Can’t stay stock forever
So a few months had passed and I was done with driving a stock Jeep; something had to change. I had taken my stock Jeep offroad and had fun, but my tires were getting close to bald and I needed new ones. I wanted bigger tires and they sure weren’t gonna fit on a stock Jeep. I was only 17 and my parents’ money had bought the Jeep, so I could only do what they allowed. They were weary of me putting a big lift on because they were worried it would raise the CG and I would flip, so I had to find the best option without spending much money. My dad didn’t like the idea of 33″ tires at all and I couldn’t sway him on 32s so the biggest I could go would be 31″ tires. I can’t remember what research I did because I hadn’t joined any forums yet, but I decided to go with a simple and cheap 1.25″ shackle lift – probably off of ebay (I think they may even have been advertised as 2″ but I can’t remember anymore). It would be enough lift that I figured I would be able to run 31s with no problem (more on that in another post).
