Newby From Utah

[blarsen]

Hey guys (and gals) I am new to this site and just wanted to say hello to everyone, I had to hold out until I had a few picture of my Lx450.. Here is a little about her:
1996 LX450 114000 miles
TRD Supercharger
OME Heavy J's with 1 inch spacer
4+ rear control arm drops & rear panhard
front 4+ 3" control arm drops with caster correction bushings
Brembo Rotors all around with EBC green stuff pads and stainless brake lines
FR and RR CV drivelines
fr adj pannhard bar
Man-A-Fre HD Tie-rod
35x12.50R17 tires on 8.5" chrome wheels
Did the Spare tire mod with spacers (no washers sorry) and fit a 315x70R17 under her...
Here are a few pictures from Moab this last weekend..
Later Bret

 

[Beowulf]

Did the Spare tire mod with spacers (no washers sorry) and fit a 315x70R17 under her...

I would like to see pictures of how this fits. Did you remove anything else from under the truck?

-B-

 

[blarsen]

I didnt have to remove anything from the car.. I put a 1.5 inch spacer on the rear portion of the bracket and a 2 inch spacer on the front of it.. I did have to bend the edge of the sheet metal that hangs down under and gets in the way of the crank.. but thats it.. here are a few pictures of it.. the tire is at the same level as the rear hitch..

 

[Beowulf]

Is the tyre at the same level as the receiver portion of your hitch or the platform portion?

-B-

 

[DTAYLOR]

Welcome, nice rig! Great color1

 

[PHAEDRUS]

Looks nice.
What part of Utah are you in??
Dave

 

[PromontoryCruiser80]

Nice truck! what trails did you run in Moab

 

[cruiserdan]

I recognize Poison Spider.

 

[blarsen]

I will answer the questions:
1. The tire is at the same level as the hitch. I will be buying a super swamper 34x9.00x16 and mounting it on a 16x7 toyota wheel to replace the spare I have, it will give me 2-3 more inches of ground clearance.
2. i live in Orem, Utah about 30 miles south of SLC.
3. Yes the trail in Moab was Poison Spider and lions back also. we only had 1 day to spend in Moab and then drove home that night (3 hour drive)
4. thanks for the welcomes, this is a great site..
later Bret

 

[blarsen]

Sorry I may not have very clear, the bottom of the tire is at the same level as the bottom of the receiver.
later Bret

 

[blarsen]

Here is a better picture of the spare tire.

 

[Beowulf]

I will answer the questions:
1. The tire is at the same level as the hitch. I will be buying a super swamper 34x9.00x16 and mounting it on a 16x7 toyota wheel to replace the spare I have, it will give me 2-3 more inches of ground clearance.

Thanks Bret,
The reason for the questions is that we routinely give advice to those considering moving up to 35's and we tell them they cannot "fit" a 35" tyre in the stock location.

Since you've gone to the trouble to do it, wheel with it, and now you're taking a slightly different approach, would you agree that storing a 35" tyre in the stock location isn't a good idea?

I'm not sure how you got a 35"x12" to physically fit under there because my 33"x11" had <1" clearance when it was in the stock location. Obviously, you did. Do you keep it deflated?

-B-

 

[blarsen]

As you can see from my last picture the tire fits as well as the stock tire did in the stock location, But I would really like it to be out of site out of mind and that is the reason for the 34x9.00. I will be building new bumpers and sliders in the future and may move it to the bumper if it sits to low after the hitch and stock bumper are gone.
The tire fit without a problem, I did push it to the center while I was cranking it up so that it would be centered on the cross bar. I tried to deflate the tire so that it would be up more but the tire is very stiff and made no real difference. I have the tire on a 17x7.5 wheel so the only fat part is the tire. I have had no problem wheeling with it as it is now, with my lift and 35's I didn't touch the spare on any rocks this last weekend (I did touch the hitch 2 times on some large ledges on the way back down them)
I hope I answered your questions? If you have more, ask them and i will do what I can to help..
later Bret