Utah members?

Hey bmxutah what happened to your ride is it all fixed now?

 

Maybe I'll look into it. It would have to done so that it won't stress the CV joints, transfer case, etc. Also most important, it would still need to fit in my garage. Could I get a high-end lift done for $1K - like an OEM version? How much does your mileage suffer?

I love my truck but it's not everything I live for. If lifting it would improve my ability to get to that special fishing spot then I think I could justify it. I've taken my 4Runner in places that my dad gave up on with his Grand Cherokee and it's pure stock.

 

With a 3" lift you dont really have to worry about the CV joints, transfer case..etc.... My truck fits in my garage but just barely. Now mileage wise?? It gets pretty bad with a 3" lift with 18" wheels and 33" tires. But check out this website. Lots of TW members have gotten their lifts from there, including me.

 

WW, Thanks for the opinion. Here's another question that I guess I'm just too lazy to search. I really don't want to spend 5 grand on wheels and tires when my OEM ones are perfectly good. If I were to lift it, would the current stock wheels and tires look OK? BTW - I would get full-blown chrome wheels on my black truck.

 

Yeah your stockers should work just fine. Now I am not a wheel expert but I believe you would need to get wheel spacers if you wanted to go with a bigger tire to clear the UCA's or for rubbing issues I believe. If you really want to know, just do a search on TW cause there are a lot of people running their stock rims with bigger tires and they all look great!!

 

Not exactly a Utah citizen, but I'm only three miles from the border in Evanston, WY.

 

I have 3" lift in front and 2"in the back about 3 weeks ago with stock tires, wheels, and shocks. I got new rims last week, same size as stock. No rubbing or anything like that. Ride is really great and gas mileage is about minus 1 mpg. Recent fill up, I got 19 mpg since the weather is warm and keep my windows down.

Before lift


After lift and wheels, pretty close up picture, I will get better picture later on.

closer looks on rim

 

Cool, sometime I went there for horse races and one of my cousin used to live there for a year before move back to Utah.

 

X2! Not that old, my step dad is 52 years old and still look great!

 

So then you are running just new wheels right? The tires and tire sizes is the same as the ones that came with the truck right?

 

Im down.

 

X2. Just give me a heads up since I am coming out from Bendover.

 

Yeah those are still stock tires 265/70/16 with new rims from les schwab. I might KM2 tires or others. I don't know yet.

 

Sound like you bendover too many time for S*X? LOL

 

Oh okay got yah.

WTF?!?!

 

Looks like it got fixed with new paint. Or brought different one. Who knows? I looked on his photo album.

 

Looks like that sucks.

 

Okay quick question for all you that live in Salt Lake and the surrounding areas?

I just got some 2010 OEM LED taillights and I plan on smoking them here within the next week or so, not a blacked out tint, but more of a medium tint. Now......is it illegal to have tinted taillights in Utah?? Do they even really care for them enough to pull you over? I am from West Wendover and I know every cop in town so I pretty much wont get messed with out here. I'm not even sure if its illegal out here? I only ask this cause I go into Salt Lake about once or twice a month to get out of town and do some shopping and I almost always take my truck. I have Nevada plates but that doesnt mean they still wont stop me.

 

hello utah members! good to see that theres more then like 5 people. Meets?

 

Can't say I have heard of any cops giving anyone problems over smoked taillights however I wouldn't be suprised. For how little you come through SLC I wouldn't be worried.