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

How do you not rub the front of the rear wheel opening? It’s super close for me with 34’s. I would be shocked if I could clear anything taller but I still want to try.

 

It kind of looks like the face of your wheel is angled forward and does it look like your exhaust is about to touch your fender? Did you bend it upwards?

Here’s mine. Not even fully stuffed in this but plenty of room up front.

 

The camera wasn’t completely square to the truck. Wheel is not bent or angled. Exhaust exits normally.

Stuff that tire and see where it ends up. Looks like you have tons of bump travel left.

 

Yeah maybe another inch at bumpstop. Running wheelers bumps and not sure how much they limit travel compared to stock. That’s the only pic I have close to the front with some up travel.

 

Or have two sets of wheels; one big, one small

 

What springs are you running? You might be able to adjust the location of the center pin in the spring pack with an offset spring shim and move the axle back a bit.

 

Icon RXT set on stage 3 with @ARCHIVE hangers stock shackle.

 

Got a Q. Did a CMC. Tire rubs on passenger side, but not on driver side. When roughly eyeballing the tire, it seems to be about 3/8" closer to the rear of the truck on the passenger side. I hit a huge hole earlier this week that literally popped one of my taillights out (thanks construction workers forgetting to put in a steel plate). Does this make sense (that one tire sits further back), or should i get the truck re-aligned?

 

Not that it matters or anything, but was gas mileage are you guys getting with 35's? It has to be horrid. Lol

 

What's your alignment specs?

21.5 on stock gears or 370 miles per tank roughly, my computers are adjusted to a tire size 4.30 gears.

 

lol i have never got that good mileage on stock tires. You must be driving it like baba.

 

Slow AF granny*

Key is to keep it at 2,000rpm and it goes long way.

Here is my recent one right after I twisted steering shaft and had to move steering wheel 1/2 an hour at the column and adjust tie rod.

 

Are both your wheels equal distance in the fenderwells?

 

Yes, they still rub more or less against the cab itself, my cab mounts are gone and replaced with alpine.

 

35’s mounted earlier this week and alignment, after adding UCA’s and ADS front coilovers.

 

im pretty sure i need to run wheel spacers i have a 4in rough country lift and im still hitting my cab mounts. im trying not to trim those so im going to trim the inside of the fender well. i just dont know what size wheel spacer to use. any suggestions?

 

So I have 17” scs f5 backspace 4.30 w -10 offset
Do y’all think I’ll need spacers w that backspace??

 

Tires are 295/70r17

 

Wheel spacers are going to make it worse. To understand, turn your wheel full lock and then look and imagine the tire will be pushed out farther.

 

Final testing before this weekend’s camping trip. 29 inches to 30 inches under the tires rear/front. 14 inch coil with plenty of travel left.