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@@Jay-me7gw The only LJ, JKU, and JLU with 3" or less didn't even try it. And of them I was the absolute highest ground clearance. Every rig that made it past the second obstacle was either on 40" tires or bigger and significant suspension mods or purpose built, some with rear steer. The impact marks on the lower control arm mount and the gouges I left in the rock ledge tell me that I would have needed 3" more spring and 2" more tire to make the second obstacle. No guarantees I would have made it past that point. FYI... one of the obstacles on that trail is a 5' undercut shelf rock climb. If you're interested in seeing that obstacle, it's on our video "Wheelin' with GenRight"... and if you care to see more of that trail, check out "Colt builds it"... The trail name is Bikini Thank you for watching!

I beg to differ sir... mine has all those things flat belly, high fenders, 6" lift and 35"s and still needs more...stretch will actually decrease the break over angle making things worse. Short wheel base is best for break over. But everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Thanks for watching!

@@Jeep_psychology_101 Short wheelbase is good for breakover, but it couldn't keep the front end down in the obstacle you talk about. If you had some more wheelbase it might keep the truck on the ground and let the front end help pull you up and over. The TJ is a nice nimble truck, but with a 93" wheebase its not ideal in steep situations.

@Jay-me7gw Then throw in a V8 with 90 more horsepower, 90 more foot pounds of torque and 90 pounds lighter than the inline six. My plan is to eventually move the front axle forward, and go wide enough to get 40" tires on it without sacrificing too much turn radius. I'm not willing to stretch it to the rear as we need the fuel capacity since we do drive it on the interstate.

I should rephrase high fenders to highline fenders.

@@j-rad9726 After wheelin' with one of the other guys on the GenRight trail takeover, I would consider another fender change, which would allow me to get into a 37" tire and 6" spring lift. I never did like the look of the "hump" fenders, but I get the functionality of them. Once again moving toward the "big tire big lift" theory.

I've already got the flat belly, and most of the trails that I do the stretch would be a disadvantage, but that's what I'm saying. LCG is not the answer to everything. Thank you for watching and thank you sharing your opinion

@Jeep_psychology_101 i only streched to make room for tires dont high line front fenders moved rearend back 2.5 inches and front forward 1 inch have 36s on stock supenion 2 inch body lift. Body lift was because i needed to room to go flat belly

Ultimately, I want to move the front axle forward about three inches to accommodate 40" tires. I won't stretch to the rear, as I won't sacrifice the fuel capacity. We drive this on the interstate, with camping gear, so I need every square inch of space for gas tank. I lifted the body and the engine/transmission 3" for front suspension to clear the harmonic balancer, this also let me get completely flat with the skid. For the type of terrain we have here in South Dakota, I still need about five more inches of ground clearance. I don't know if you've ever wheeled in the Black Hills, but people come here from out of state and get schooled. They bend and break driveshafts, punch holes in transmission pans, bend steering linkages, and that's on level 4-5 trails.

@Jeep_psychology_101 nope maybe one day.im in Indiana working on a dana 44 right so i can run 40s one day

@@danielk7111 You know, that's probably the one aspect that nobody has ever considered, but it's a valid point. The reality where I live is that a LCG build limits you to only one level 8 trail section. Even some of the level 6 trails you're stacking rocks to get over some of the obstacles. But going big tire and high lift does present the headroom challenge. Thanks for watching And hope to see you out on the trail!

The front is Poison Spider, the rear is home made, I designed it to function as a skid, to guide the Jeep off of rock ledge drops and protection for the spare tire to keep it from getting dragged and bending the carrier. Cut and taped cardboard, transfered to metal, and used that to start teaching the wife how to weld. Thanks for watching Hope you enjoy the channel!

Congratulations! You, having experienced the best of both worlds, completely understand the point that I was trying to make! It's not a one size fits all problem , and it sounds like we wheel in similar terrain. Thank you for watching 😎👍🏻 Hope to see you out on the trail!

Looking at it from a scientific point of view, I totally agree with you. Looking at it from a real world point of view, not so much... good tire placement on the trail makes diff clearance a non-issue. If you're doing crazy off camber stuff, I agree, but if you're in big rock crawling... ground clearance is the key. Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoy the channel!

Hey! Not a problem! Glad to bring some of these things to look for into the light. If it saves someone from purchasing a POS, it was worthwhile to make the video!

