[Taylor95]

Ha, you are real lucky. My wife probably would not have that.

Yeah rust can be a pretty big issue with xjs. I'm lucky that I live in an area that isn't really that bad when it comes to rust. Plus if you are carting kids around, I guess that the no head rest thing would be an issue... something I don't need to worry about.

If you're going down in gear size and getting different tires anyway, have you considered going bigger? 33 x 9.50 seems reasonable with 4.11 gears. I think that fuel economy would fall if your tires are too short for your gear ratio. Of course that could also mean more cutting and other work involved. But either way going with a skinnier tire should net you some mpgs.

I wish you luck though... I can totally relate with the no time or space to work on my car problem.

Edit: Nevermind, I guess the skinniest 33s come is 10.5"