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Jeep Wrangler YJ
YJ General Discussion
Anyone Downsize Tires For Better Performance?
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<blockquote data-quote="DOWNS" data-source="post: 438523" data-attributes="member: 21038"><p>I used to be in the lift, big tires and sawsall crowd. As the years went on, I realized that my mostly stock sized Jeeps with maybe a locker in one end could get me all the places I wanted to go and then some. The advantage of this is greater overall performance, better gas mileage, less parts wear/breakage, and in the end more mileage long term out of the vehicle as a whole. </p><p>To me, a stock 4cyl YJ or TJ just harkens back to the old days when all Jeeps were lucky to have 60 or 70 horsepower but still did lots of work and went lots of places. </p><p>Too much emphasis is placed on mechanical mods when really what most Jeeps need is a "driver mod". People get sucked into the "mod cascade" and before you know it, there's not much Jeep left lol.</p><p></p><p>The last few Jeeps I've had have been an exercise in reversing a lot of previous owner "good ideas". Most notable of which on both a CJ5 and YJ were bumpers WELDED TO THE FRAME. Like people get a welder and that becomes the go too attachment for anything. </p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]8CY4ajsvVuc[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DOWNS, post: 438523, member: 21038"] I used to be in the lift, big tires and sawsall crowd. As the years went on, I realized that my mostly stock sized Jeeps with maybe a locker in one end could get me all the places I wanted to go and then some. The advantage of this is greater overall performance, better gas mileage, less parts wear/breakage, and in the end more mileage long term out of the vehicle as a whole. To me, a stock 4cyl YJ or TJ just harkens back to the old days when all Jeeps were lucky to have 60 or 70 horsepower but still did lots of work and went lots of places. Too much emphasis is placed on mechanical mods when really what most Jeeps need is a "driver mod". People get sucked into the "mod cascade" and before you know it, there's not much Jeep left lol. The last few Jeeps I've had have been an exercise in reversing a lot of previous owner "good ideas". Most notable of which on both a CJ5 and YJ were bumpers WELDED TO THE FRAME. Like people get a welder and that becomes the go too attachment for anything. [MEDIA=youtube]8CY4ajsvVuc[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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