Hello! Do I need to re-gear my Rubicon after fitting 37 inch tires?
If your keeping it long term, I would(did) regear.
Also depends on where you live.
High altitude, & more hills, regear so you don't have a 6-7 speed.
Flat & lower altitude plenty are happy with stock gearing.
One of those topics you can discuss till your blue in the face.
I like my vehicles at least stock performance or better when you stick larger tires on. That's just personal preference.
Real world the cost benefit won't make sense and I bet most people don't regear for exactly what you said. You lose a tad of low end pep but it's still peppy as hell.I don't know if the Sierra Nevada's count but I live in the foothills of them. My home sits at just shy of 5,000 ft. above sea level and places like the Rubicon are only an hour away from me. Sure, I never get above 7th gear but my MPG is great and I don't know if I could care less. Not that I'm saying regearing is bad, it's just something I find hard to justify on a JL being that it can cost upwards of $2,000 or more to do and really, just to regain overdrive. Of course, that is just me.
Real world the cost benefit won't make sense and I bet most people don't regear for exactly what you said. You lose a tad of low end pep but it's still peppy as hell.
Pretty much people who budget isn't a concern will regear. Most people won't and both will work great lol. Now on a Sport or Sahara, ya not same at all
How about a Sahara on 35s like the red Dynatrac Sahara in the video?
In Florida so flat and at sea level
I don't know if the Sierra Nevada's count but I live in the foothills of them. My home sits at just shy of 5,000 ft. above sea level and places like the Rubicon are only an hour away from me. Sure, I never get above 7th gear but my MPG is great and I don't know if I could care less. Not that I'm saying regearing is bad, it's just something I find hard to justify on a JL being that it can cost upwards of $2,000 or more to do and really, just to regain overdrive. Of course, that is just me.
See if I bought an 8speed, I want a 8 speed with 37".
Same as if the Jeep has say 12" of travel stock, I want 12" of travel with 37". I don't want to stick 37" on with bump stops & only have 10".
Like any performance hobby, if you want to play you have to pay.
LOL!! I suppose that's one way of looking at it. Me, I see $2000 as a lot of money can could be spent buying other and better things to make my Jeep more capable out on the trail. But then, that's just me.
So the person that has a lift, tires, bumpers & winch done. What should their next $2k be spent on to increase on & off road performance.
Question, if you re-gear a Rubicon to say 5:13(that's what i've seen posted), is it just gears or would a new carrier and new elockers be required. If so that would get very costly.
Thanks, i wasn't sure if the current lockers would work with new gears. I was more curious than anything.
My 37s should arrive today. Planning on keeping stock gearing, at least for now. Got other things to spend money on besides gears.
Hello! Do I need to re-gear my Rubicon after fitting 37 inch tires?