High center of gravity and short wheel base, does make them to roll more than a lower center of gravity car or truck with longer wheel base.
Just have to learn HOW to drive them and not make fast turns. My wife almost rolled our B2, had it on two wheels and she learned not to do that hard fast turn again!
You could put in a explorer axle as the B2 has the spring mounts on top of axle and the explorer has the springs mounted under the axle(it would drop the rear end about 4") but you run into more problems likely.
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Yes, they can flip................Just like any short wheelbase, high center of gravity,4wd vehicle will.............Just know this and drive within its limitations...........Its not a Mustang.
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Yes they can flip, but so can everything else. It is not a car it is a short narrow SUV, and should be driven as such. I have one, off road only now, and used to drive it everyday even on the interstate with a 4" lift and 33" tires without swaybars. Never even came close to flipping or rolling.
I owned one bought new for 12 years. It was a 4X4. Drove it hard with a lot of mountain driving. It was pretty stable. The reputation about them flipping was more about the 2 wheel drive version.
anything and everything can flip, i have an 88 b2 with a 3" body lift and 5" superlift with 31x12.50 boggers on offset rims and ive never came close to rolling on the streets. its all in the way you drive it
The most important thing is to not swerve at high speeds, many times it is better to hit something like a deer and to avoid going around icy corners fast. The latter is what usually flips a B2, CJ7, or Wrangler. Sliding sideways on ice and then hitting dry pavement. I sold a kid a CJ-7 and after his second time of flipping it I suggested to the father he not repair it and to put his son into a full sized car before he killed himself. A few years later I met the father again and he thanked me for the advice.
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