285/70R17 on 2.5inch lift

[Sal-XK]

Yeah its a classic issue with the SL - they did re design the rear arms to not push forward. Trialbyfire was looking into if we can just buy those. My only issue now with going with larger tires is that the engine will be pushing even more than it does now to get them to roll.

Ya without gears available I think 33"s might be our max a little bigger if you don't need to drive it 40 miles to work and back everyday.

Just to clarify on my previous posts about these fitting. My impression of the OP was he's willing to go at his XK with saw an trim all the crap off of it. These tires in no way will fit if your keeping your wheel wells not addressing the heat lines and such. The only way these tires will fit a 2" lift is with a insane amount of cutting things up. There's a thread on the other forum where there all saying this is insane but there all keeping there XK stock just adding lifts. A lift isn't enough with this size but chopping the front bumper and probably needing to just get rid of the wheel well and doing the pinch weld mod they should fit. But by that analogy any tire size will fit just depends on how much of your Jeep your willing to cut away

[strokeZ]

That is my impression of the OP's suggested mod as well.

[Holaday07 4.7]

He may just want to add some Extended bump stops in back. My 32s rub bad on the back at full flex, so I would assume the 33s would be rough

[Sal-XK]

He may just want to add some Extended bump stops in back. My 32s rub bad on the back at full flex, so I would assume the 33s would be rough

Do you have your sway bar disconnected? Even before I got my extra lift in the back I wasn't rubbing but I trimmed the wheel well in the rear when I put my lift on.

[Holaday07 4.7]

Do you have your sway bar disconnected? Even before I got my extra lift in the back I wasn't rubbing but I trimmed the wheel well in the rear when I put my lift on.

They are connected. Tore all the rivets off the front of the rear fenders. Could just be mine though

[Matt]

An 8" wide wheel with 5-5.5" backspace will help. I said what I did because width is just as important as diameter. Every 1/2" further out the tire sits, that's 1/2" closer to the firewall than before.... its gonna be close, that's for sure.

[07JeepXK]

Sal can you post close up pics of your front bumper mod? I think once I get my rear ac/heater lines deleted this week im going to have some fun with my front bumper. I want it identical to yours. What did you use to cut the bumper?

[Sal-XK]

Sal can you post close up pics of your front bumper mod? I think once I get my rear ac/heater lines deleted this week im going to have some fun with my front bumper. I want it identical to yours. What did you use to cut the bumper?

This is where most my pics are HERE Just basically used a jig and rotor saw and a razor blade to clean up the edges. I wish I could delete my rear AC lines but I use them especially when I sleep back there in the cold I use the heat. And every time I think I can loose my third row my jeep is used to transport 7 people