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193 messages, Last post on Sep 26, 2009 at 5:22 AM
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Replying to: tomnlaurel (Nov 20, 2008 11:26 am) It's an uncontrollable shaking of the whole vehicle which originates from the front end. You are unable to stop the vehicle from changing lanes and you'll invariably end up in the median or the ditch (or even the E.R.  ). It's scary, your life flashes before your eyes, and it carries a very real threat of an accident, hence the term 'death wobble'. It's not just a bad vibration or shake, and accelerating, braking, or decelerating won't make it go away. Thankfully it's also very rare, though it happens enough to be a recognized phenomenon, and most commonly occurs in Wranglers and Dodge Rams. If you were to experience it or observe it happen to another vehicle I doubt you'd ever forget it!
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Replying to: mac24 (Nov 21, 2008 6:28 am) but i would spend the 300 dollars and replace the front bearings a front stabilizer shock wont help you it is for off road and to keep the stering from breaking your arm when you put the front tire in a bind or hit something.
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Replying to: rself (Nov 24, 2008 9:13 pm) |
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Replying to: soph321 (Aug 09, 2007 3:42 pm)
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Replying to: karlw90 (Apr 05, 2007 7:27 am) |
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Replying to: rself (Nov 26, 2008 10:43 pm) -Paul |
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I have a 2008 4door jeep wrangler jk unlimited. I take her offroading all the time. I have size 265X75Xr16 mudding tires on it now. I am planning on getting a 4" to 6" lift kit on it in the next month or so. My questions is Will i need to buy new rims/wheels for it to put 33" tires on it. I belive that the 16" rims it came with are to skinny, any help? Also I was told that if i put anything bigger than 33"s on it I will loose alot of horsepower and have more breakage. Is this true?
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Replying to: adamsls (Dec 02, 2008 8:10 am) |
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You can wheel with the same tires, but honestly it is going to look really stupid with a 4" to 6" lift and stock tires.  Think of a roller skate. Here's a pic of my TJ with just a 3" lift and 1" BL running stock 30's. Imagine a bigger lift with yours.  The lift really isn't going to help you a whole lot if you are keeping the same size tires. Your low point will still be the axles. Offroad, you'll still get good articulation with a decent 4-6" lift, but again, your tires will still come in to play. However, if you want to go to 33's you'd be MUCH better off. My wheel is an 8: wheel, but I now have 33x12.5" Mud Terrains on it. A skinny wheel is not necessarily bad for offroad. It provides a good lip for the wider tire. Here's how mine is now.  Now keep in mind, if you air down your tires for offroad, you don't want to air down TOO much or you'll lose the bead. Airing down is good for better traction, AND it will help keep branches, sharp rocks, etc from puncturing a piece of rubber at full inflation. You DO lose some height doing this, but the traction gain is well worth it. Hope that helps some. -Paul |
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