Originally Posted by BlackRockBurner

You have caught the mod bug, just like all the rest of us. Best remedy is not spend ANY money until you make a long term plan on how you want to build the jeep for the trails that YOU will go on. Besides, its better to wheel stock and learn your way at wheel placement and become familiar with how the jeep rides so you can trouble-shoot issues later on after you do add things. One way to get to your short term goal is to trim your fenders to make it appear lifted and it won't cost a dime, just your time to hack off plastic on your brand new purchase. This and adding wheel spacers are probably the only mods that will not affect mpg. You will still have a by design nose-down rake though. A 3/4~1" front only puck spacer will level the rake but you will increase drag and lose .5~2 mpg. Removing the front plastic air dam makes the jeep look taller too, but again increases drag and affects mpg. Your correct in AT tire choice over MT for your usage, but depending on what you run, you may affect mpg. Others will talk of wheel weight but 'rolling resistance' is a major factor too often overlooked. I ran skinny 33's 275x70x18 Cooper STT with wheel spacers, no lift, and lost 2 mpg. A few months later I took the air dam off and lost another mpg. Later on added lift, added drag and averaged 16 mpg if I was mindful of my right foot. Now, with 35's I get 13 mpg.