You may not need aftermarket UCA’s. I absolutely consider them a must when I run bigger tires and a lift on the 200. However, you may not need them with spacers and also for the fact you may never go off-road or at the most 1x per year and I’m assuming it’s nothin you can’t do if the 200 was bone stock. I am just going off what you said at the beginning of your thread post “rarely go off-road“. Personally, you might be better off going with a smaller tire 285/65r18 SL rated Falken WP. It’s the only tire “pricey” in this load rating. The tire is a big factor in ride quality and E-rated tires are less forgiving. They do have benefits on our 200 in terms of on/off road protection. But if you’re 99% driving highway in Washington, SL is the way to go. I lived in Seattle and never once thought “boy, sure wish I had E-rated tires“ and I’ve taken my SL tires on some fun”easy-moderate“trails around Mt. Baker, etc.
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Awesome point. Wish there was a non-E, 285-70-18 all terrain tire?
With a 1.25" spacer and 295s, you should have no issue with clearance to the OEM UCA. The primary driver for UCA is caster if you're lifting more than ~2".
I'm a proponent of less suspension lift and larger tires. The 200-series handles large tires with great manners, and IMO has better handling with mild suspension lifts that keep geometries in the sweet spot.
Has anyone had experience specifically with these two? Maybe a comparison.
General Grabber AT 275 70 r18 SL rated
Falken Wildpeak AT 285/65r18 SL rated
after reading all the threads I think for me being primarily on road driving and not wanting to get new UCA and trim it’s in my best interest to go with one of these sizes in an SL rated tire and unfortunately there aren’t many choices in 18”.
General Grabber AT 275 70 r18 SL rated
Falken Wildpeak AT 285/65r18 SL rated
after reading all the threads I think for me being primarily on road driving and not wanting to get new UCA and trim it’s in my best interest to go with one of these sizes in an SL rated tire and unfortunately there aren’t many choices in 18”.
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General Grabber recently released their ATX all terrain in SL load rating. The ATX gets solid reviews, I thought it was a good tire with solid road manners for an AT tire. I would go with the ATX over their APT as the APT isn't severe snow rated in the SL rating for 275/70r18, if that is a priority for you too.
Thanks @TLC2013 good to hear positive feedback as I think this size would look best as well.
TLC2013
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Circling back to this, while it was nice enjoying the smoother ride I ended up bumping up the PSI. After around 2,500 miles I started noticing unusual tread wear with cold PSI around 36. I do drive some miles of winding backcountry roads which I think compounded the issue and led to some "heel toe wear" on both front tires. The rears were still wearing normally. On the front two tires the outside lugs were wearing with a sawtooth pattern. Running your fingers over the tread and sipes you could feel the low and high spots. After checking alignment and doing a rotation I bumped up the cold PSI to 41 and the wear is slowly being corrected/evening out, should be back to normal in a couple more tanks of fuel.
I think I’m going to do the same lift. What shocks did you use in the rear? And how do you like the setup now that 10 months have passed?
