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he has no flares. that is another problem
 
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haha, just run it bill. I think on 15x8's you will be fine, but 15x10's you will rub. On just my 3" spindles (with tbars up and all: max lift) I was rubbing a tiny bit on 15x10's. I was hitting the rear of the front flare on both sides...nothing you can snip either.
 
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Originally Posted by jrpro130
haha, just run it bill. I think on 15x8's you will be fine, but 15x10's you will rub. On just my 3" spindles (with tbars up and all: max lift) I was rubbing a tiny bit on 15x10's. I was hitting the rear of the front flare on both sides...nothing you can snip either.

I will just have to be easy on the skinny pedal thats all. I could get my 35s to rub the flares with the double lift lol, if i goosed it enough.
 
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I will just have to be easy on the skinny pedal thats all. I could get my 35s to rub the flares with the double lift lol, if i goosed it enough.
Exactly...just be easy

You goin mud terrains or all terrains?
 
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MT all the way
 
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Originally Posted by 04lvl2
MT all the way
Very nice, very nice.
 
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damn sorry. i see people are being crabby tonight.

i didnt see that part, i guess thats what i get for skiping over stuff.
 
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i cant speak for him but i know Jey had a bl on 35s i know he had glass but i dunno if he ran em without glass....you would have to ask him if he ever ran the 35s without glass
 
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you are going to have to figure out why your front end is so much different before you do it bill.

idk i think its gonna rub. hate to say it. but would look killer if they fit.
 
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why is his front end so much different????
 
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Originally Posted by 5speedin2.3
if this helps, i used search and found Ranger1's truck after his BL and 35's.


Ben had really bad rubbing with the 35's on both the rear and the front so i really dont think they are gonna fit unless you max out your tbars and get some AAL's or shackels on the back and maybe not even then
 
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Are you sure that's the BL only pics? Because at the end he had a suspension AND body lift. I think that contributed to his loss of control for his accident -- the very high center of gravity that results.

Not necessarily relevant, but I'll say it anyway: if you drive it every day, lift it only as necessary -- not for effect, lol.
 
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yea you can still see the t bars on bens truck
 
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well damn bill, you should have tried the 35s you sold before you got rid of them
 
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With my 33 BFG MT and no BL I can EASILY kill the front fender wall where my flare attaches on the rear fender flares. It's all due to axle wrap. I've lost count on the times I've gone to pepboys, autozone, or Checkers after wheeling to get new push pins for the very front bottom push pins on my flares since putting the 33s on. This is also on the stock alcoas. I also MINIMALLY rub up front when only making left-hand turns at full lock. Front suspension cycle wise, I rub the plastic wheel-well guard in the front when going over moderate bumps fast enough to get a compression.

Once the RCD is on I'll be running no OEM lift blocks. The deaver leaves + RCD shackles should be about the same height as RCD shackles + lift blocks + RCD AAL. I'll also be on 15x8 rims w/ 3.75 bs. I'd like to run 35s, but after looking at Ben's truck back when it was just a BL and 35s I dunno if I can stuff 35s in the rear with just the RCD. The front's easy, I'll just glass it. Hopefully I'll have minimal to no axle wrap in the rear once the blocks are off. If not then's it's a set of duffs. With no axle wrap I should be able to stuff the 35s in and not worry about rub unless in articulation.
 
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^^^^ he has james duff bars so the rear axle hardly moves anymore.. my advice to you is go get some bars...
 
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Hate to say it but im with Zach B, I think they'll rub....IDK if it matters to you or not, but obviously the clutch is going to be a lil bit worse as well. If you can get a good deal on 33's i'd do that. Save the $ from getting 33's and maybe look into 15x10's at a later date?
 
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Or just come over and you can mount up my tires and wheels one weekend?....(15x10 though)
 
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if you get 15x10s and just run 33s you will be sittin like me..and lookin like me who doesnt want that :)
 
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Originally Posted by Lefty04LevelII
With my 33 BFG MT and no BL I can EASILY kill the front fender wall where my flare attaches on the rear fender flares. It's all due to axle wrap. I've lost count on the times I've gone to pepboys, autozone, or Checkers after wheeling to get new push pins for the very front bottom push pins on my flares since putting the 33s on. This is also on the stock alcoas. I also MINIMALLY rub up front when only making left-hand turns at full lock. Front suspension cycle wise, I rub the plastic wheel-well guard in the front when going over moderate bumps fast enough to get a compression.

Once the RCD is on I'll be running no OEM lift blocks. The deaver leaves + RCD shackles should be about the same height as RCD shackles + lift blocks + RCD AAL. I'll also be on 15x8 rims w/ 3.75 bs. I'd like to run 35s, but after looking at Ben's truck back when it was just a BL and 35s I dunno if I can stuff 35s in the rear with just the RCD. The front's easy, I'll just glass it. Hopefully I'll have minimal to no axle wrap in the rear once the blocks are off. If not then's it's a set of duffs. With no axle wrap I should be able to stuff the 35s in and not worry about rub unless in articulation.
pull the bedsides then it should work
 
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pull the bedsides then it should work
But then I might start to look like a steppie. And what fleetside in their right mind would want to do that? Oh god, now I'm bringing the fleetside vs. stepside argument from ORR to here. LMAO
 
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Originally Posted by Lefty04LevelII
But then I might start to look like a steppie. And what fleetside in their right mind would want to do that? Oh god, now I'm bringing the fleetside vs. stepside argument from ORR to here. LMAO

oh that is harsh...
 
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oh that is harsh...
 
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I am still unsure on what I am going to do at this point.
 


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