long wheel base or short?

[chickenfry123]

well i got to replace the back half of my frame and i was half thinkin about making my truck into a swb. i plan on havin 9 inches of lift total and 38s. what do you guys think? which would look better? lifted long or lifted swb?

[Prozon]

I prefer lifted long.

[tylus]

Form over Function?

SWB is more fun offroad. Less likely to high-center, you can stradle the weird stuff easier


LWB is more comfortable, looks alot better IMO, and the extra lenght can allow you to avoid the holes that will swallow a SWB


toss up. What you going to use her for?

[hav24wheel]

In my experiances my long (145 inch) wheel base has been better that all the jeeps, blazers, broncos ,and other short wheelbase vehices I whel with. But it also depends where u wheel. If its in the trees it gets old havin to backup to make a turn. I have a vid I'll post later that will show the advantage a long wheelbase has.

[hav24wheel]

http://www.supermotors.net/registry/media/695003 that should be the right vid. Sould be a blazer than a bronco, than my pickup.

[nat13_3]

i like my LWB cause it drives a little nicer, and with the big tires it's still pretty sloppy. Although sometimes I wish I was SWB cause some trails around here are too small. And that's probably the best wheeling video i've seen.

[BAD351W]

I like my lwb because on the road it handles a little better then a jeep would.

And hav24wheel, that is an awesome video. When I get the money for a new truck, I want to do something like you did with your truck. Mine would need some major upgrades, like a D60 =). But the whole flatbed thing, that looks so awesome. Sick truck you got there!

[chickenfry123]

hey guys i plan to use it just for a little playin around but mostly looks, i wanna know what you guys think would look better. lifted long or lifted short

[nat13_3]

I like the look of LWB trucks. They look faster and more like a truck rather than a bronco or something.

[Prozon]

I guess it all comes down to your terrain. A few trails around here are mostly for samurai's, but I don't have a huge issue with brushing a few tree's.

For the mud it does great long.
For the small trails, not so much.

[Prozon]

Originally Posted by chickenfry123

hey guys i plan to use it just for a little playin around but mostly looks, i wanna know what you guys think would look better. lifted long or lifted short

Sounds like you want a mall-crawler. Most of the answers you'll get are all for your preformance off-road and not what looks cooler.
But.. IMO long.

So uh, why do you need to replace the back half of your frame..??

[chickenfry123]

no mall crawler for me, ill still play in the mud. but i live in canada so i have to deal with the wintes and the salt rotted it out

[nat13_3]

Yes I know what you are talking about about the salt. Not only do I get it in the winter but since I live by the ocean we get a bit all summer too. NO frames have gone yet but every bodt on the vehicles we got besides the new ford. Good luck witht the swap.

[RawPower]

LWB & rear steer

like prozon said, nothing wrong with a little body damage

[chancey6]

Like the longer look, but in a rut shorter is better