4.88's or 5.13's or??

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O.D.

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What is your personal opinion on what gears i should be running for weekend trail runs and the odd run around town. NOT a daily driver, no winters,etc.....

2.5L / 5spd / NP231, 35"s right now but might move to 39"'s if the opportunity came up. There might come a time when i swap to say a 300 for some lower gears but who knows.

I have been shooting for 4.88's, but have been coming across some really good deals on complete axles in the 5.13 range.. I'll be locking both Fr and Rear...
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Kunker

Kunker

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If you're looking at 39"'s down the road, go with the 5.13 and be done with it. With the 4cyl, you'll need all the gearing help you can get, and being a stick, you can always start in different gears as the situation calls for (if 1st/low is too low). Just be ready to run a fair bit of RPMs with the 35's when you're on your way to the trailhead.
 
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O.D.

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axles will be replaced. This is the conundrum at hand. Looking at many sets for sale used so as to possibly save some coin on the build from scratch (Gearing/brackets/brakes, etc....) and just want to make sure that the set i go with has the gears (Based on personal opinions) i need. Hard on my end to determine as i have always only run stock gears in all my past 4X4's.
 
Twinkie

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Too bad Trevor wasn't online to discuss how he liked his 4 banger with 35's & 4.88's. He'd be about the best one to ask as he has driven on that set up.
 
bradleyfitz

bradleyfitz

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If you are getting d60's go with the 5.13's, 'cause you won't be on 35's for long. If going with d44's, I would get whichever set of gears had the best deal.
 
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jlalonde

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5.13's

I was running 4.88 on my Yj with 33's and wish i had more gearing. If your planing on going even bigger than 35's i would definitly go with 5.13. I'm swapping out my front 30 with a 44 and plan on running 5.38, with my 36's.
 
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