They don't make sense for an XJ, but a TJ has a ridiculous shovel skid plate, that while strong, hangs a full 3" lower than the frame. In order to tummy tuck, the body has to go up. In our case, it was done to preserve front suspension up travel. With the 4.7 V8 transplant, the harmonic balancer required 3" to prevent steering linkage contact if full suspension compression occurred. If you watch our video "so you want more ground clearance" you'll see the benefit of the body lift on the TJ. Thanks for watching Hope you found some value in the video

It does in the sense that it can make room for larger tires which do add ground clearance. I dont have a jeep, I have a 200 series land cruiser. If I wanna step up from 35's to 37's and retain the full factory uptravel in the front, I gotta either chop a significant amount of fender or I need to do a 1"+ body lift. The body lift makes the 37's clear but still keeps the heavy mechanical bits(engine, transmission, frame, etc) low.

In my case, the body had to go up 3" the engine and transmission also up 3" It already had a 3" suspension lift when we bought it. But this also allowed me to fabricate a completely flat skid plate gaining 3" ground clearance. But as you can clearly see in the video, any more up travel or bigger tires will require longer springs and possibly different fenders with a hump.

Body lift gives you more clearance. 35’s on a TJ with flat fenders allows for 3” bump stop extension over stock which ends up around 4” of up travel at ride height in the front. If you do a 1” body lift that gives you the ability to ditch an inch or bump stop exertion and get 5” up travel which is much more comfortable and balanced. With some trimming in the back you can get up to 7” of up travel from ride height on 4” of lift.

I find that especially with the TJ's, cheap kits that provide too much lift without addressing all of the corrections that need to be made to keep the caster, centering, drive shaft and pinion angles...etc...etc... On a TJ, if you want to go big you had better plan on a long arm kit for between $3500.00 and $6000.00. Most of those are engineered to correct all the issues that comes with big lift short wheel base Thanks for watching!

@@Jeep_psychology_101 I agree. A metalcloak long arm is the way to go imo. Iv pulled off cheap rc kits that drove like poop on tjs and jls and installed a quality kit and it’s like new jeep.

@leemen I'm going to be doing an in depth white board video this winter explaining the cause and effect of cheap lifts, and how to correct it, which takes them into the realm of the good lifts price wise Hey, thanks for watching and hope to see you out on the trail!

How about all the other stuff to make it really functional off road???

But I'm poor, that's why we need more subscribers, and more people watching our videos start to finish... to get UA-cam to help pay for more upgrades 😎👍🏻 Thanks for watching and hope to see you out on the trail

@@jimkidd53 I know that they certainly don't cut it here in the Black Hills, and I've been thinking about the increase in rollover risk of big tire big lift builds, and adding unsprung weight such as axle trusses and even the old farm trick of filling the tires part way with fluid, can greatly lower the center of gravity. Downside to this is the need with the additional weight to upgrade the brakes. Thank you for watching!

@@DustinCottle I'm curious, as it sits right now, with the 4.5" springs and rancho shocks on "35's... are all of the upper and lower control arms still stock? The reason I ask, the factory suspension operates well within a certain range. Too much spring lift actually rotates the front axle which changes the caster angle, causing it to wander, not to mention that unless you change the track bar to an adjustable length, you actually move the axle out from under the center of the jeep to the driver's side... one of the causes of bump steer. Lifting causes a chain reaction of negative effects... to go big, you have to be willing to go the distance and correct them all. I'll be doing a white board video this winter explaining in detail why all of these things occur. Thanks for watching and hope you get your desired results

@Jeep_psychology_101 it also has fully adjustable upper and lower control arms front and rear with Johnny Joints. The setups been on the Jeep almost 7 years. Guy I bought it from used it mainly for trails and rock crawling. The DPG OffRoad Ultimate Tj Hybrid lift I have is 2.5 suspension with 1.25inch body lift. Not sure if I'll use the body lift but if I decide on a tummy tuck I'll have to. I also have all new Core4x4 Camp Series control arms to replace the old ones with. The aftermarket control arms that's on it now have bad joints. They have no part number or brand name on them. So I got all new stuff. I just got to put it all on.

How are you doing today Two Feather Channel? I think your observation about lift heights between the TJ's and XJ's and the JK's and JL's is at least in part because the JK and JL's came factory with much larger tires from the factory. In the GenRight video, My friend Mike, was the only other 35" tire Jeep. That's what it came with from the dealership... And he was completely bouncing off the undercarriage all day! Hope to get to wheel with you someday!

Hey Randy, thanks for watching! Just a little bit of advice from experience. If you go to a 35" tire, you're going to have to get some rims with a wicked offset and I would advise the Tera flex single rate sway bar disconnect system. That disconnect will give you 3" more clearance for your turning radius over the stock sway bar. If you still have stock fenders, you'll have to add some pucks to keep the tires out of them Thank you again, and hope to see you out on the trail!

@@Jeep_psychology_101 Thanks for the advice! I've wondered about the Teraflex sway bar disconnects. I'll keep all that in mind.

@randyjones7001 it is absolutely awesome! Turn a knob and it's disconnected... some high rock bumpers may require a little bit of grinding on the lower back side

@@Jeep_psychology_101 Awsom! Thanks!

