37" tire necessities
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Great thread with some great info. I got the green light to go with 37s today from the wifey ![Rock](https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/images/smilies/rock.gif)
I'm going to go the economical route and beef up my D30 and D44 rear little by little. Definitely going to do some sleeves, gussets, and maybe a re gear for starters. Maybe add some custom drive shafts down the road. I'm running a 2.5 lift so looks like some flat fenders are in my near future too.
I don't wheel super hard since it's my DD and I'm not trying to break stuff unnecessarily!
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I'm going to go the economical route and beef up my D30 and D44 rear little by little. Definitely going to do some sleeves, gussets, and maybe a re gear for starters. Maybe add some custom drive shafts down the road. I'm running a 2.5 lift so looks like some flat fenders are in my near future too.
I don't wheel super hard since it's my DD and I'm not trying to break stuff unnecessarily!
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Great thread with some great info. I got the green light to go with 37s today from the wifey ![Rock](https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/images/smilies/rock.gif)
I'm going to go the economical route and beef up my D30 and D44 rear little by little. Definitely going to do some sleeves, gussets, and maybe a re gear for starters. Maybe add some custom drive shafts down the road. I'm running a 2.5 lift so looks like some flat fenders are in my near future too.
I don't wheel super hard since it's my DD and I'm not trying to break stuff unnecessarily!
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I'm going to go the economical route and beef up my D30 and D44 rear little by little. Definitely going to do some sleeves, gussets, and maybe a re gear for starters. Maybe add some custom drive shafts down the road. I'm running a 2.5 lift so looks like some flat fenders are in my near future too.
I don't wheel super hard since it's my DD and I'm not trying to break stuff unnecessarily!
I was wanting to just regear and add lockers, when I added that up it got me started looking at the Dynatrac unlimited at Northridge's d44 with ARB and your choice of gearing
Going the normal route, I would look at upgrading axles first
I probably missed it but are you running a two door or four?
They say with a two door that your front driveshaft is more sensitive to lift height...
That's why I put in a 3" lift
Plus with 37's you want to watch your center of gravity
Matthew
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Great thread with some great info. I got the green light to go with 37s today from the wifey ![Rock](https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/images/smilies/rock.gif)
I'm going to go the economical route and beef up my D30 and D44 rear little by little. Definitely going to do some sleeves, gussets, and maybe a re gear for starters. Maybe add some custom drive shafts down the road. I'm running a 2.5 lift so looks like some flat fenders are in my near future too.
I don't wheel super hard since it's my DD and I'm not trying to break stuff unnecessarily!
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I'm going to go the economical route and beef up my D30 and D44 rear little by little. Definitely going to do some sleeves, gussets, and maybe a re gear for starters. Maybe add some custom drive shafts down the road. I'm running a 2.5 lift so looks like some flat fenders are in my near future too.
I don't wheel super hard since it's my DD and I'm not trying to break stuff unnecessarily!
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I wasted money beefing up my Dana 30 and ended up blowing the gears not wheeling hard at all (5.13 gears).... also my DD 09 jku X auto. I now have the PR44 up front
if I were to do it all over again I would have went straight to getting the PR44 even tho it's more $$$$ I feel I wasted it in the first place.... Now I wheel harder and with no worries.... Just food for thought.
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make sure you have the clearance to run them, not sure if a 3.5 in lift would let them fit comfortably i run 37's on my 10' jku but i also have a 6in lift and its still a little snug. might look into wheel spacers as well.
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That's the route I almost went...
I was wanting to just regear and add lockers, when I added that up it got me started looking at the Dynatrac unlimited at Northridge's d44 with ARB and your choice of gearing
Going the normal route, I would look at upgrading axles first
I probably missed it but are you running a two door or four?
They say with a two door that your front driveshaft is more sensitive to lift height...
That's why I put in a 3" lift
Plus with 37's you want to watch your center of gravity
Matthew
I was wanting to just regear and add lockers, when I added that up it got me started looking at the Dynatrac unlimited at Northridge's d44 with ARB and your choice of gearing
Going the normal route, I would look at upgrading axles first
I probably missed it but are you running a two door or four?
They say with a two door that your front driveshaft is more sensitive to lift height...
That's why I put in a 3" lift
Plus with 37's you want to watch your center of gravity
Matthew
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I have a 4-door. The more I look at the Dynatrac the more I think I should just save the coin and do it right the first time. It's just hard to drop that much $ all at once! But you're right, I'd hate to spend $2k, not including regear & locker install, to reinforce a D30 with sleeves, gussets, truss, and RCV axles just to start blowing gears. Might as well go with the Dynatrac and be able to enjoy wheeling without fear of breakage!
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Yeah my plan is to sleeve and gusset my D44 and regear to probably 5:13s even though I'm kinda thinking 5:38s. Hopefully that will be good enough for the wheelin that I plan on doing up here.