2006 LC with AHC. I wheel it pretty hard. Routinely wheeling and "swinging above my weight" following Rubicons and fully locked frankentrucks through the moonscape terrain here along the western rim of Virginia. I'm a fairly experienced off road driver having had many 40's and 60's through the years. I choose my lines carefully, practice mechanical sympathy and generally go wherever I want on 33's provided my co-driver is sober enough to call the line. But it is annoying. Now, fully half of the people I wheel with have dropped a Benjamin to reserve their Sasquatch edition Bronco. I could too, but I'm a Toyota guy. Not interested in anything else really. But I think the game is about to go next level zombie apocalypse so let's do this.
First, I like the AHC system. So much so that I just had it all replaced. I tow frequently. It's great.
if I wanted to get the lift required to clear 35's, based on my research it looks like stripping out the AHC, going with a 2.5 EMU, diff drop, UCA,s and then realistically a 2" body. Then I need to do ring/pinion etc.
I feel like all of that easily puts me halfway to portals in terms of cost.
So I'm thinking bolt on portals geared for 37's. Cut the fenders and do some flares and call it a day. This is not a daily driver.
Talk me out of it! Go!
First, I like the AHC system. So much so that I just had it all replaced. I tow frequently. It's great.
if I wanted to get the lift required to clear 35's, based on my research it looks like stripping out the AHC, going with a 2.5 EMU, diff drop, UCA,s and then realistically a 2" body. Then I need to do ring/pinion etc.
I feel like all of that easily puts me halfway to portals in terms of cost.
So I'm thinking bolt on portals geared for 37's. Cut the fenders and do some flares and call it a day. This is not a daily driver.
Talk me out of it! Go!
