Your clearance issues with those 37's (and 35's for that matter) will be at the back wall of the front fenders on full lock. Getting a little higher up top is a very minimal gain. Try what you're doing in your 4th photo with your wheel fully turned.
Can I run 37s with a 4 inch lift?
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It depends on the amount of up travel and the total shock travel. To make up some reasonable numbers, 3" of up on an 8" shock might not let the tires to mash into anything.
Porn length bump stops or using the shocks as such.It depends on the amount of up travel and the total shock travel. To make up some reasonable numbers, 3" of up on an 8" shock might not let the tires to mash into anything.
Did someone say highline?
Or are we talking about stock height?
Prehaps we are looking for a minor 1.25" gain over stock?
Or are we talking about stock height?
Prehaps we are looking for a minor 1.25" gain over stock?
I've been through some fenders what can I say lol. I didn't even go far enough to show the bushwackers or stockers.
So, following your build, in order of least amount of clearance to most amount of clearance (for 35's)...
Stock
Bushwacker
Genright normal hood
Metal cloak
Genright high line
Is this right? Or do the gen right normal hood fenders actually have less clearance than stock?
I'd put the stock, bushwacker, and GR non HL in the same category. The MC added 1.25" of clearance with the point of contact on the rear wheel well. The GR highlines added so much room I'd need 14" (maybe longer) coil overs to fill the gap with an acceptable amount of downtravel imo.
Reidminer
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For the amount of off roading I do, and the type of terrain I go on, it is acceptable…for now. I don’t disagree with you at all that it could be better, but I bought it like this. Like I said, the new set of tires I got(first pic) are actually 35.5in so I’ll have more articulation just from that. But I plan to fix and address all those “issues” eventually. I’m DD’ing it right now but once I get a another vehicle, I’ll be building this out to the tits, I just love the hobby. For now, it’s incredibly smooth and reliable on the road, can easily go highway speeds and steer with one finger, and has blown through any obstacle I’ve put it in off road with ease.
Have you ran all 3 of these? I'm at the point where I'm not sure what fenders to get ha
Pretty sure it will fit in the front. Can't say if will fit in the rear until he tries it.You can run 38s with no lift, so I would say 37s with a 4" lift is an easy thing to do!
https://wranglertjforum.com/threads/do-38s-fit-with-no-lift-the-question-nobody-asked.33737/
But just be aware, you'll need one of @mrblaine's big brake kits to stop it
Make a YouTube video about it and then ask Blaine if he'll sponsor you... just so we can see his response
Ummm, ok.
In the end she says it's very tight.
I ran the MC highlines for a few years. The GR nonhighline I only ran for a few weeks before swapping to the highline. Since I extended the shock towers for the MC fenders the Non highline GR fenders didn't allow the tire to go all the way up.
Higlines are really looks based unless you're going to raise the mounts. To really maximize the highlines coil overs are needed in my opinion.
The one thing I liked about the MC fenders was the predrilled inner fender liners for the stock components.
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thatjeepguy97
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Great answer! Very good information. I had the same question, so this helps a lot. I have a '97 TJ with a 4 inch lift and run on 33's. I seriously want to upgrade to 37's but figured I couldn't without some serious modifications. Still thinking about upgrading to 35's though.
thatjeepguy97
New Member
Great answer! Very good information. I had the same question, so this helps a lot. I have a '97 TJ with a 4 inch lift and run on 33's. I seriously want to upgrade to 37's but figured I couldn't without some serious modifications. Still thinking about upgrading to 35's though.
No other modifications to axles or brakes? Still not having any issues?