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35's on a 3" lift?

Discussion in 'Suspension' started by whalers25, Oct 19, 2017.

  1. Oct 19, 2017 at 7:43 PM
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    whalers25

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    I've seen them done before, and they are by far my favorite looking trucks. id love to do it myself but im not to sure how. anyone have any tips on how its done?
     
  2. Oct 19, 2017 at 7:51 PM
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    Also a snorkel..
     
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    33"-34" on a 3" lift your gold!! 35" your gold after you spend a shit pot more of your gold ;)
     
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  7. Oct 20, 2017 at 7:15 AM
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    What’s the snorkel for?
     
  8. Oct 20, 2017 at 7:16 AM
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    Would a high clearance front bumper help or can I get away with the stock one?
     
  9. Oct 20, 2017 at 7:24 AM
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    snorkel will make everything fit together better by converting imperial to metric. hence it becomes a 7.62 cm lift with 88.9 cm tire.
     
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  10. Oct 20, 2017 at 7:26 AM
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    Say bye to your fender liners with 35's thus exposing your air intake inlet leaving it prone to take on water.
     
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  11. Oct 20, 2017 at 7:27 AM
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    Wut...
     
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  13. Oct 20, 2017 at 7:29 AM
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    Mostly for dust but also what geekhouse said.
     
  14. Oct 20, 2017 at 7:30 AM
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    We are both wrong...it's for #EAF points :anonymous:
     
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    Nope that's not even close !

    The snorkel makes the lift and larger tire's handle better . Without it, no one will notice .... How well it rides!
     
  16. Oct 20, 2017 at 7:42 AM
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    Totally forgot about that. You're correct.
     
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    This needs to be said more. When i ripped out my fender liners I had an issue with pine needles and leaves getting into my intake.
     
  18. Oct 20, 2017 at 9:53 AM
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    Is extended travel necessary?
     
  19. Oct 20, 2017 at 9:55 AM
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    Not really. If you want you could do 35s with no lift, just more trimming, hammering, pounding, cutting ... I ran out of adjectives. The right wheel offset helps too
     
  20. Oct 20, 2017 at 9:56 AM
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    If you going to do all the work for 35's you shouldn't short change yourself by not getting extended. I mean it's up to you but that's my opinion.
     
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