alia176
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My philosophy would be to say "when you can't make it on 33s, become a better line picker and a driver".
$ for $, 33s will get you a lot further while not breaking your wallet.
What would you do ? 33 vs 35 with the price difference
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My philosophy would be to say "when you can't make it on 33s, become a better line picker and a driver".
$ for $, 33s will get you a lot further while not breaking your wallet.
Has anyone mentioned that a 35 inch spare tire doesn't fit under the vehicle? That is the thing keeping me from making the upgrade--- the need to save up for a rear bumper with a tire carrier.
I’m in the 35” camp on this one. I struggled with this for a while when trying to figure out what size tires I wanted to purchase this past spring. I ended up finding a guy that ran a mobile tire operation and he came out to my house and installed five new 35x12.5 Cooper’s for $1450. Here’s what it looks like with stock wheels and a 2” lift.
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35s look good especially with that lift. Luckily I have a tire carrier in rear so the spare tire storage is a non-issue at this point.
I live at 5,000ft above sea level and drive into the mountains to wheel and camp in the summer and ski in the winter. I'm on 32" tires and stock gearing and I already wish the gearing was lower for power on mountain roads.
I would never consider 35" tires without re-gearing for mountain driving. My vote is keep the 33's and enjoy the truck. You can lift it or not depending on your preference, a little extra clearance under the rockers from a 2" suspension lift is nice, make sure to do sufficient caster correction to keep the on-road manners in line. I think 80's look good with a 2" lift and 33's, and look even better with a 2" lift and 35's. Looks aren't everything and an 80 is one of the coolest trucks on or off the road either way
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I would never consider 35" tires without re-gearing for mountain driving. My vote is keep the 33's and enjoy the truck. You can lift it or not depending on your preference, a little extra clearance under the rockers from a 2" suspension lift is nice, make sure to do sufficient caster correction to keep the on-road manners in line. I think 80's look good with a 2" lift and 33's, and look even better with a 2" lift and 35's. Looks aren't everything and an 80 is one of the coolest trucks on or off the road either way
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Are you on stock gearing?
33s is the magic number imo unless you are all in on a lift and regearing…..even with 285s have I thought that 80s take a hit
So 33s are the magic number for stock boring 80 series lol?
Yep! I only recently upgraded my 80 with a lift and 4.88s to not live with power sucking tires on a vehicle that already sucks in power
How is it with the 4.88s now?
I love how mine runs with 4.88s and 35s.
Yeah that’s what I have too. I’m curious how it would be with 4.88s and 33s. I have a second set of wheels that I should try out. Some people say it will be short geared but I talked to a few very respectable people in the community and they vouched for 33s and 4.88s.
Here’s the formula to figure out the gear ratio you need to make a bigger tire run like it did with stock tires and gears.
- New tire/old tire x stock ratio = required
- 35/28 x 4.10 = 4.95, or 4.88 as the closest option
Had 4.88 with 285 before going to 315. The RPM is too high on freeway driving. The 315 brought it down to 4% Speedo diff. At 75 RPM is 2800. At 80mph RPM 3k.
Sorry but we own an 80....nothing is cheap about it.
Once on 33s, you wish you've gone to 35s. Now I wish I should've skipped 315s and got 37s.
2.5 lift and 37s is the ideal look.
(Yes and some cutting and trimmings)
Me? Yes. I do realize that regearing would help but I have decided I am not going to do that because my use for the truck has changed and I'll likely go back to 33's
mudgudgeon
Resident galah
Many modern cars are sold with a little space saver spare wheel.
I never worried about carrying anything but a 33" spare when i had 35s on.
Currently have 33s on my cruiser, and stock size spare. It's only got to get you home, or to a shop. Differentials make the adjustment as needed
If you don't mind the spare inside your cargo....Bellfab makes the spare mounts.
I’m actually running 295s so revs a bit high. I think when I go to 315s, it should be dialed in. I wish I could post a vid but mud is lame.
Create a youtube channel, upload the video there, then share using the link and post that link to mud. Few extra steps but it actually works very well.
