275x70r18 tires and lift.

[Hog Head]

Have been searching for info on this combo but haven’t found any. Thinking about a 2” lift with 275x70r18(33x11) tires. Does anyone have any info on that combo, if it will even be compatible?

 

[jeremy j]

I’ve seen one person do it so I am going to try it when my current tires are worn out.

Check out the official wheel and tire thread on clublexus. The guy is DesiOC.

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[JDUB fab]

Are you willing to do more modifications? You may need a slight body mount chop and probably some fender trimming. Do you have aftermarket UCAs?

 

[jeremy j]

Not OP but I am going to try with stock suspension first and trim as needed. The guy on clublexus didn’t do a BMC but I can weld and will do it if needed. After I see how that goes, I plan on doing a 1.5-2” lift.

 

[OCGX]

I ran 275/70R18 KM3’s on 18x9 +0 for a while. I did the normal trimming one would do with 285/70r17. I did eventually to a bmc, the rubbing was tolerable before. My lift was closer to 3”.

 

[jeremy j]

That looks great and with a 0 offset it should be the same for a stock rim.

 

[Hog Head]

Are you willing to do more modifications? You may need a slight body mount chop and probably some fender trimming. Do you have aftermarket UCAs?

I’ve done a BMC and UCA’S ON A Tundra along with a 3” ToyTec lift and had 35’s. I’ll heat and trim plastic, but I will not trim sheet metal.

 

[r2m]

I’ve done a BMC and UCA’S ON A Tundra along with a 3” ToyTec lift and had 35’s. I’ll heat and trim plastic, but I will not trim sheet metal.

Agreed, I'd rather bolt on oversized Baja/prerunner flares than start cutting up or rolling our fender flares.
But unfortunately, presently there aren't any flares available except these: Toyota Archives - Fjallasport Fender Flares - https://www.fjallasport.is/product-category/fender-flares/toyota/

 

[Hog Head]

This was my Tundra on 35’s with a ToyTec 3” Aluma Boss 2.5 Lift.

 

[r2m]

This was my Tundra on 35’s with a ToyTec 3” Aluma Boss 2.5 Lift.
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Nice ride! You trade that in for the GX?

 

[Hog Head]

Nice ride! You trade that in for the GX?

Thanks. No, last year I was offered more money than I paid for it so I sold it. Sometimes I wish I hadn’t. I traded this. I have Parkinson’s and the GX is quite a bit easier for me to drive.

 

[Hiluxforever]

It's all in the offset, alignment, and pushing the plastics back. I have run 33x10.5 and 285/70 on Toyota OEM steel wheels, no need for BMC. And mine is not just a mall crawler, I have knocked a good deal of paint of my skids with those tires and no lift. The lift won't really allow you to run bigger tires as much as give you more chassis clearance at the cost of up travel.

 

[r2m]

As Hiluxforever - https://forum.ih8mud.com/members/hiluxforever.188847/ pointed out about alignment, the caster will need to be moved forward.
When I went to 35" tires, I had wee bit of a rubbing problem, had it re-aligned with the caster moved forward and it almost completely fixed it. Just a little rubbing at lock-to-lock.

 

[Hiluxforever]

As Hiluxforever - https://forum.ih8mud.com/members/hiluxforever.188847/ pointed out about alignment, the caster will need to be moved forward.
When I went to 35" tires, I a wee bit of a rubbing problem, had it re-aligned with the caster moved forward and it almost completely fixed it. Just a little rubbing at lock-to-lock.

I got lucky. Also, I am still using the same zipties that I used to pull the plastics back on the backend of the wheel well. I always have to have a little bit of Roadkill inspiration on my cars.

 

[JDUB fab]

Yeah offset plays a major roll. I have -10 wheels and had to do a bit more clearing to fit bigger tires. ( and by bigger I mean 35x12.5)

 

[SteadfastRocky]

Yeah offset plays a major roll. I have -10 wheels and had to do a bit more clearing to fit bigger tires. ( and by bigger I mean 35x12.5)

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@JDUB fab Do you rub on the frame rail with 35s and the -10, thats what we've got and we don't rub any where but the rails.

 

[JDUB fab]

@JDUB fab Do you rub on the frame rail with 35s and the -10, thats what we've got and we don't rub any where but the rails.

I don’t think so. I just checked and my frame is still fresh paint from the body mount relocation. I do think I’m rubbing a little bit of the fender liner still, need to do a bit more trimming. I also need to trim the rear a bit, already removed the mud flaps. I was hitting on the little piece of pinch weld that connects the fender panel to the body pinch seam, but I cut that off, now the fender panel has a bit of shim to it, I gotta fabricate a little piece to tie it back into the body.

 

[SteadfastRocky]

I don’t think so. I just checked and my frame is still fresh paint from the body mount relocation. I do think I’m rubbing a little bit of the fender liner still, need to do a bit more trimming. I also need to trim the rear a bit, already removed the mud flaps. I was hitting on the little piece of pinch weld that connects the fender panel to the body pinch seam, but I cut that off, now the fender panel has a bit of shim to it, I gotta fabricate a little piece to tie it back into the body.

Interesting how different trucks have different outcomes, what UCAs?

 

[JDUB fab]

Interesting how different trucks have different outcomes, what UCAs?

SPC, you?

 

[SteadfastRocky]

SPC, you?

Regrettably total Chaos. lol (just a lot of maintane.)