2.5 inch lift. What size tires?

  • I have a 1997 wrangler sport with a 2.5 inch suspension lift and 1.75in spacers. What are the biggest size tires I can fit. I have Alcoa rims that came off an 04 Rocky Mountain edition.

  • Without doing fender mods, 33" tires should be your max (you should have 30" now with those wheels). You'll need either a narrow tire (10") or add wheelspacers to fit the normal 12.5" wide tires.


    Keep in mind that if you have a 4 cylinder motor, you'll have a rough time on the highway. Even with a 6 cylinder, you'll feel the bigger tires trying to get up to speed and going over bridges and hills. The only real solution to this is replacing the factory axle gears with smaller gears (numerically higher... like 4.56 for 6cyl or 4.88 for 4cyl).

    Jerry / Whatevah

    2020 Gladiator Mojave - 35" Kenda Klever R/Ts, LoD aluminum side steps, Zroadz bed rack, Quadratec QRC winch bumper, Superwinch EPi 9.0, Kleinn on-board air, fire truck airhorn, lots of lights, Yaesu ham radio with GPS tracker, SnailArmor tailgate panel

    Gone- 2012 JK Rubicon with stuff. Long gone- Long-arm 2001 Cherokee with stuff.

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