Jeep College Plans

[Ben Butler]

If you want the jeep lower because you feel like its too tall go for it. You really have a perfect amount of lift for 33" tires right now. IMO you're a bit low for 35" tires.

If you want to dump 3 grand into your jeep to make it more reliable while you are in college there are plenty of things we could discuss to achieve that goal.

If you think lowering the jeep will save you 3k in gas it just won't happen (that's like a thousand gallons of gas it would have to save you). You won't likely see a noticeable difference between the same size tires, one being a MT and the other being an AT.

You would save a little cost on the replacement difference between 31"-33"-35" tires, but if you figure in the cost to swap the first set that also gets skewed.

How are you currently calculating your mileage? Are you adjusting for the amount your speedometer is off? Are you driving a full tank to empty, taking that mileage and dividing by gas added to get back to full or guesstimating?

Guesstimating. From miles driven according to my odometer which is off due to tires, and how much gas i use to fill up, i get around 11-13. Im just adding 1-2 as a rough estimate because everything is off exponentially if that makes sense, and most of my time is spent where the difference is only ~5mph. I don't have alot of highway miles, so i figure my odometer isn't off that much.


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[Ben Butler]

Very good advice.

@Ben Butler, weigh the pro's and con's of owning a cheaper car (added insurance bills, added car payment, etc.), it may actually be cheaper to keep your Jeep, but take it down a couple of notches to achieve your desired outcome. Or, if it really is cheaper to buy a beater car, then go with that option. Save your money! I'm 20 and i'm in the same boat as you. Money is hard to come by!

I have 3.73 gears, 33" tires (loud and heavy), aftermarket d-ring wheels (heavy), almost 4" of lift, big bumper and winch on the front (heavy), accelerates poorly, doesn't ride well, bad MPG, etc., so I feel very similar to how you do. So, instead of re-gearing to 4.56's to accommodate the 33's, soon i'm dropping down to more-street-mannered 31" tires on stock TJ wheels, taking off my big steel bumper, dropping my 1.25" body lift, keeping my 2" springs, and eventually getting synthetic line for my winch to reduce weight.

Just throwing my plan out there in case it'd be a viable plan B for you! EDIT: I just read more of your posts, and you already are thinking about this. Disregard!

Yessir! That is so far what I'm thinking. It sounds to be the best option for what i plan to use the Jeep for.


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[Kyle_W]

Yessir! That is so far what I'm thinking. It sounds to be the best option for what i plan to use the Jeep for.


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Your Jeep looks pretty sweet as it is, if I may say so - but I feel you completely. I'm very excited to "shed all my extra weight" and return to near stock specs.