Intro to fitting 35s (< 3" Lifts for those that wheel and love alignments)

I ditched all the liners, hammered until I had clearance lock to lock with the coilover out and sitting on the bump stops…then did a little more. I’m using T4R Pro wheels so maybe it’s an offset thing.

 

You're responding to page 94 of a thread of people who are running 35s without bumps up front.

 

Everybody that knows, knows I wheel hard, harder than you and the other 99% here.

I’ve posted pics on several occasions at full bump. You gonna try and tell me I need to trim my fender flares as well or would you need pics that it’s also not required.

 

Don’t let the door hit ya on the way out.

 

He's giving you sass because you posted a cringeworthy "so you've never bottomed your suspension then" call out attempt. He's just responding. You can save the sarcasm for... yourself.

In the past 94 pages there's probably 30 people who have popped in with "guess yall dont wheel if you dont rub!!" and it's always the same.

 

I probably could. Guys I wheel with have ran it. We’re headed to Johnson Valley next year anyway.

 

Read the thread.

 

Nobody said no trimming. Did you even read the OP where Joe goes into extensive detail what he did and did not trim?

There's lots of trimming. But the wheel well isn't an issue.

 

Assuming you trimmed everything, got the correct alignment, have the correct wheels etc. yes a stock truck could.

Suspension geometry and tire fitment has been discussed ad nauseam.

 

Because it wasn’t necessary. These threads and posts are created voluntarily to help others. When most of us are doing something, the last thing on our minds is to stop and take a pic for Tacomaworld especially if it isn’t something that provides a lot of value.

If you want pics or videos, then by all means, throw on a 35 post your specs and contribute to the thread.

 

I’ve done all the testing on my truck, what difference does it make to you?

37s should rub, what’s your point?

 

I can but you’re being an asshole. I've answered the question, if you dont like it, then pound sand. I dont need to give you the satisfaction nor do I care about your opinion.

Go wheel your truck and earn some respect

 

I see why you were so popular in the long travel threads. It was a simple question, you wanted to trade jabs and patronize me. #ignored

 

Offset and alignment most likely. Alignment seems to be a common one people miss or dont nail down. Common problem is people shoot for as much caster as possible and that can actually have a negative effect.

 

Well if your first post this evening was actually asking the question I would have given you a simple answer but you wanted to make some smart ass comment that questions my experience and credibility, then mocked it, followed by some patronizing comments about testing which included only specific answers you were going to accept. So ya, piss off.

 

@JoeCOVA I can't wrap my head around how you don't rub on the upper inner fender liner at full stuff. What's the magic bullet? I've read through this lengthy thread on and off the last few years and you clearly know your stuff and wheel hard, but I don't recall seeing exactly what the trick is.

As someone with 35s and stock bump stops, I have to be careful on big hits to avoid rubbing/smashing my inner uppers. Trimmed fenders and no liners here. I have full clearance everywhere but up top and light rubbing in reverse and full lock under compression.

Full front end specs for context: 35x12.5R17 Yoko MTs on 17x8.5" -25 offset RRW wheels with CMC and hammered pinch weld and firewall, Total Chaos non-adjustable UCAs and LCAs at max caster, King extended travel coilovers, and soon to add bump stop spacers.

 

Hard to say without our trucks sitting next to eachother but your wheels poke out almost an inch wider than mine, that alone will impact rub directly with wheel lock and I would guess that if you are rubbing the up top its either near the outside edge toward the fender flare or on the backside near the firewall/pinchweld.

I run a 1.25" spacer in the rear because of my shock relocation. I bought an extra set of 1" spacers for the front as a means of aligning the front track with the rear since the rear sat wider. I rubbed to all hell with them, didnt even need to get to full lock before rubbing so I sold them and never put spacers on the front again. If you are 1" wider in the front I could see you absolutely rubbing.

 

Its the offset on your wheels. The perfect offset is -12 4inchs of backspacing.

 

Heres the post i made a while back with alighnment spec's.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...-love-alignments.594309/page-80#post-27187638

Im running Milestar pat MT 315 75 16 which are the same size if not bigger that these 35x12.5 17 BFG KM3

 

I don't rub on the firewall (and almost never on the cab mount unless full lock in reverse under compression, as stated). But I do rub nearly the full arc of the inner upper fenders on full compression, whether straight or turned. I don't see how offset or backspacing would have any effect on that.

EDIT - also, not rubbing on the fenders or flares, due to them being trimmed.