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There is a conversation L.O.S.T.'s Facebook page based on somebody mounting 33 inch tall tires on their KJ.
I said: Looks really cool...
But unless you have the Jeepin by Al steel replacement IFS Dana 30 front differential you will end up granading, cracking, and throughly destroying the original equipment aluminum Dana 30A differential.
33's look cool and all, but all you are gaining compared to a 32" tall tire is one half inch of extra ground clearance!
So you have to ask yourself if an empty $1500.00 diff case, plus the cost building up the diff and adding real heavy duty CV axles, regearing to at least 4:56 gears is worth the added expense for 1/2 an inch of ground clearance.
I had to seriously laugh my ass off when I read this on Facebook.
(Name withheld out of respect for this tool.) These are his words not mine!
"I cut all kinds of metal out of my front fender wells, it is not all structural at all..... mine is SAS'd and sitting reallly really low almost to low for 35's now. You gain a lot more than 1/2" of clearance by getting into a 33x12.50 over a metric 32 including tread depth and better compounds, the real issue I found while running 33's and still with IFS is that the tire hits the end of the rocker in the rear fender well really hard. I fixed it with a plasma cutter, I also re shaped the front wheel well openings a bit with the plasma and BFH as well.
Some people.
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I said: Looks really cool...
But unless you have the Jeepin by Al steel replacement IFS Dana 30 front differential you will end up granading, cracking, and throughly destroying the original equipment aluminum Dana 30A differential.
33's look cool and all, but all you are gaining compared to a 32" tall tire is one half inch of extra ground clearance!
So you have to ask yourself if an empty $1500.00 diff case, plus the cost building up the diff and adding real heavy duty CV axles, regearing to at least 4:56 gears is worth the added expense for 1/2 an inch of ground clearance.
I had to seriously laugh my ass off when I read this on Facebook.
(Name withheld out of respect for this tool.) These are his words not mine!
"I cut all kinds of metal out of my front fender wells, it is not all structural at all..... mine is SAS'd and sitting reallly really low almost to low for 35's now. You gain a lot more than 1/2" of clearance by getting into a 33x12.50 over a metric 32 including tread depth and better compounds, the real issue I found while running 33's and still with IFS is that the tire hits the end of the rocker in the rear fender well really hard. I fixed it with a plasma cutter, I also re shaped the front wheel well openings a bit with the plasma and BFH as well.
Some people.
opcorn: it's a signal ...... 
