Hey so here's a bit of background. I had a Patriot before and it was wrecked so I ended up getting a Compass Trailhawk to replace it.
Now I never really leave things stock, and this was no exception. I started off by adding 1" wheel adapters to space out the wheels a touch and allow me to hang a tire on the wheel studs when swapping winter tires/summer tires, instead of fighting with the lug bolts. this also allowed me to run Cherokee KL steel wheels in the winter. without the spacers, they rubbed on the calipers.
I Also sometimes have a hard time limiting my trips to highways, or back roads ..... even fire access roads. So as a bone stock rig I had it out doing some fairly impressive stuff for the tiny little vehicle it is. I also have years of offroading experience behind me from building 4x4s, wheeling rock crawlers, traveling internationally with rigs to run different trails, multiple years on offroad events and trail guiding... so I can usually look quickly at a trail and decide if its worth the risk.
So knowing that I will likely continue dragging this thing through trails, I installed a Rough Country 2" lift.
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After:
I also bought some new Firestone Destination AT2 tires in a 235/65R17 size and Mounted them on some RTX Summit OE Replica wheels to fill the wheel wells back up.
Now I never really leave things stock, and this was no exception. I started off by adding 1" wheel adapters to space out the wheels a touch and allow me to hang a tire on the wheel studs when swapping winter tires/summer tires, instead of fighting with the lug bolts. this also allowed me to run Cherokee KL steel wheels in the winter. without the spacers, they rubbed on the calipers.
I Also sometimes have a hard time limiting my trips to highways, or back roads ..... even fire access roads. So as a bone stock rig I had it out doing some fairly impressive stuff for the tiny little vehicle it is. I also have years of offroading experience behind me from building 4x4s, wheeling rock crawlers, traveling internationally with rigs to run different trails, multiple years on offroad events and trail guiding... so I can usually look quickly at a trail and decide if its worth the risk.
So knowing that I will likely continue dragging this thing through trails, I installed a Rough Country 2" lift.
Before:
After:
I also bought some new Firestone Destination AT2 tires in a 235/65R17 size and Mounted them on some RTX Summit OE Replica wheels to fill the wheel wells back up.