I picked up my 2000 LC around 5 months ago and have since been very excited to add some tundra wheels and bigger tires to the rig. I did a lot of reading and looking at photos and ended up going with 18 inch Tundra wheels, 1.25 inch Spidertrax spacers to fit the wheels, and 275/70/R18 Falken WildPeak AT/4s. I absolutely love the way the setup looks but when I hit a large bump in the road or go through a dip too fast the suspension articulation is causing slight rubbing on the top of the fender liner just inside the fender. I read on many posts that this tire size will not rub even at stock height however I guess with my exact wheel/tire/spacer setup that is not the case. I bring my LC to Hatteras Island NC and drive on the beach a couple times a year and obviously you bounce up and down quite a bit when traveling on the sand. I really don’t want to experience any rubbing at all. I had hoped to keep my LC at factory height which it currently is. Now comes my dilemma. Do I crank my T Bars just enough to stop the tire from rubbing? Or do I cut my losses, try and sell my tires, and downsize to a 275/65/R18? I am wondering how raising the front end slightly will affect my handling, wear on CV axels, etc. I’d appreciate if anyone has any advice and or any more information on the negatives associated with raising the front end slightly. I think .5-1 inch would be enough to stop the rubbing completely. I attached two pictures of the rig for reference.
275/70/R18 Rubbing
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It might be the spacer pushing tires out too far ? I have done some moderate wheeling with no rubbing and am running same tire size (275 70R18) on 18" wheels with factory offset and no spacer.
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You can go to a narrower spacer, say 3/4”-1”.
You can mess with the bump stops to limit up travel.
You can mess with the inner fender liner to make additional clearance.
Contrary to intuition, lifting the suspension will not help.
You can mess with the bump stops to limit up travel.
You can mess with the inner fender liner to make additional clearance.
Contrary to intuition, lifting the suspension will not help.
I’m running a set of 275-70/18 BFg K02s on older tundra wheels but no spacers. Haven’t had any rubbing issues but I don’t really do much off roading with our beast.
So it's just slightly rubbing in a very specific case and only couple times a year on a thin plastic part?! Leave it and enjoy the tires for the other 355 days a year 
(assuming there's no risk to destroy the tire when rubbing... pics where it's rubbing?)
(assuming there's no risk to destroy the tire when rubbing... pics where it's rubbing?)
BTW: When I got my LC I checked the tire thread and created an overview of tire sizes that have been stated.
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Your Wildpeak size has a diameter of 33.43" based on Falken's spec online.
With 33.43" you're right at the edge of hitting...
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