How are 35" on a 80 for a expo rig?

[COYS]

I have 315x75x16. I had 35.12.50x15 which were about the same height. Liked both. The reason for the change was that I made a brake upgrade...View attachment 1308998

I love the 15s! Look so good.

 

[BillyGoatMTB]

315 and stock gears are fine if you are OK with driving your 80. Many do not feel comfortable running their 1FZJ above 4000. My 80 loves 4000 and above the cool WT proves it's happy there. I travel all over the SW and pull any hill at 65.
That said IMO stock gears and 37 are a stretch. You suffer the most offroad with this set up in or lack of low range gearing.

Turning over 200K at ~4400rpm in July pulling a 7% grade and lovin it.

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What OBD2 screen is that? I have a blue driver and the app on my smartphone but I like that big screen a lot better

 

[LandCruiserPhil]

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What OBD2 screen is that? I have a blue driver and the app on my smartphone but I like that big screen a lot better

Ultra-gauge

 

[projectcruiser]

I think 35s are a good go-to for an off-road focus, though I am really happy with my Falken AT3W 34s (285/75-R17) paired with 4.56 gears. Full disclosure, I'm more of a remote traveller than a crawler.

It's beefier than stock, and the truck still drives great.

 

[BillyGoatMTB]

I think 35s are a good go-to for an off-road focus, though I am really happy with my Falken AT3W 34s (285/75-R17) paired with 4.56 gears. Full disclosure, I'm more of a remote traveller than a crawler.

It's beefier than stock, and the truck still drives great.

Great information I'm trying to make up my mind, besides daily driving most of my trips are snow trips / mountain lake trips with the family here in Northern California Sierra nevadas but there's so much awesome rock crawling close by.

I was leaning real heavy for 295 (33.5") being that I'm probably 85- 90% going to be on Road...

I suspect the more I go off-road and do trips with Friends the more I'm going to want those 35's.

 

[projectcruiser]

Great information I'm trying to make up my mind, besides daily driving most of my trips are snow trips / mountain lake trips with the family here in Northern California Sierra nevadas but there's so much awesome rock crawling close by.

I was leaning real heavy for 295 (33.5") being that I'm probably 85- 90% going to be on Road...

I suspect the more I go off-road and do trips with Friends the more I'm going to want those 35's.

Just take a realistic look at what you do on a daily basis, and don't shy from getting professional 4wd training. Lots of keyboard warriors will argue over the need for larger and larger tires, when a good, skilled driver can typically get by with much less.

Obviously with all things equal, a taller tire is typically always better for technical performance.

33s typically do not require a regear, while IMHO a 35 certainly does. Final drive is also something too few consider, and probably has a larger effect on technical terrain performance than a slightly larger tire. These trucks do not have a super low TC reduction

 

[lumbee1]

Great information I'm trying to make up my mind, besides daily driving most of my trips are snow trips / mountain lake trips with the family here in Northern California Sierra nevadas but there's so much awesome rock crawling close by.

I was leaning real heavy for 295 (33.5") being that I'm probably 85- 90% going to be on Road...

I suspect the more I go off-road and do trips with Friends the more I'm going to want those 35's.

I purchased my Cruiser with 295's. At 55 to 60mph, it would hunt for gears constantly and drove me nuts. At the time, I was running Hankook MT's that wore strangely and upgraded to 315 Cooper STT Pros. I could feel the extra weight and the Cruiser was slightly slower but it wasn't switching gears. Fast forward to last year and I regear'ed to 4.88's. It restored the driveability of the Cruiser but iwas certainly not dramatic. On the same token, it's was the most expensive and satisfying upgrade I've done to the truck. The offroad performance and control with gears is amazing.

 

[ginericLC]

Something relatively new is the low range transfer gears and the underdrive high range gears. This is a cheaper option and much less labor than changing diffs. I wish it would have been available when I was doing all that work.