KJ with 32" - AUSJEEPOFFROAD.COM Jeep News Australia and New Zealand

Walker · #1 27-01-2004

Finally, it's done. Got the 32's onto the KJ. Went camping at King River on the weekend (with about 1,000,000 other people) and tested them out on a few tracks. Sure it rubs, but not as bad as athought it would and nothing a BIG hammer and heatgun wont fix.

Here is 1 pic plus I'll put a link to a couple of others from the weekend.

www.infraredsolutions.com.au/32tyres.html

Jimmyb · #2 27-01-2004

look good mate. but wheres the ausjeep sticker.

get much flex from it??

Walker · #3 27-01-2004

Enough flex to get through. Not as much as I'd like.

grant123 · #4 28-01-2004

pics look great. have you lifted the car at all to fit them?

Walker · #5 31-01-2004

Oh Yea! I now have 11.5" of clearance to the cross-member at back of engine. Not sure on total lift butat least 3" + 1.5" gained with tyres.

If anyone with a standard KJ could measure to the front cross-member and maybe to bottom of rear diff I'd love to hear from you.

IGN · #6 01-02-2004

Dear Walker , Pics look great well done. I wanna do the same to mine but was told by a guy at Jeep australia that if I do a suspension lift & fit 32's I'll void the warranty. Also how'd you go with insurance. I ran outside my office & measured my KJ & the the height to the cross member under the engine is 185mm. The rear is 195mm to the underside of the diff.

cheers Ian

Walker · #7 01-02-2004

Ok, thanks IGN. As a comparison I have 295mm at front cross-member and 240mm to bottom of rear dif.

Insurance is fine, I pay a bit more but are allowed a couple of mods. Told them it was lifted, just not how high.

It will only void warranty if Jeep can prove that it was the modification that caused a part to fail, which is often hard to prove. I broke a front drive shaft at the CV a month ago and it was fixed under warranty. The dealer said the lift will cause the CV to wear a bit quicker but it wont cause it to break and Jeep would never be able to prove that it did.
The tyre might be a problem with warranty as according to the "letter of the law" they would be illegal but I only put them on when going 4WD'ing otherwise I run the standard tyres.