| Author | Message | ||
     Ryan Wilcox (Rovercox) New Member Username: Rovercox Post Number: 4 Registered: 05-2003 |
Has anybody done this, i know perrone ford put the 34x10.50x16 on his truck, but i have the Gulf Coast Rovers 15x8 black wheels. So i am wondering what it will look like? Even if anyone has a picture with 33s on there truck i would love to see it. Will i have to trim alot with 4 1/2"-5" of lift? Do these tires wear good, prob not there swampers of course, but i want to know any complaints. Thanx Ryan Wilcox [email protected] | ||
| Ryan Wilcox (Rovercox) New Member Username: Rovercox Post Number: 5 Registered: 05-2003 |
ALSO I FORGOT? Will i need to get new gears? These tires are only 32.6" diameter exactly so how will this make my truck drive? Ryan | ||
| Rob Davison (Nosivad_bor) Senior Member Username: Nosivad_bor Post Number: 392 Registered: 02-2003 |
call john at www.rovertym.com i think drew that hangs with john has some crazy meats like you are talking on his range rover. you wont 'need new gears... it wont be that slow. but they would make it perform better and crawl slower. rd | ||
| Will Roeder (Will_roeder) Senior Member Username: Will_roeder Post Number: 642 Registered: 02-2002 |
fwiw, drew and john both have 35x12.50's....Ryan, i think they make a 34x10.50x15 as well, if thats what you are lookin for. | ||
| Rob Davison (Nosivad_bor) Senior Member Username: Nosivad_bor Post Number: 395 Registered: 02-2003 |
35" height is rediculous but not as rediculous as the 13.5 width width ryan is thinking about. my cousing just put 33 x 12.5 thornbird swampers on his dodge,... i cant handle it, it's crazy wide. you'll throw so much crap up the side of the truck and i dont think it adds a bit of difference unless you are actually in a swamp. rd | ||
| Jason Bradley (Jbradley) New Member Username: Jbradley Post Number: 4 Registered: 04-2003 |
the wider the tire footprint the more stress on the axles and diffs the more chance of breaking stuff... and that is one wide tire.. | ||
| Stephan Laputka (Sflash868) New Member Username: Sflash868 Post Number: 33 Registered: 12-2002 |
I have 33x12.5 goodyear MTRs on my 88 range rover on the same rims you have and my turning radius got smaller from my previous 265/80 swampers on rover alloys. The tires tuck up REALLY tightly into the wheel wells, the rear tires make it by literally millimeters, the fronts don't even get up that high or i wouldn't be able to turn with tire tucked up. I also have 7 inches of lift, two of which is a body lift. I didn't trim anything and they don't hit. I'll post a pick | ||
| Stephan Laputka (Sflash868) New Member Username: Sflash868 Post Number: 34 Registered: 12-2002 |
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| Stephan Laputka (Sflash868) New Member Username: Sflash868 Post Number: 35 Registered: 12-2002 |
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| Will Roeder (Will_roeder) Senior Member Username: Will_roeder Post Number: 645 Registered: 02-2002 |
why do you have 7 inches of lift for 33s???????????? | ||
| Stephan Laputka (Sflash868) New Member Username: Sflash868 Post Number: 36 Registered: 12-2002 |
because i didn't want to trim anything. Also it's the only way i can fit 12 inch bilstien 7100's. the tires weren't the reason for the lift, it just somehow got that high. I changed the springs and wanted 2 inches but they were sold out so i got three. THen the truck was sagging in the rear so i added 2 inches to the rear and 1.5 to the front. htey sent my two inches all around and i needed to get the truck off the lift so i dealt with it. and the body lift was already on there, so before i knew what happened.. 7 inches. | ||
| Nadim Samara (Discodino) Member Username: Discodino Post Number: 64 Registered: 02-2003 |
Man, a 5" sus. lift and a 2" BL, and you STILL don't wanna trim??? Go back down to 2" SL, and trim a bit in the rear...the truck will perform MUCH better! | ||
| Nadim Samara (Discodino) Member Username: Discodino Post Number: 65 Registered: 02-2003 |
Ryan, I'd HIGHLY advise on going 2-3" suspension lift for better performance, and either a 2" BL or flares (a la ECR ones, you can get them from Rangie Spares in Aust. - cost and shipping from down under to the middle east was 452US$). Whatever you do...trim the excess weight. | ||
| Will Roeder (Will_roeder) Senior Member Username: Will_roeder Post Number: 646 Registered: 02-2002 |
ive got 12" bilstein 7100s with 3 inches of lift...so i KNOW that thats not a reason for having 7" of lift. why dont you want to trim...with a RRC, you would not have to trim THAT much for that size tire.. | ||
| -bob- (Xavetarx) Member Username: Xavetarx Post Number: 90 Registered: 01-2003 |
hah.. sounds like people are railing him for going up 7 inches.. If he's happy with 7, what's the big deal? That disco at roverexchange (i forget what site actually) has 7 inches with 37" tires.. looks pretty sweet if you ask me! There are problems with going up 7" inches Ryan. I'd say 3" max, cause you'll run into problems after that (maybe even with 3".. it's iffy) | ||
| Stephan Laputka (Sflash868) New Member Username: Sflash868 Post Number: 37 Registered: 12-2002 |
yeah, Bob is right you will have problems. I changed both driveshafts, axles, stiffer springs, A- arm extension and a 4.6 under the hood. Yet back in the day when I had 3 inches, the car ran fine with all the stock parts yet u-joints seemed to wear faster. | ||
| Ryan Wilcox (Rovercox) New Member Username: Rovercox Post Number: 6 Registered: 05-2003 |
Guys thanx for all the information. Just to let you all know, i have about 5" of lift, and am willing to trim. I doubt ill have to trim that much, and i found some fender flares that i like so ill go with that. But ill let you guys know when the new tires get here, the will be here shortly. Ill take before and after pics. Thanx ryan | ||
| Brian Stolpa (87hprover) New Member Username: 87hprover Post Number: 27 Registered: 02-2003 |
what's the big deal with no more than 3 inches of lift I run 2 inch spring spacers and 3 inch springs and have a 2 inch rovertym bodylift awaiting to go on, the truck has 33 12.5s have been on since november all driveshafts are stock no problems and truck doesn't have any vibration at 70 MPH, just curious on the over 3 inch thing because my truck handles awesome. thanks for any answers to this Brian | ||
| Rob Davison (Nosivad_bor) Senior Member Username: Nosivad_bor Post Number: 573 Registered: 02-2003 |
you are of a small percentage of people with 3"+ lift and no vibs. you should not base advice off of one example but rather a large pooling. also the extra width the poster asks about will result in more biutchering needed. rd |
