35's on the street?

[Brian757]

Yeah, for me, 35's on a daily driver would be:

4.56's as good DD "interstate driving" gears... (Lower idling RPMs at higher speeds, not as torquey, and better some MPGs)
4.88's as good DD "city driving" gears. (Higher idling RPMs at higher speeds, more torquey, quicker from a red light, more power for climbing, bad crap MPGs.)
(Whichever one you do more, you will want.)

5.29s are for trail rigs only, in my opinion, or for people who enjoy sitting at 3000 rpms on the interstate, or if you perform mainly city driving and like the pickup for racing/towing purposes. 5.29's are certainly not for a "mainly" pavement vehicle, its just not practical.

And in terms of tires, go with an all-terrain. I'm not saying this because mud tires would be impractical on your truck, but that mud tires with aggressive tread will cause quicker deceleration while on the interstate. So if your tires will see pavement 75% of their life, I suggest investing into something more street friendly, but equipped to handle offroad. All terrain 35's are your best bet, with either 4.56's or 4.88's.

 

[snow junky]

i think you need a hummer

 

[mijbr90190]

i think you need a hummer

Man i think we could all use a hummer.

 

[smkd13]

Yeah, for me, 35's on a daily driver would be:

4.56's as good DD "interstate driving" gears... (Lower idling RPMs at higher speeds, not as torquey, and better some MPGs)
4.88's as good DD "city driving" gears. (Higher idling RPMs at higher speeds, more torquey, quicker from a red light, more power for climbing, bad crap MPGs.)
(Whichever one you do more, you will want.)

5.29s are for trail rigs only, in my opinion, or for people who enjoy sitting at 3000 rpms on the interstate, or if you perform mainly city driving and like the pickup for racing/towing purposes. 5.29's are certainly not for a "mainly" pavement vehicle, its just not practical.

And in terms of tires, go with an all-terrain. I'm not saying this because mud tires would be impractical on your truck, but that mud tires with aggressive tread will cause quicker deceleration while on the interstate. So if your tires will see pavement 75% of their life, I suggest investing into something more street friendly, but equipped to handle offroad. All terrain 35's are your best bet, with either 4.56's or 4.88's.

You the man!!! I could not has said that any better myself. I am still running 4.10s on my 33s. My mileage didn't take a hit too hard from getting better tires. Honestly I get decently better mileage. I was only getting around 16-17 before. Now I get 17-18. That is using adjusted mileage btw.

For a street queen I would go 4.56. For reasons as stated above.

 

[JamesDean91]

5.29s are for trail rigs only, in my opinion, or for people who enjoy sitting at 3000 rpms on the interstate, or if you perform mainly city driving and like the pickup for racing/towing purposes. 5.29's are certainly not for a "mainly" pavement vehicle, its just not practical.

That post makes no sense to me, unless we are driving big v8s and I'm pretty sure we are driving under powered toyotas.
Every vehicle has its own rpm range when you get the best milage, like my gmas solstice I'm driving on vacation right now in 5th gear cruising at 70 getting 25mpg I'm at 3k rpm. In my 4runner cruising at 70 I'm at 3300rpm and getting 18-20(truck has a sweet spot in the peddle)
Then you take a v8 truck cruising 70 he will be at let's say 2500rpm but get the worse gas mileage out of all 3 vehicle.
Kinda a ramble but my point is lower rpms don't mean better gas mileage. And I'm talking all stock here not lifted or gears.
People make the same misconception on motor temps also.
Fwiw a friend of mine has a sas 3rz Tacoma on 36" iroks with 5.13 gears (60s f/r) and he can drive farther then me on a tank of gas.

 

[Skidmarcx]

I'm on 881/890 coils with 35's no BL... did minor trimming and some tubbing... rubs on full tilt... drives perfectly fine on the street... do I take it offroad? Absolutely... but I'm 2WD, so I don't concern myself with "total clearance" Just ordered my 4.88's from ECGS