No.... that was me.... and we were running with a throw out bearing that had been failing for a while, just switched to a centerforce clutch this weekend and something isn't right, won't completely release

Now that's some funny s**t right there 😂. I didn't have the volume turned up... So which rig were you in???

@@Jeep_psychology_101 my wife was in the green Cherokee and I was in the red TJ, both that were sitting in front of Mike in the one shot right before the section where you had to turn around

Man, that sucks! It must have been hot and burned in or been sharp enough to burrow in... either way... still sucks. But this little tool can definitely minimize scratches and get a lot of stuff out before it has a chance to dig in Thanks for watching!

Safety glasses are never 100% effective... always good to have a backup plan... Thank you for watching!

That particular one has never been in a gold pan...was purchased just for that reason... thank you for watching!

And those gold panning magnets are cheap, like under $15.00, and as long as it's kept relatively sterile, it's smooth enough to actually touch your eye... thanks for watching!

Hey! How are you doing today Two Feather Channel! All kidding aside, that guy Mike is a great guy and I would wheel with him anytime! And to answer your question about the Mickey Thompson Baja Boss, 111k miles when we put them on 154k miles now... so right now we've put 43k miles on them.... always glad to hear from you and thanks for suggesting we contact Tony about the trail takeover

@@Jeep_psychology_101 Those Baja Boss are holding up well, still plenty of life in them. Yeah I learned a lot from Tony in the several years of watching his weekly Tech Talk shows. He has an answer to every question people ask. a living Encyclopedia of Jeep knowledge on what works and how to do it.

Thank you Jeff! Comments like yours helps keep us motivated to keep making more content. I'm currently editing video from the GenRight Black Hills trail takeover, and hope to have it out this weekend! Also have a lot more technical information to share! Thank you for watching and thank you for your support! Hope to see you out on the trail!

Right!!!???

While I really love the TJ's, the video footage I'm editing right now I really could have used the extra wheelbase, was wheeling with GenRight, but was waved off the second obstacle because I kept wheel standing. You'll be able to check that out in the next upcoming video! Thanks for watching and hope to see you out on the trail!

@@JeffRichardson-cv5hv Thank you for watching! I agree, in my opinion the TJ is the best! The size is perfect, the suspension will articulate more than the body will allow with minimal modifications, and the ride quality is actually better than my 2012 Ram1500 Express! I'm in the middle of editing the 2024 GenRight trail takeover with Tony Pellegrino, and have a lot more good stuff coming soon! Thank you for watching 😎👍🏻

@@bernardaborita4631 Thank you! I'm in the middle of editing a video wheeling with the GenRight off road crew, Tony brought the Terremoto Jeep that has run King of the Hammers. We'll keep the offroad video coming! Thanks again 😎👍🏻

@@Jeep_psychology_101 I can't wait

Jason Thompson, thank you for that! We have tons of people who watch, but don't subscribe... since we were throwing rocks at the moment, it seemed appropriate! Man I hope you enjoy the channel and we hope to see you out on the trail! Thanks again 😎👍🏻

No problem!!! Always glad to put out useful information! And thanks again for watching 😎👍🏻

I've done the dry ice thing before, the only problem with the dry ice is that the rapid change in temperature, not always, but can cause the paint to crack, with the hot glue, the paint doesn't get stressed. Off the subject but similar, I think it was the late 1940's, in Spearfish South Dakota, they had the largest, fastest, temperature drop every recorded. Lots of car windows, store windows, glass exposed to the rapid temperature change shattered. Kinka the same thing with the cars paint and the hail dent... not all the windows shattered... but some did

@@TwoFeatherChannel what do you think about that big dent pull? I was amazed at how well it did.....I left it overnight and got even more of it out

@@Jeep_psychology_101 yes that big dent surprised me. I think if you had two or three of those devices on it and increase tension every few minutes over a longer period of time before it pops off, would probably do better.

@TwoFeatherChannel I absolutely agree with you, double the glue contact, double the pulling power, and at that point I believe that it will completely pop out

All part of our channel...we break it...we fix it... and we film it!

@@Jeep_psychology_101 And that helps others to know how to fix it. 🙂

Ok, that makes sense, like SMORR and wind rock, I guess where the private off road reserves have an office, a general store and such, those trails would have an address and a phone. Thanks for watching!

It certainly does make obstacles easier... what do you think... should we go back to "Jake" and do a comparison video running the same line with lockers this time??? Thank you for watching

Looking at mounting two 3" PVC tubes underneath the Jeep for two emergency axle shafts. Repair is easy enough to do on the trail, but only if you have spare parts. Thank you for watching!

@@randyjones7001 Thanks for checking out the video!