I am wondering what ride height are y'all are running? i am running 265/70R18 w/ lift rods. I do have GAPIIdTool. I have done some adjusting to it to clear up some rubbing in the rear and adjusted the front to account for the change but I still have a rake to the front. I just do not want to over do it and was wanting to see what others are at?
I will go and get my current heights and post them up shortly.

 

I like 19.5" from hub center to fender flare.
Its about +1" in the front.

If you have adjustable rods, you can also "zero out" the four corner calibrations at 175 and get more range of motion.

 

I do not have adjustable. I have the lucky off-road rhino rods on right now but would consider adjustable. I think that is my main concern is losing range of motion but I want that solid stance even from front to back.

 

So Johnson apparently has a lift rod 3.0 out that raises the front up a bit. Might look into getting those.

 

Why do you need rods if you have a GAP Tool?

 

Ignorance apparently. Lol
Is there no benefit to having both? Should I remove them and just run the lift with the GAP? Is there a down side to doing that?

 

There have been reports over the years that some of the LR3s out there can't achieve enough lift with the GAP tool due to their initial calibration. I'm not sure I ever really understood this, or even why they can't simply be re-calibrated to lower values so that an alternate saved height could then be generated. I digress though.

For what you're doing I would indeed just run the lift with the GAP tool; I don't see any downside. That size tire is pretty much the same as what I'm running in terms of diameter (I'm doing 275/65 but they are Coopers, which list the diameter as 32.6") and I have a saved setting on my GAP with the top value in any corner at 254, if I recall correctly. That leaves just a bit of margin so that I don't get out-of-range faults.

I don't use the modified height setting around town....and I don't really use Access Height. At the trailhead I go into the saved setting. This way I only use it when I need to and my suspension isn't at the higher geometry as often. I have done the mod in the rear wheel wells; pounding that body join flat and painting it. That's about it as far as creating clearance.

 

Man. It sucks you are clear across the country. I would love to have some hands on in person on something like this. Mechanical I’m good. The gap tool is a bit overwhelming when it’s messing with settings.
so what you are saying is you run the standard OG height around town. No lift at all with 32.6” tires! Then you go into your gap tool at the trail head and go to you saved height settings (254mm x4 corners) + your off road mode in (+50mm)?
or am I over thinking it?

 

Not too much over-thinking, but I could be more clear.

I run around town with 32.6" tires on, yes.....I don't use Access Height or it will rub. When I get to the trail head, I slap in the GAP tool and select my saved setting which gets me another couple inches, enough to clear the tires but not so high that I get out-of-range faults if I go into Extended Mode. The "254" is the calibration value. It's just a unitless number. It is not mm or inches or anything like that.

I hope that helps.

 

I think I’m tracking. Well I was all set to buy the new rods but I may wait till next week a take off my rods and mess with the gap tool and see what I can do. We got some storms co I f in so I will not be able to do much for the next couple of days.