Ive got about a 2k budget to buy the following:

4" lift (w/springs) for a 72 cj5
42" tires
15-10" Rims

The best price i can get was off of www.tyres1.com . the whole deal was 1932.64 before shipping. The local store was WAY higher than that.

Can yall beat that or am i just gonna have to blow the budgetout of the gate?

Any suggestions?

what all are you goin with brand wise?
Rims? reg or beadlock?

Seems kinda high either way

I have been on the college budget and it sucks. I have put off buying stuff for my jeep till either the summers or major stuff till after i get out, and I can't stand it. But it did force me to sell all the parts in my garage, soon as I get my hardtop and doors sold I wanna go with a RE 4.5 extreme duty.

genuine suspension on 4wheelparts.com has got a 4" for $356 with shocks. I know there was somewhere that sold a 4" Pro Comp for like 199 i dunno if that was with or without shocks but check like petersen's or jp magazine

These are about the bottom of the barrel as far as kits but hey it worked for me. Also, try looking for used tires, 42s might be a little hard to find though.

I don't think you are going to be able to fit 42" tires under a four inch lift. I run 35's on my 4inch lift and have minor rubbing, so I can only imagine what problems you are going to encounter with 42's not to mention your turning radius is going to be hell. you are going to need alot more lift or gobs of sawzall action.

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Originally posted by T-Town Jeeper:
Ive got about a 2k budget to buy the following:

4" lift (w/springs) for a 72 cj5
42" tires
15-10" Rims

The best price i can get was off of http://www.tyres1.com . the whole deal was 1932.64 before shipping. The local store was WAY higher than that.

Can yall beat that or am i just gonna have to blow the budgetout of the gate?

Any suggestions?

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42" tires on factory axle's?...D30/D44...NARROW TRACK?!?! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! you have to be kidding....right?

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Originally posted by RENEGADE:

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Originally posted by T-Town Jeeper:
Ive got about a 2k budget to buy the following:

4" lift (w/springs) for a 72 cj5
42" tires
15-10" Rims

The best price i can get was off of http://www.tyres1.com . the whole deal was 1932.64 before shipping. The local store was WAY higher than that.

Can yall beat that or am i just gonna have to blow the budgetout of the gate?

Any suggestions?

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42" tires on factory axle's?...D30/D44...NARROW TRACK?!?! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! you have to be kidding....right?

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I dunno, 42" tires are getting into 2.5 rockwell range, and those can be had pretty cheap.. But yeah.. Its sawzall time. Or MOG time

Jason

ok to start off i typed out this long and detailed description but the browser crashed. so i had to shorten it so i wouldnt kill somone.

im using d44/d60 SOA w/ boxed fenders, this setup WILL work (check out "jimmys jeep" in this years top truck chalenge)

and hey renegade thanx for the vote of confidence. i think i could have figured that one out

T-Town what gear ratio are you going to be running. Even with your 400 and c6 your going to need pretty tall gears to turn 42's. If it were me on a budget. I'd start with the gears then the lift and tires otherwise you'll be wishing you had as you won't have the power to turn those big meats.

well i look again at jimmy's jeep From TTC hes only running 4.10s but he does have a 454, i dont have to have that much extra power right now. but ill look into the gears pretty soon.

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Originally posted by T-Town Jeeper:
ok to start off i typed out this long and detailed description but the browser crashed. so i had to shorten it so i wouldnt kill somone.

im using d44/d60 SOA w/ boxed fenders, this setup WILL work (check out "jimmys jeep" in this years top truck chalenge)

and hey renegade thanx for the vote of confidence. i think i could have figured that one out

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I would think that 42's would really be pushing that D44 up front...however like alosix said above, Rockwells are CHEAP and have 6 or 7 something gears in them.

as for the vote of confidence....no problem, any time

yeah i had thought of that, but i have a pretty light right foot, ive seen guys wheeling 44's on the model 20, im not gonna be in the rocks that much (well at least not for now) its mostly gonna be in the mud. i thought that the mud was easier on the axles.

as for the rockwells, maybe, just not now, im just gonna see how it works with what i have now, (plus the gears). this will be a learning experience, hopfully it will not be an expensive one

what do yall think about the d44 in the mud with maybe 4.10's?

It takes a hole lot of power to turn big tires in mud. The 4.10's will work because you need lots of tire speed to keep the tread cleaned out but engine wise you may be a little lacking. Your gonna need lots of high end horsepower.

Mud breaks ALOT of parts...why? Because your foot is to the floor. Last weekend, playing in the mud LocalRich's bro' blew the spider gears in the rear of his K5 blazer/buggy thing, and he's only running 33's on it. Rocks dont break parts untill you stomp on the skinny...my Jeep is geared so low that I never touch the gas, maybe a little burp here or there but I just let it crawl its way though...never broken anything this way.

i have a Ford 390 bored 10over sittin in the floor of my shop, i WILL eventually put that in, don't yall think that what would be enough to turn em?

also i was thinking in MAYBE eventually putting in a 4to1 kit in the transfer case, but that wont be untill later.

would yall think that it would be about the same as a 4banger turning 33's? cause im quite used to that.

also, my buddy tore his rear gears by stomping the gas, if when i get on it i dont stomp it but rather ease on the throttle, shouldn't that be less stressfull? because i thought it was the quick jerks that breaks things.

WOW, its a wonder what a year and a half can do. I feel like a moron for writing that crap...

The j10 fell through so we got d44s from a waggy. the 74 cj5 is on 35s SOA stock springs. I've learned that a d44 CANNOT hold up to 42s, wouldnt even try 38s (luckily not from experience).

The CJ5:
d44s f/r
detroits f/r
4.88s
SOA, stretched to 94in, outboarded springs, revolvers front.
built AMC 304
power steering
6 pt cage
4pt seats

here she is:

and somore pics here
http://photobucket.com/albums/v738/TTownJeeper/

oh thats not me, im behind the camera, not the wheel

good taste is acquired over time. Honestly I would have loved to see a short wheelbase (CJ5) with 42's. I like the setup you got there.

well my friend is on 38's on the stock WB and that thing is scary....

We may eventually be on 42s but that will be a ways down the road. And sorry I had no intentions of keeping the stock WB, on 42s i would have liked to have around 110" whcih will mean I'm gonna have to go back farther with the rear go forward in the front and swap to full hydro steering...not to mention the new axles. like i said....a ways down the road.