Wide 35's or 33's

[bignasty]

Why doesn't anybody run wide 35's or 33's tires? Is it bad for the truck ? We all see those diesels on the road with the huge tires( dodge, chevy, ford, and others). Why don't we see any Toyo's or Lexus' like that. I am just curious. When I mean wide , I mean a tire that requires a 12" or more to fit.



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[KevinNY]

Because less inbred rednecks own Toyotas?

 

[bignasty]

That is funny. They are going come get you now.
I don’t want the truck to look like a roller skate. I think it would look tough with maybe an inch sticking out pass the fender. But, it would need the right lift to achieve this.

 

[Lka1988]

The reason you see those Dodge/Chevy/Ford's with the 12" lift and 37/15.50x24's sticking out 5" past the fenders is because they are all STREET QUEENS. None of them EVER see dirt.

Skinny tires are proven to work better in most terrain than their wider counterparts. Especially snow and mud.

 

[Lka1988]

Just a side note... I was talking to a guy at work today, he was telling me about how he was going to lift his Chevy a few more inches to fit 37's. It's already lifted a good 6" just to fit 35's.

I let him know that my Cruiser would fit 37's with 1" of lift.

 

[bignasty]

I dont want a street queen but i am afraid of rocks. I am also afraid of getting hip checked by a tree.

 

[UCBerzerkeley]

well then, bignasty, by all means, go for the widest tires you can fit sir

 

[d0ubledown]

yep...go for a 12" wide rim with a 2 or 3" backspace. dont expect to turn though...

 

[bignasty]

"yep...go for a 12" wide rim with a 2 or 3" backspace. dont expect to turn though... "


Can you still turn with the 4.5" backspace?

 

[Atoyot1031]

I can with 37s and 4-5 inches of lift...

 

[Flank]

To get serious on the subject, it is very touch to stuff a super wide tire under the wheel well when off roading. Not many people who put a 3/ 5 /6 inch lift on a cruiser are doing it to look cool on the street with chromed suspensions and the like, they are doing it to actually gain functionality.

I live in Vegas, and cannot believe the pickups out here, even worse than in Dallas where I moved from. A 6" lift seems to be fairly standard, and 95% of these trucks will never see offroad.

I run a 305 on a stock suspension and it works fine, that is actually a pretty wide tire, but still stuffs with OE backspacing.

 

[alkaline747trio]

I have 37x14 IROKS on 16x12 rims w/ 3.5" BS. Stuffs fine, turns fine, keeps all that sheet metal off the rocks a little better. Nothing wrong with not going for ditch digger tires, but finding that line between form and function is a call only you can make for yourself.

 

[Lka1988]

I live in Vegas, and cannot believe the pickups out here, even worse than in Dallas where I moved from. A 6" lift seems to be fairly standard, and 95% of these trucks will never see offroad.

You should come to Utah, then. More specifically, the dealership just off 5th East in American Fork. 90% of their truck are lifted 6"+, wearing Toyo MT's on 20" rims.

typical Watts Automotive truck

 

[maybe_a_80...]

Why doesn't anybody run wide 35's or 33's tires? Is it bad for the truck ? We all see those diesels on the road with the huge tires( dodge, chevy, ford, and others). Why don't we see any Toyo's or Lexus' like that. I am just curious. When I mean wide , I mean a tire that requires a 12" or more to fit.



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Hm. I think this really comes down to who is buying what vehicle for what use. The Ford/Dodge/GM 3/4 ton trucks look good with a wider tire and that lift. Given, those trucks are for very different uses than what '80 afficiandos are into. For all the differences between Land Rover and Toyota product, think of Toyota/Land Rover people as absolutely off-road performance driven and the Ford/Dodge/GM folks as having other goals with their aftermarket work.

Personally, having run the stock tire size on my 80 for one winter in Utah, driving in the snow on I80 between SLC and Park City everyday was no fun because I could feel the 275/75 tire planeing up on top of the snow. I can't imagine wanting to run a wider that stock because of this planeing - it's a massive safety issue at highway speeds.

Low profile tires provide very little cushion due to the low volume of air they hold and more prone to reliability issue in off road use. Another concern with running a tires that stick out beyond the body is the amount of grime and rock that will get kicked up onto the side of the truck, ruining paint faster and keeping your truck dirtier.

Bottom line is those super wide rims and tires are not very functional.

 

[julstirn]

how about more mass equals more gas and longer braking distances, theres a whole bunch of downfalls, good too but its magnifies all the cons of lifting a truck and adding bigger meats