4th gen. Need to be regeared for 35's?

[Billynath1988]

Im on 255/85/17 35's and still on OEM gears with a 05 v8.

It required 3 inch life in my sig and a good amount of chopping and flexing while offroading it still rubs.

My thoughts,
I am daily driving it and have loaded it up and road-tripped it..

It still has enough pep to get it moving and cruise down the highway and my gas mileage did not suffer noticeably vs the 285/75's I had before. I do feel extra cautious about the reliability of the stock rear if wheeling it now, since it's basically only a matter of time or situation to cause it to pop.

On the other hand, The truck would greatly benefit from upgrading gears in both driveability and peace of mind. As long as you can part with a few grand.

also, I wouldn't even consider this if I had a v6, the low-end torque of the 2uz is what makes it manageable. If your on the fence to "Just send it" with 35s and v6 my suggestion would be stay 33s.

 

[aemravan]

+1 on the above. V8 and 35's all day long unless you are getting into more technical rock crawling where you need an added advantage of a low gear. I started with factory gearing on my 35's and honestly couldn't tell a difference over the factory tires and then 33's.

I am now geared to 4.56's since I wanted lockers front and rear and it was a no brainer at that point. It certainly gave it better crawling ability but at a trade off for some MPG loss on the highway.

If i was on a V6 I don't think I would run 35's without regearing.. but thats just me.