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

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/body-mount-relocate-kit-redgoatfab-haws.362489/

Red goat fab cab mounts are probably some of the strongest you'll find. I emailed them on a Wednesday and they didn't have any in stock, but they had one made and shipped out less than a week later. Cost me $100 shipped.

 

This is how much I ended up trimming on the fenders, just waiting for my new lowers since NJ likes to rust everything to seize everything...

 

Thinking i’ll be going that far with the trimming as well.. seeing the front tucked with 33’s previously, pretty damn sure i’ll be hitting with the 35’s.

 

did you guys find when running scs f5 -25mm offset 3.5bs that you need to trim fender flares front and rear? considering taking the plunge to 35's in the future but really don't want to trim around the entire fender.

 

You probably will. That’s a pretty aggressive wheel spec

 

100% you will and going to have some rub. I have those wheels and moved to fiber after finishing chopping my fenders...




Before:

 

Got it. good to know, we shall see. I may just end up at 295/75/16

 

Anybody have beadlock wheels that will work best for 35s? Haven’t come across one I like with 4” back spacing.

 

Kmc machete crawls 17x9 -38mm 3.5bs

Just keep in mind that a beadlock wheel is usually wider than what it says, these kmcs are about 9.75 inches wide when mounted.

 

I just sampled my friend's 315/75r16 on my 3rd gen.

@JoeCOVA original post says you run 4" BS and -12 offset. I have 4.5" BS (16x8 Method 701) and I clear UCA just fine, but at full lock Im touching the shock resi. So I pulled the wheel and put on a 1.25" spacer i had in the garage and the tire clears the resi but my BS becomes 3.25 and good god that's really poking. At full lock the other way I stuff the tire at the outside of the fender

Anybody run Fox 2.5s with resi that can chime in how you did it? I'm considering ordering a smaller BORA spacer but before I do that I'm posting here.

EDIT: I saw this but howd u mount them and how's it holding up?

Also hi @CGoss. U get that flange repaired?

 

I cut the fox mounting bracket and welded it to the top of frame rail. I was able to rotate fittings and angle them down to get maximum tire clearance.

 

Hmm...I can't weld but I can probably have the guy who does the CMC do it while Im there. Might have missed it, but you didn't cut your fenders did you?

 

I wanna say i paid like 180? My memory sucks so i could be wrong and it could be less lol.

 

thanks I saw that. Will look into it.

 

Got a reply from them recently. $200 for the part (stellar built relocation kit), $500 install.

 

Can always look into a conversion. My wheels are an OMF conversion of SCS SR8s

 

Should be going 35's in about a month or so. Fenders already trimmed, really need to start banging on the firewall. Any inputs on gearing? I was planning on 4.56 but now I'm unsure (vs 4.88). 15' Auto

 

I mean shit are 37's a future possibility?

 

Nah, I'd be happy with 35's once I get there

 

I emailed them about converting some wheels and cost and such got crickets. I want something different than everyone else has or that's on the market.

I went with 4.88s and with 35s it feels like it is stock again. It's not that bad of rpm at hwy speeds (65-75). I'm glad I went 4.88s over 4.56s. Just remember it's not just the final rpm at cruise speed you are also having to get moving a lot more weight and further away from the axle too. So you gotta figure out your happy place of accel performance and cruise RPM I went with a higher cruise RPM (really not much more than 4.56s) to get better low end and accel performance. I can still get about 15-16 mpgs on the hwy.