Show off your 100 beast with 35's..... (3 Viewers)

[mgoblue]

What bumper and light combo do you have?

BIO, first gen bumper. The lights are ARB INTENSITY knock offs, but they're pretty damn bright and seem well made Amazon.com: Turbo Pair 9 Inch 96w Driving Lamps Cree Round Black Headlight 8500 Lumen Spot Led Work Light + Mounting Bracket Ip68: Automotive

 

[redman333]

Hey I think I'm good. He finally got back to me on the forum and emailed me directly. Sent me an invoice just now. Said they are in the middle of a move so parts of the website are down. Anyway I'll try and send him payment on the body lift tonight. If it doesn't work out for some reason I'll definitely get yours.

Sure, give me a day or so to make sure I can put my hands on it. Pretty sure I saw it the other day when I was reorganizing my shop.


I had a Slee Rear Bumper on order when I moved to 35's. I gambled and stuck a 285/75R16 underneath until then as it was only for a few weeks.

 

[Spanktron9]

Here is mine

Are you running spacers or anything special to make those fit with the stock wheels?

 

[redman333]

Well apparently I spoke to soon and found out Duiser's off-road is a crap company. So spent $170 on nothing. They won't return my phone calls, pms here, or emails. If you found your lift I'd still be willing to buy it off you.

I've been on 285/75r18 Toyo MT's for 3 years and ~40,000 miles. THIS was when I put them on prior to HIH3 back in 2013. The old girl put on alot of weight shortly after that when I built it but I still only have minor frame rubbing at full lock. I didn't have any rubbing till I cranked the t-bars up after adding the bumper/winch and put the rake at ~1" or so. Too much rake on the truck when I first had the tires put on IMO. Since then the truck has been wheeled in Tennessee, Colorado, Maine and Canada without any tire fitment issues. I never did the 1" body lift, just the Ironman suspension lift. I still have the Jonesy's body lift kit sitting in a bag in my shop somewhere LOL. I had no concerns doing ~4500mi roundtrip to HIH, wheeling there and coming back. Same thing on the ~4200mi trip into the North Maine Woods and Canada this past summer. If I would've had even the slightest concern after HIH I would've downsized prior to the last big trip.

And for the sake of the title "post your pics":
This was us on the bank of the Allagash in the NMW this past summer:

Black Bear at HIH3 (slee rear bumper was waiting on me when I got back):

Another BB pic:

Lastly zipping down hundreds of miles of washboarded/washed out/potholed roads in the NMW:
(this was was one of the smoother sections FWIW)

 

[redman333]

I ended up getting the body lift in the mail. I called the company at least 25 times with no answer. Emailed them probably about the same and pmd them here too. With no response. Then the other night I get a call from them asking if I had called that number. I said yes I was trying to figure out if my product shipped. He said he thought it had and he didn't have the tracking number since they were in the middle of moving but could get it that night and call me back. Never got a call back. I proceeded to calling again and agin had no response. Then yesterday I recieved the body lift. I do t understand why a company would be run this way but at least I didn't get shafted.

 

[redman333]

So I ordered my tires. Went with 285/75/18 and will mount them on my factory LX wheels. I tried to order my wheel spacers from slee but they said they are on back order right now. Anyone know if these will fit without the spacers at least temporarily.

 

[SHREDwagon]

I tried to order my wheel spacers from slee but they said they are on back order right now.

You could try justdifferentials, also hub-centric. If you need them quicker....

 

[redman333]

You could try justdifferentials, also hub-centric. If you need them quicker....

I didn't see anything on their website. At least not going through the vehicle specific section. I'll see if I can just search it on the website though.

 

[SHREDwagon]

Probably better off calling and asking about tire fitment as well.

 

[redman333]

Ahh yup I found them now. Are these as good of a quality as the spidertrax spacers? If they are I'll go ahead and order these now and hopefully they will be here by the time my tires get here. The only other thing I'm waiting on is the diff drop. BIOR diff drop is out of stock also.

 

[SHREDwagon]

Ahh yup I found them now. Are these as good of a quality as the spidertrax spacers? If they are I'll go ahead and order these now and hopefully they will be here by the time my tires get here. The only other thing I'm waiting on is the diff drop. BIOR diff drop is out of stock also.

I have no experience with Spidertrax, but I believe they're also made in USA and hub-centric. Might want to call and confirm. I'm anti-spacer, but truck came with them on and no issues to report so far. Too bad there's 0 options for properly offset wheels (+30). Necessary evil I guess.

