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Best lift and tire size

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16 Jul 2018 21:23 #194353 by Mole
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Hi new on here and terrible with forums so I apologise if this has be asked and answered loads all ready. I'm planning to lift my jimny I'm torn between 3 and 4 inch suspension lift (Inc castor corrected arms ect) and what tires fit best with out having to lift the body and trim the bumper.

Any help would be great thanks

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17 Jul 2018 01:29 #194355 by zukebob
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I would first ask what the purpose of your lift is.

With that information, you should get many good suggestions of how much and what type of lift is best.

As far as tires go, the best size to use so that body lift and trimming are unnecessary would be 215/75r15.

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17 Jul 2018 05:24 #194357 by Mole
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I use it to get round a farm and some woods but also would like to do a small amount of green lanes as used to do a lot on a quad bike and miss it but I suppose there would also be road driving as well.
And some cosmetic as I do love the look of a lifted jimny ☺️

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17 Jul 2018 06:30 #194358 by Lambert
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Can't help with the looks but a Jimny with some sensible all terrain tyres and otherwise standard suspension will go places you will have difficulty in walking. Mine on road tyres gets round about 90pc of the local game keepers side by side quad tracks in their woods.

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17 Jul 2018 06:35 #194359 by zukebob
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Starting with tire size, if you are firm that you don't want body lift or trimming, I think the 215/75s are likely your choice. The next common size up would be the 235/75r15 tire. According to most here, those will usually require some minor modification. You may want to keep in mind that the 235s are probably the limit you can go without gearing changes.

With 215s a 3 or 4 inch lift may look a little out of proportion. A 2 inch lift looks good with that tire size (my opinion only). That setup should do well with how you intend to use the Jimny.

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17 Jul 2018 08:13 #194362 by Daniel30
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215/75/15 and 3 '' lift just for reference


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17 Jul 2018 08:23 #194363 by zukebob
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OK. A 4 inch lift might be out of proportion.:laugh:

What lift is that Daniel?

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17 Jul 2018 08:24 #194364 by Daniel30
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3'' Trailmaster ;)

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17 Jul 2018 08:25 #194365 by sniper
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A two inch lift is pretty straight forward, springs and shocks basically, some say castor correction whilst not imperative, is of benefit.

Three/four inch lifts need so much more, arms, spacers, extended lines and so on.

I run 215/75x15 with only a small 15mm seat lift, at standard track width, no problem. Now with 30mm spacers, there is some catching at parking speeds on full lock. It hasn't caused me enough concern to trim the arches as yet.....

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17 Jul 2018 08:27 #194366 by Mole
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Great thanks for all the input I'll have a rethink on what I'm going to do. I'm not against a body lift but it was on my list of things I wanted to do but as you say for what I'm going to be doing with it I might do better with less.

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17 Jul 2018 08:29 #194367 by Mole
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Very nice looking with that set up did it require trimming of the bumper?

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17 Jul 2018 08:30 #194368 by Daniel30
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yeah, some good AT's and see how you get on you will be surprised what the jim can do

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