Who says you can't fit 34's!?

[mcat707]

Also curious to find out your average MPGs after you rack on a few hundred miles. Before adding larger tires, spacer lift, TRD roof rack and TRD exhaust, I was averaging 16-16.5 mpgs with both mixed city and hwy. Now I’m averaging 14.5 mpgs mixed city/hwy.

 

[TRDHULK]

Yeah man, looks bad azz! You did good.

I had a 4wheel alignment done right after I did the larger tires and spacer lift and it drives straight without holding the steering wheel but I also get that intermittent wander during highway speeds with my Falken Wildpeaks M/T’s so I know what you mean.

Thank you!

The wandering is probably mainly noticeable becasue I35 here in TX is just about the worst highway in America!

Also curious to find out your average MPGs after you rack on a few hundred miles. Before adding larger tires, spacer lift, TRD roof rack and TRD exhaust, I was averaging 16-16.5 mpgs with both mixed city and hwy. Now I’m averaging 14.5 mpgs mixed city/hwy.

I'm not much of a gas mileage tracker, but I will say you can feel in the pedal that the MPG's are going to suffer a little.

 

[Xtremluck]

Something to think about. That nice fancy Fox suspension isn't going to last very long with your spacer setup. Especially if you are using your rig offroad which I'm guessing you are given you're running dedicated mud tires.

I think there are a lot of folks on here running 34s/35s with no major issues. If you remove your spacers you will rub even less.

 

[mteolus]

Yea, they look awesome. Geolander did a good job on the design too. Are you getting 4.88's?

 

[TRDHULK]

Something to think about. That nice fancy Fox suspension isn't going to last very long with your spacer setup. Especially if you are using your rig offroad which I'm guessing you are given you're running dedicated mud tires.

I think there are a lot of folks on here running 34s/35s with no major issues. If you remove your spacers you will rub even less.

I basically have a "no questions asked" bumper to bumper 125k mile warranty, so if something happens its not a problem.

I've done all of this in under 3k miles, so I'm sure I'll eventually upgrade the shocks, struts and coils ones day; most likely long before I experience any issues.

Yea, they look awesome. Geolander did a good job on the design too. Are you getting 4.88's?

I dont feel I'll need to yet, but I've only driven about 35 miles with the new tires.

 

[Johnnyg182]

Subscribed. Interested to hear about any rubbing when you off-road it. Want 34’s on my 19 pro; planning to do eibach 1.6” front springs and 1.5-2” sway-a-way rear springs. Not sure if that setup will allow the 34s for me but I’ve been thinking about trying it. Don’t really want to run spidertrax though.

 

[SpeedyKevin]

Subscribed. Interested to hear about any rubbing when you off-road it. Want 34’s on my 19 pro; planning to do eibach 1.6” front springs and 1.5-2” sway-a-way rear springs. Not sure if that setup will allow the 34s for me but I’ve been thinking about trying it. Don’t really want to run spidertrax though.

If you plan to really compress the suspension, a lift doesn't really give you clearance. You'd need to trim things here and there to get it to fit.

 

[83Mule]

I would ditch the spacers....they will make it rub more than anything else and the tires are big enough to fill the wheelwells and look cool.

 

[Johnnyg182]

Well aware I’ll be trimming. BMC included.

 

[TRDHULK]

I would ditch the spacers....they will make it rub more than anything else and the tires are big enough to fill the wheelwells and look cool.

But its not rubbing, and I love the look with spacers. One day I'll get some cool wheels with some offset to perfect the look, but I really dig the stock wheels.

 

[comtn4x4]

I basically have a "no questions asked" bumper to bumper 125k mile warranty, so if something happens its not a problem.

I've done all of this in under 3k miles, so I'm sure I'll eventually upgrade the shocks, struts and coils ones day; most likely long before I experience any issues.





I dont feel I'll need to yet, but I've only driven about 35 miles with the new tires.

