[J. Dub]

Finally someone understands me. I'm running 35's on stock suspension w/ fender flares removed and heavily cut fenders front and rear. I get shit on often by the lift guys.
Yet off road & on road I have a smoother ride compared to those JK's I've ridden in that are lifted.

 

[J. Dub]

My JKU is in the shop currently getting a comp cut on front and rear fenders (no not the fender flares, those have been long gone)
I'm on stock suspension w/ 35's (really measure 33.5" but I digress)
The local wheeling club I go out with is shaking their head. But I'm determined to go 38's w/ 0" of lift after this comp cut front & rear.
Future plans will be coilovers w/ coilover hoops poking through the hood for, you guessed it, minimal lift. Maybe an inch? Time will tell. But the hood cut will be measured once we push out the front axle, in order for the coilover hoop to have room. Then the welding begins.

OP writing this thread has been such a relief to read. To know someone exists that understands LCG is really where it's at.

 

[J. Dub]

Have you seen Jeep's lower 40 build from years back? If you want to run 38s with no lift and want any sort of usable up travel, its going to require a bit more than a comp cut...

It's not up travel I am too concerned about. It's down travel. I'm more into overlanding/dirt trails. I rarely do rocks like most of you guys do.

I hope you have some wide axles. J.dub

haha, yes sir. That and negative offset.

Just squirt some hydrogen into all that tube and you're golden.

This man is not wrong.