Nickels

Ive heard this is a bad idea, yet after coming here, i see people going even bigger with IFS, lol. My 94 truck has a 3 inch suspension lift, and a 1.5 inch body lift. Right now i got 33s on there, and they are starting to look small to me.. I got 4.88 gears in there to help out, but wondering your guys' opinions on going with 35s. This may be a stupid question, but 35s should clear just fine, right? I have aftermarket wheels that stick out a bit more than stock. I found out the 12.50s dont clear to well when i put my spare on the front left one day. The tire was digging into my rancho a-arm when i attempted a U turn, lol.

Thanks
-Nick

crolison

One of my good wheeling buddies is running no lift and 35's and 5.29's

he trimmed and tubed the firewall

Nickels

this truck is my daily, and also my only vehicle i can drive in teh rain/snow or ty weather, so i dont really wanna trim. I wanna at least keep it as nice looking as i can. This is my daily/fun offroader. When i get some more money, ill make me an '85 truck thats strictly an offroader.

4banginRunner

35s cleared on my old 90 4Runner with a 3" BL, t-bars cranked and 1.5" coil spacers

Yodaforce

I ran 35's on my '94 with a 3" BL, torsion and add-a-leaf lift. Worked awesome. Would I do it again? Hell yeah!

Nickels

A friend that owned my yota before me, said he wouldnt recommend 35s with the IFS. Although, i DO have an extra front diff in the garage, lol. Are 35s really that bad for IFS?

Matt16

What are you using it the truck for? Looks or hard core 4x4ing?

Nickels

some 4x4ing. Not really hardcore, maybe from time to time, but not a lot. I used to offroad quite a bit, but nothing major. Just the little hills i can find around here. Im sure with teh i do, the 35s wont break anything. Although, i do plan on going to tuttle creek in kansas, if you have ever heard of it.

Lysmachia

With that said I'd stay at 33's BUT if looks matter more then yes 35's will work but you SHOULD re-gear (to 5.29s) Be kind to your transmission especially if you are more of a daily driver. If you go to 35's you SHOULD go to at LEAST 5.29's and IMHO is you go to 5'29s (while you are in there) Lock the rear and front and wheel that truck more...

Swee where I am going? If you mod it to 5.29's you should be wheeling more. if not wanting to wheel more leave at 4.88's and love those 33's

ovrrdrive

The insinuation that somehow you can climb Mt Everest with 33's on an IFS truck and be fine but if you put 35's on it you'll explode backing out of the driveway is just plain silly. That's what's known as web wheeling.

It is true that the bigger the tire you have the more forces you put on the IFS parts, and that for really big tires on a truck that gets wheeled really hard needs to be on a solid axle, but if you're realistic and understand the limitations of your truck you can do just fine with them.

Talk about a truck that's on a tin foil suspension, look at mine. I'm running 36's on a bracket lift. But as I said, I know my limitations and have been like this for over a year and a half and haven't even worn out a tie rod. You won't see me on any rocks either...

crolison

Here is my buddies truck, its only recognizable he cut in a few places. I don't understand why people won't trim for tires when they take there vehicle offroad, its one of my pet peeves.

Nothing says with trimming you cant drive in the rain or snow...

drew303

Trimming can come out looking horrible. Pictures never ever, ever give anyones trimming job justice. Done right can look fine but usually meh.. ya botch it up.

If you don't care about your body/rig/ whatever then... whatever. But we all have our own ideas about how we like our rigs to look.

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934rnr

I would stop worrying about what others say and run them.
I am glad honestly I choose them and didn't wimp out for 33's. They net more ground clearance anyways.
33's 34's 35's all can be bad for your steering it depends how you wheel.
If you wheel like a dumb ass (ie fast and beat on your truck like you think u have a SFA under it or like a long travel IFS total chaos system) and don't have common sense yeah you'll break something duh.....
Either that or run 34x10.50 LTB's those actually are the perfect size for a stock truck and a little trimming.

The only setback I don't like is the gas mileage. However with re-gearing it can be adjusted.

My 4 runner on 35's with just a 2" BL.

saitotiktmdog

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116/ifs-35-s-156073/

Its been discussed already. I suggest you look at this thread or have an administrator merg these threads.

trbizwiz

I don't mean to go all pirate on you, but seriously. IF you don't need the bigger tires for wheeling, then you must have too tall a lift on there. I read a genius statement on here. "lift as much as you need but as little as possible". IF you want bigger tires because your look small, lower your truck a little. IF you need bigger tires because yours don't do for your type of tires, do what ever it takes to make the bigger tires work.

Yes 35's will work fine for a mall crawler with IFS, they will even work fine for wheeling, you may break something, but who doesn't. If you break enough, you can do the axle swap.

All that being said, I'll take your 33's and your 4.88's. You will want 5.29's with the big uns.

Nickels

My 33s are bald, lol.

Lysmachia, my truck has a locked rear.
I was thinking of 35s, to get a little more ground clearance, and also for the truck to look a little bigger (im short, so i gotta make up for it somehow, lol). I would like to do a SAS but i just dont have the funds right now.

Lysmachia

Look I never insinutated it would blow up. It WILL work. However be nice to that tranny (esp on older trucks) because as someone who has replaced 2 trannes (with ~tc~) we know that 35's with not enough gearing can take out a transmission after awhile. It might not ever happen to you. Then again it might. I'm just sayin' (It's one of those prevention things)


I understand that. And 35's will make it look a little bigger. And since your 33's are bald well then go for it. But don't forget to regear at some point if you can. (When ready to add that front locker is ideal ) Also The cutting required is less if you get thinner (pizza cutter) tires.

Just my 2 cents

trbizwiz

and i'll take those 4.88's when you regear

Lysmachia

Well hell! There ya go! Can't ask for a better situation to re-gear

Nickels

lol.
It already has aftermarket lockers up front. I didnt put the gears/lockers in it. So im not sure what brand they are or anything. My friend who owned my truck before me got it when he was 15, and owned it for 6 years. Sold it to someone, then a month later i put my turbod talon up for sale after i lost my license, and traded him the truck. At first i was weary about the trade, for i also had a 4x4 S10 that i beat the out of (went through 2 front diffs). Anyway, im kinda bored and decided to share my how i got my first yota story. btw, ive had this yota for 2 years now, and still love it! usually i get bored with vehicles after 6 months.