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[Old Jeeper]

Not that it matters too much, but I personally will be running 35-in tires for a long time. At this moment I have very little off-road experience. But just like anything, you start small and as you get better and more technical experience, you can upgrade. That doesn't necessarily mean that bigger tires are a better upgrade, I might find after 10 years of wheeling that I really prefer 35s.

But technical experience will always trump bigger tires.

NOTHING wrong with 35s. I would say that 35s and a 2-2.5 lift would let you do 95% of all trails in US and any lift 3-3.5 and 37s you can do 100% of trails in the US...that are legit marked trails.

I will tell you that my first 20 years of Jeeping was more Jeep than me. But because in those days not a lot of mods to be had. Army Surplus Jeep tires or some used Snow tires, and not much more. But we had a bulletproof 4 cyl and 4:88 gears. So I learned how to drive that Jeep from Florida to Wash State and Cali to Maine. Finally in 2003 I got the first Rubicon and had 6 since then and just notified today that my 2024 JLR-X is in Build. SHould be here by 15 Aug or so. I pray, cause I gt a business trip in Sept to Texas and be gone for the end of Oct.

My advice to any Newbie is to FORGET the Qudratech Jeep catalog, don't even look at it.

The NUMBER 1 Jeep mod you NEED is a Great set of TIRES!!!

FACT: Your Jeep doesn't care what model or version in base, stock, OEM will do 80% of all the trails in the US...BUT ONLY IF you have the tires to do it. If you don't have a good set of off/on-road tires that $6000 lift kit is near worthless. OH its bragging rights and everybody ohhh Aww how cool. But does you no good unless you have traction?

My Fav off/on-road tires are the GY Duratac, I have the 35 on my Jeep. Best do-all tire I run in 58 years of Jeeping.

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[Ratbert]

NOTHING wrong with 35s. I would say that 35s and a 2-2.5 lift would let you do 95% of all trails in US and any lift 3-3.5 and 37s you can do 100% of trails in the US...that are legit marked trails.

I know of a few "legit marked trails" here in Colorado that aren't doable with 37s. Here's just one example:

Unless, of course, your definition of "legit marked trail" excludes trails that are too much for our rigs.

 

[Old Jeeper]

I know of a few "legit marked trails" here in Colorado that aren't doable with 37s. Here's just one example:

Unless, of course, your definition of "legit marked trail" excludes trails that are too much for our rigs.

I see its a new trail but that for the Buggy crowd, that is a whole nother world. THose guys can do anything in fact I am stunned at some of the trails that can do, vertical climb. I would tell you that any trail a built buggy can do, I cannot.

I thought about building a buggy for while, but watching and following them (not doing their trails). But I have this obsession that says I got to drive to the trail and come back home...which my business card had this tag line:

"Built to get you there...
Engineered to get you BACK!"

There is no doubt there trails out there are impossible for Jeep to do and there is no doubt on that.

 

[Ratbert]

I see its a new trail but that for the Buggy crowd, that is a whole nother world. THose guys can do anything in fact I am stunned at some of the trails that can do, vertical climb. I would tell you that any trail a built buggy can do, I cannot.

I thought about building a buggy for while, but watching and following them (not doing their trails). But I have this obsession that says I got to drive to the trail and come back home...which my business card had this tag line:

"Built to get you there...
Engineered to get you BACK!"

There is no doubt there trails out there are impossible for Jeep to do and there is no doubt on that.

Exactly. That's why I do my best to avoid the terms 100%, 0%, always, and never.

 

[Old Jeeper]

Exactly. That's why I do my best to avoid the terms 100%, 0%, always, and never.

LOL, yea, I thought about at the time, but I was thinking in context of Jeep only trails. I very focused the rocks at the Jeep level. Have always avoided Mud and Sand. My BiL was a Mudder, he had a Chevy Blazer he had built, and was it built. 454 chevy engine, 550 hp, it was maxed out...LOL my sister divorced him over it. He was on one of his off roading trips for about 2 weeks and she was doing a deep spring cleaning of the house. In his closet, when found several shoe boxes full of receipts for parts and work. This is around 1980...he has spent over $100k building his rig and the maintenance was heavy, he was serious mud man!

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