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We started off with a 2018 Jeep Wrangler JL Rubicon in factory form.
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Stage 1:
We installed a set of 37″ Maxxis Trepador’s on the JL without any lift and they fit! The Rubicon model’s front fenders are approximately 1″ higher then the standard JL. While the tires did fit and drove down some moderate trails I would definitely suggest some bump stops before you hit any real trails. Also we removed the factory front bumper as the tires would hit the valence when turning. You could cut this but we are designing new Motobilt bumpers so this problem will be solved. We used a set of 17″ steel wheels that had been converted to beadlocks using our DIY beadlock kit.
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The 37″s Trepadors are awesome but we new from the beginning this Jeep JL had to have some 40″ Trepadors. We wanted to install a set of Raceline aluminum beadlock wheels, so we rounded up a set of 17×9.5’s and had them custom powder coated.
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Next up was how to fit these massive meats. We installed a basic 2.5″ spacer lift kit to get by until some of our friends in the industry finish their more complete lift kits.

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As you can tell the Motobilt Jeep JL grew up quite a bit but even with the 2.5″ lift and Rubicon flares it still needed some more room. We removed the inner liners on the front and rear fenders which includes the turn signal on the front fenders. This provided a lot more room and we plan on building parts to clean up all of this and re incorporate a set of turn signals.
The huge tires would not clear the factory bumper so it had to go
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So we built a new front bumper for it called the Crusher
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Now there is plenty of room for the 40's to clear up front.
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The 2.5" spacer kit was the only available kit at the time so we are currently looking to install a full blown lift kit with control arms, springs, shocks and more very soon.



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That is bad ass!

I'm curious how the 37" tires would have worked with the fender liners removed prior to lift.
 

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Could the back of the stock metal bumper be trimmed to fit?
 

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Turn Signals??? or is this just a promotional vehicle? Looks Badazz what’s next?
 

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Awesome Jeep/Products!! I have a set of 40's waiting to go on, just trying to decide on wheel/offset/backspace(I should have measured prior to removing the 37's.)

What is the offset on your raceline wheels? Also is there any way I can get you to measure how much distance you have before you hit the frame at full lock(Or did you have to adjust the steering stops?) I don't mind cropping the fenders/grill, but don't want to notch out the frame if I go with a less aggressive offset wheel.

Thanks in advance!
 

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We started off with a 2018 Jeep Wrangler JL Rubicon in factory form.
28061699_10156216721107052_4771883132301173815_o.jpg

27500634_10156171969327052_158517455451650076_o-768x705.jpg


Stage 1:
We installed a set of 37″ Maxxis Trepador’s on the JL without any lift and they fit! The Rubicon model’s front fenders are approximately 1″ higher then the standard JL. While the tires did fit and drove down some moderate trails I would definitely suggest some bump stops before you hit any real trails. Also we removed the factory front bumper as the tires would hit the valence when turning. You could cut this but we are designing new Motobilt bumpers so this problem will be solved. We used a set of 17″ steel wheels that had been converted to beadlocks using our DIY beadlock kit.
28575878_1568156009905520_2038531532597839988_n.jpg


28618766_10156259244687052_9009845849475461496_o-768x646.jpg


The 37″s Trepadors are awesome but we new from the beginning this Jeep JL had to have some 40″ Trepadors. We wanted to install a set of Raceline aluminum beadlock wheels, so we rounded up a set of 17×9.5’s and had them custom powder coated.
28795938_10156263029362052_1525310467851055123_n.jpg

29025980_10156275336737052_1211449843139816203_n-768x706.jpg

Next up was how to fit these massive meats. We installed a basic 2.5″ spacer lift kit to get by until some of our friends in the industry finish their more complete lift kits.

28618878_10156284527587052_7221605899565083290_o-768x576.jpg

As you can tell the Motobilt Jeep JL grew up quite a bit but even with the 2.5″ lift and Rubicon flares it still needed some more room. We removed the inner liners on the front and rear fenders which includes the turn signal on the front fenders. This provided a lot more room and we plan on building parts to clean up all of this and re incorporate a set of turn signals.
The huge tires would not clear the factory bumper so it had to go
29104368_1576076689113452_9098562142613647483_n-768x576.jpg


So we built a new front bumper for it called the Crusher
IMG_7181-e1522090591444-768x576.jpg

Now there is plenty of room for the 40's to clear up front.
IMG_7170-e1522090611533-768x576.jpg

IMG_7187-e1522090569948-768x576.jpg


The 2.5" spacer kit was the only available kit at the time so we are currently looking to install a full blown lift kit with control arms, springs, shocks and more very soon.


Are the pictures with full fender flares with 37s or 40s?
 
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