Jeeps Canada - Jeep Forums - 1990 Cherokee Question!

On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 17:13:31 UTC tooplanecrazy7@aol.com
(TooPlaneCrazy7) wrote:

> I have no idea what lifts are and what type of tires to get. The Jeep comes
> with the standard size (I think 205). Any ideas what kind of bigger tires to
> get? I heard BFGoodrich AT are good.
>
> Also, what kind of lifts? Suspension?
>
> How much will all of this cost?

My son is running a stock 91 XJ with 235/15 BFG AT KOs with no
problem. I noticed that when we took it up in the mountains he got a
minor (very minor) amount of rub on the inside of the wheel well when
he got it all cockeyed in the rocks. Looking inside the front wheel
well, there was some sign of minor rubbing but just enough to knock
some of the dirt off the paint. It comes VERY close to rubbing on the
lower control arm with the wheels at full lock, but a 10 cent washer
would fix it if it did rub. BTW, he has 187k miles on the clock and
it's still not using any oil. (I've got 165k on my 88 MJ - same
story).

The AT KO does very nicely in sand - at least the loose West Texas
sand out around Pecos - and I've never even had mine aired down. The
AT is not the best choice for gumbo mud - the tread pattern is too
tight to clear unless you really wind it up to sling it out - but it's
one of the best tires I've used on wet roads with standing water.
That rather surprised me since I figured it would hydro plane easily
but that hasn't been the case at all.

As for mud, I wish I had taken my camera along when Dad wanted me to
help him get out of a ditch where he had stuck his tractor in that red
clay they have around Abilene. That crap get slick in a heavy dew and
he couldn't force it up the slope to get out. So we strap his front
end to the rear hooks and off we go - him sliding all over the place,
me throwing mud from all 4 wheels. Seems like all 4 wheels managed to
throw the mud right up and back into the same spot - right where he
was sitting. He didn't find it nearly as funny as I did...

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Will Honea <whonea@codenet.net>