 

[redman333]

FN wheels has a 17" wheel coming out with 2 different offsets just for the 100series in May. One offset is for people that want to run large tires close to 35" and the other is for those that want to run factory size up to 33ish tires. I didn't go with this wheel because I couldn't find a tire in the brand/size I want. I'm generally against spacers as well though.

 

[SHREDwagon]

IMHO I'd rather run OEM + quality spacers than Chinese wheels. Only notice the spacers at slow speed tight turns (i.e. crawling). Volk or Bradley4x4 would be a quality option and they're available in the correct offset from Japan. $$$$$$

Edit: Look's like FN has copied the Volk/Bradley designs and out-sourced. Another somewhat light option I looked at was Trail Ready in a custom offset (17x8.5 faux-lock). Made in USA. $$$$. Ended up going with forged rock warriors with spacers for 60% less and it works for me. Dropped down to 34's or I'd post a pic.

 

[redman333]

I just ordered the wheel spacers from just differentials and their slee diff drop. I was going to get it from BIOR but I don't feel like waiting.

 

[redman333]

Well that didn't work. I order my wheel spacers from just differentials and the diff drop which is actually the slee diff drop. The spacers came in and I'm happy about them. A bit concerned they are too wide since they are 1/4" more then I had originally planned on at 1.50". They look to be very well made though. The problem now is my diff drop is back ordered. Seems to be the story with about everything I have ordered so far. So I think since I have to wait a week at least for the slee one I'll probably cancel that order and stick with my original order from BIOR. Mile got back to me from them and said it should be about a week. That'll save me $100 or so.

Here's my spacers in case anyone hasn't seen them before. I know I hadn't until now.






Before spacer, my lab decided she wanted to be famous on the forums.


Here's after spacer. Still with factory tires and lift. Tires will be here today hopefully.


Front with spacers in

 

[gwatts]

These are 295/70R18 Cooper STT Pro measuring 34" mounted/unweighted on an 8" rim. Wheel/tire combo weighs in @ 99lbs
For comparison, the 16" OEM wheel with a Duratrac 285/75R16 measure 32.75 weighing 80lbs.
Running SPC UCAs and OME 864 springs. No spacers. Have 1" spacers on order. Not sure I will use them.

 

[benc]

Looks like the spacers are not hub centric like the spidertrax, curious to see if you have any issues.
I guess with the factory lug nuts you should be ok.

 

[redman333]

Got my tires mounted up now. Went with nitto trail grappler MT 285/75/18s. Comes to 34.8". Went with this size after talking to several guys here. Glad I did. I had to fold back the pinch seam and even cut the front bumper just a bit at the bottom corner. Also had to trim off the bottom end of the inner liner. Very happy with the way it came out though

As far as lift goes
Did the AHC lift. Cut down the front sensor studs and removed the lock nuts to gain the most lift in front that I could.
For the rear I only loosened the sensor arm but and adjusted it to the top. Didn't make an extended bracket or anything that I e seen elsewhere. This gave me a level ride. At least without being loaded down. I cranked the TB 6 full turns to get back to spec for pressures. I also am running just differentials 1.5" wheels spacers for the stock wheels and have a diff drop coming from them soon also(slee diff drop).

I run this truck in normal mode and don't rub at all on the road. I still can use low and high mode if I'd like.

I took this pic in hi mode just because I was curious how it looked. Haven't driven yet at this setting.



Hoping to take it off-road this week or weekend to see if it hits anywhere else while wheeling. Still have to remove the side steps too.

 

[dubitup]

@gwatts Looks awesome!

 

[bhicks]

Got my tires mounted up now. Went with nitto trail grappler MT 285/75/18s. Comes to 34.8". Went with this size after talking to several guys here. Glad I did. I had to fold back the pinch seam and even cut the front bumper just a bit at the bottom corner. Also had to trim off the bottom end of the inner liner. Very happy with the way it came out though

As far as lift goes
Did the AHC lift. Cut down the front sensor studs and removed the lock nuts to gain the most lift in front that I could.
For the rear I only loosened the sensor arm but and adjusted it to the top. Didn't make an extended bracket or anything that I e seen elsewhere. This gave me a level ride. At least without being loaded down. I cranked the TB 6 full turns to get back to spec for pressures. I also am running just differentials 1.5" wheels spacers for the stock wheels and have a diff drop coming from them soon also(slee diff drop).

I run this truck in normal mode and don't rub at all on the road. I still can use low and high mode if I'd like.

I took this pic in hi mode just because I was curious how it looked. Haven't driven yet at this setting.



Hoping to take it off-road this week or weekend to see if it hits anywhere else while wheeling. Still have to remove the side steps too.

Looks good but it's time to get all that plastic off. Running boards need to go first. Then those plastic front and rear bumpers are screaming for a metal upgrade.