Hit an easy trail close to the house today. It was fun. Apparently I was slow. Jeep worked ok. Definitely could have done it without the new tires. Nice to get out and experience soft tires and mud.
This is the same road that gave us a 4hr recovery about a month ago. And an hour and a half recovery just last weekend. Warm weather has melted the snow. No recovery needed.
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If I called anyone out... it would be an entire population of forum dwellers
31" tires apparently DON'T fit on stock ZJ's. Any forum will tell you that a minimum 2" lift is required, in addition to longer bumpstops... but even then trimming of the front bumper will be needed. This seemed a little bit stupid to me. After all... the Toyota's all fit 33's without any noteworthy trimming, YJ's and TJ's the same... and a lot of newer trucks have no problems with 35's. 31's are peanuts. They are the bare minimum for trail running. Sure you can buy 30's... [...]