In my experience you'll end up wanting a re-gear. 34's were what pushed me over the edge to do it. It's considerably better off road, otherwise you'll be feathering the gas and break all the time. On road performance wise acceleration improves as well. I get 15.5 mpg on a mix of street and highway FWIW

As far as rubbing goes that looks good sitting still but it'll rub if you compress it. You'll need to trim your fender liners and maybe hammer flat or trim your pinch welds. If you can push your caster out any further I would consider that too Definitely ditch the spacers

 

[SpeedyKevin]

In my experience you'll end up wanting a re-gear. 34's were what pushed me over the edge to do it. It's considerably better off road, otherwise you'll be feathering the gas and break all the time. On road performance wise acceleration improves as well. I get 15.5 mpg on a mix of street and highway FWIW

As far as rubbing goes that looks good sitting still but it'll rub if you compress it. You'll need to trim your fender liners and maybe hammer flat or trim your pinch welds. If you can push your caster out any further I would consider that too Definitely ditch the spacers

I haven't gone up to 34s yet but moving up to a heavy 33, wow yea the difference offroad...its heinous when crawling. Prioritizing a regear now to 4.88s before a rear bumper now. On road its ok though.

 

[comtn4x4]

I haven't gone up to 34s yet but moving up to a heavy 33, wow yea the difference offroad...its heinous when crawling. Prioritizing a regear now to 4.88s before a rear bumper now. On road its ok though.

Yeah there's no such thing as a light 34 either. I've been really happy with 4:56 gears even when I had 305/70's. My rig would have to be considerably heavier or on 35's to want 4:88's.

 

[CRB Racing]

Wow! Looks good.
So at full lock in Reverse the tires don’t rub the front bumper?


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[sn_85]

Something to think about. That nice fancy Fox suspension isn't going to last very long with your spacer setup. Especially if you are using your rig offroad which I'm guessing you are given you're running dedicated mud tires.

I think there are a lot of folks on here running 34s/35s with no major issues. If you remove your spacers you will rub even less.

You'd be surprised, that's a big assumption. Lot of these builds are nothing more than 'gram builds. I'm willing to bet this thing isn't going to see more than a dirt hill. There's going to be plenty of rubbing if that suspension is flexed out but not sure that's going to be an issue here.

Yeah there's no such thing as a light 34 either. I've been really happy with 4:56 gears even when I had 305/70's. My rig would have to be considerably heavier or on 35's to want 4:88's.

One of the lighter 34" MT (well 295/70/17) I've seen is the Cooper Evolution MT weighing about 59lbs. They're only 2 ply sidewall though so I'm guess that's where they shed some weight.

They come in pretty cheap too
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Cooper-EVOLUTION-M-T-All-Season-LT295-70R17-121-118Q-Tire/761428538

I'm still riding on 285/70/17's and with all the weight I have I won't go with a bigger tire until I re-gear. She's right at the tipping point where it's still tolerable but I don't think it would drive well at all with a bigger tire.

 

[TRD PANTHER]

Looks great! With the spacers removed you will gain some clearance. I think the tire is wide enough that it will still have a bold stance without spacers. Good luck when you get it off road.

 

[DallasTRDPro]

Great stance!! How's the ride quality with the Burtman spacers?

 

[comtn4x4]

You'd be surprised, that's a big assumption. Lot of these builds are nothing more than 'gram builds. I'm willing to bet this thing isn't going to see more than a dirt hill. There's going to be plenty of rubbing if that suspension is flexed out but not sure that's going to be an issue here.



One of the lighter 34" MT (well 295/70/17) I've seen is the Cooper Evolution MT weighing about 59lbs. They're only 2 ply sidewall though so I'm guess that's where they shed some weight.

They come in pretty cheap too
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Cooper-EVOLUTION-M-T-All-Season-LT295-70R17-121-118Q-Tire/761428538

I'm still riding on 285/70/17's and with all the weight I have I won't go with a bigger tire until I re-gear. She's right at the tipping point where it's still tolerable but I don't think it would drive well at all with a bigger tire.

I looked at the Evolution and the Cooper AT3 LTX is another relatively light AT that is worth considering too. My St Maxx's are very heavy but the off road performance and durability is worth it to me.
As far as the jump to 34's goes it frankly doesn't add much. At best you are gaining a 1/2" ish clearance, probably less when airing down.
And as you said it just an appearance/cool factor thing to most. Not rubbing seems to be judged by coming off a curb or hitting a pothole.

 

[itr1275]

Dumb question - What is BMC?

 

[sleepsontoilet]

Dumb question - What is BMC?

Body Mount Chop. The front tires will rub the body mount if you don't trim it back even with the fender well. Also a good idea to hammer the pinch weld flat there as well, so you don't slice up your new tires.