw on some 33's anyway. A cherokee with locked 44's on 33's is going to be unstoppable and have good road manners, its not the size that counts. BUT, if you gotta pay somebody to prep those 44's to bolt on your xj, then sell em. With the cash get a d30 and an xj 44 from wherever you can, bolt them on, trade the 36's for 33's, and go.

[HeavyMetal]

If you already HAVE the 44's, the hard part is over... well, the expensive part is over anyway,.

the expensive part of a 44 build is hardly getting 2 stock 44s out of a waggy.

[loudobbs]

the expensive part of a 44 build is hardly getting 2 stock 44s out of a waggy.

yes, BUT theres not much 'building' required to get it rolling with 33's you know whatimsayenb? like i said, if he can weld.

[HeavyMetal]

yes, BUT theres not much 'building' required to get it rolling with 33's you know whatimsayenb? like i said, if he can weld.

you, get an XJ!

or a 5.9

/hijack

[Magilla]

44s are not cheap to get out of a waggy

[loudobbs]

you, get an XJ!

or a 5.9

/hijack

been there, done that. its most likely going to be fsj, 5.9, rr classic, or a yj. ive really narrowed it down...

[HeavyMetal]

44s are not cheap to get out of a waggy

ive seen em go for 300-400 for a pair pretty regularly, id call that cheap

[Magilla]

ive seen em go for 300-350 for a pair pretty regularly, id call that cheap

or the ones we sold justin for 150/ they are getting harder to find