noob question about 4wd and 2wd lifting

i might as well just pm you with all my questions. thanks for all the help so far.

15 is the height of the rim and 6 is the width?

so once you get your new rims you are going to have to get new tires to?

 

Yes 15 is height and 6 is width.

Not necessarily. Ideal for the 5lugger are 15x8 rims with 4.5" or 4" of backspacing, you can mount stock tires on those, might look little funny, but its doable... I'd suggest lift first, than tires, than rims. Ideal you would want to get rims & tires at the same time.

 

not always. going from a higher gear (low number) to lower gear (higher number) could take load off the engine increase your MPG. example. My 87 4runner with its 22re and 4.10 gears w/ 33s made pretty crappy mpg, and regeared to 5.29 w/ 33s you almost never have any foot pressure on the gas. yes more RPM but less load. I used a GPS to track the miles i went and i ended up with 19mpg (all highway)

 

That's good to know

 

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If you ask any of the 6 luggers, they would not recommend spacers for a lift. The front suspension on the 6 lug and the 5 lug are completely different, from what I've seen, the 5 lugs don't have a spindle. IMO, spacers on the 5 lug does not really effect the quality of the ride. You can run OEM struts with the spacer.

As for tires, they do effect the height of the truck. If you don't like loud tires, you can go with a highway thread. You can adjust the PSI in the tire to make the ride a bit smoother.

I get between 19.5/21 MPG (in town/highway), just depends on what I have in the bed of the truck. I currently have a camper on my truck. It still does great on gas, I just need to regear my truck back to 'factory specs'.

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My favorite 6 lugger, reg cab, 4x4, super white truck is Drew02a's truck:

Great info for re-gearing when you increase the tire size.