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Jeep Wrangler JK
JK General Discussion
Do I need to spend the money on a chip? Will it help my situation?
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<blockquote data-quote="Danarch" data-source="post: 458544" data-attributes="member: 21093"><p>[USER=24042]@Dirty Dog[/USER] i understand what you are saying about ground clearance, lifts, flex etc. and agree the ground clearance at the differential is as you stated above, 1.5”. But suspensions lifts “increase the ground clearance in the middle”. It is usually the “belly of the jeep” that is an issue with clearance and hitting. Yes I know you know this that the axle goes up and down with the tires and based my experience “usually” when wheeling the tires end up on the large rocks to go over thus the axle goes up its after you cleared it and what happens when you come back down and the belly of the jeep hits getting high centered etc. Vast majority of the time a person gets high centered in the middle and thus with a suspension lift that gets reduced. I guess for me while there may not be an official / technical term for this I’ve always broken ground clearance into two categories, differential and center of the Jeep.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Danarch, post: 458544, member: 21093"] [USER=24042]@Dirty Dog[/USER] i understand what you are saying about ground clearance, lifts, flex etc. and agree the ground clearance at the differential is as you stated above, 1.5”. But suspensions lifts “increase the ground clearance in the middle”. It is usually the “belly of the jeep” that is an issue with clearance and hitting. Yes I know you know this that the axle goes up and down with the tires and based my experience “usually” when wheeling the tires end up on the large rocks to go over thus the axle goes up its after you cleared it and what happens when you come back down and the belly of the jeep hits getting high centered etc. Vast majority of the time a person gets high centered in the middle and thus with a suspension lift that gets reduced. I guess for me while there may not be an official / technical term for this I’ve always broken ground clearance into two categories, differential and center of the Jeep. [/QUOTE]
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Jeep Wrangler JK
JK General Discussion
Do I need to spend the money on a chip? Will it help my situation?
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