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Old Jun 25, 2012 | 10:23 AM
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Yeah that looks good. What all was involved with the 2inch lift? Did you do the lift yourself? Swap out break lines? ETC...
 

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Old Jun 25, 2012 | 11:47 AM
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Yep did the lift myself, kept the stock brake lines. 2 inch lift wasn't enough to warrant that.
 
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Old Jun 25, 2012 | 06:44 PM
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Now that I have the RTe 4" kit my 33's look small.
 
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Old Jun 28, 2012 | 07:14 PM
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I have the 265/75/16 with a 2" TF and have no problems with rubbing
 
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Old Jun 28, 2012 | 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by DiscoRover007
Yep did the lift myself, kept the stock brake lines. 2 inch lift wasn't enough to warrant that.
Your lucky. I had to swap brake lines, install extended abs lines, longer drive shafts, castor corrected arms. the list just never stopped. The moral of the story is stop at 3" of lift.
 
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Old Jun 29, 2012 | 09:44 AM
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So my truck came with the performance package that has the 18" rims and 32.45" tires.
So did the axels and stuff get upgraded at the factory?
Or do you think its the normal driveline under it still?
It was a $2900 upgrade, triple what the tires and rims would add to the price.(nevamind, price included ace)
 

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Old Jun 29, 2012 | 10:51 AM
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what ws the actual tire size that came on your truck with the performance package?
I sure it was a metric size tire like a 255 65 18.
 
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Old Jun 29, 2012 | 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by innzane
So my truck came with the performance package that has the 18" rims and 32.45" tires.
So did the axels and stuff get upgraded at the factory?
Or do you think its the normal driveline under it still?
It was a $2900 upgrade, triple what the tires and rims would add to the price.(nevamind, price included ace)
The 18's usually came with 255/55R18, which are only 29" tall. The only land rovers I've seen with factory 32" tall tires are old series and defenders with 7.50R16 and newer Defenders with either 235/85R16 or 265/75R16. I'm not saying your didn't come that way, I've just never seen one that did, but I wasn't hang out in land rover dealers when these were new. Or even now.
 
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Old Jun 29, 2012 | 01:55 PM
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I did JUST receive like 10 minutes ago via UPS five new 255/85R16 BFG KM2. Any guesses on how long until I break something?
 
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Old Jun 29, 2012 | 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by jafir
I did JUST receive like 10 minutes ago via UPS five new 255/85R16 BFG KM2. Any guesses on how long until I break something?
Nice! I've got the 265/75R16s and love them. BFG M/T KM2s are some great tires.
 
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