- Location
- San Diego
Wanted to get real world feedback on the gearing I'm leaning towards on my latest build. I've got a 99XJ, 4.0/AW4/242/D30/8.25. Going to run 33's. I'm getting ready to build the axles and am strongly leaning toward 4.88 for the gearing. Won't be a daily driver, but I occasionally will drive it up to 2-3 hours to go wheeling. Eventually I want to get a car hauler trailer and go that route, but that's a couple of years off. It will mostly get stored at my desert place, so it will be mostly a trail rig.
From all the different threads I have read, much of the consensus is 4.56 with 33's.
But here's my dilemma, my other 2 similar set up (mostly trail rigs) XJ's are running 31's with 4.10's, and I just sometimes feel I should have gone 4.56 on 31's. I feel like deeper gears would be better off road. I'm not sold on 4.56's with 33's.
So, for those of you that are or have run 4.88 with 33's, what's your opinion? Are you glad you did it? Was it horrible on the freeway? I'm really looking for people who have had experience with this set up.
Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks.
From all the different threads I have read, much of the consensus is 4.56 with 33's.
But here's my dilemma, my other 2 similar set up (mostly trail rigs) XJ's are running 31's with 4.10's, and I just sometimes feel I should have gone 4.56 on 31's. I feel like deeper gears would be better off road. I'm not sold on 4.56's with 33's.
So, for those of you that are or have run 4.88 with 33's, what's your opinion? Are you glad you did it? Was it horrible on the freeway? I'm really looking for people who have had experience with this set up.
Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks.