Tire and Wheel Question

[alexhperry]

I have a 1977 EB that is in the restoration/modifiction procress. I am interested in buying 18x9 DC-1 by Dick Cepek. The tire I would like to use is a 35" Mickey Thomson Baja ATZ Radial SLT.

The guy at Dick Cepek said I would need a 5" lift to accomodate the 35" tires. I feel like i have seen many early bronco's with 2.5" - 3" lifts with 35" tires. Note: I have put on a new fiberglass body with flares built in.

Anyone have any advice or excperiance with a similar situation?

 

[DonsBolt]

In most cases a 3.5 lift is all you need to run 35 inch tires
Some people have also made 35's with only a 2.5 inch lift, but that cutting it real close

I would go with a 3.5 inch lift, and if you need a little more down the road throw a 1 inch body lift in later on

If you get the SLT's don't go wider than 13.5
I would rather see you find some wheels/tires 12.5 wide, and they will fit in the wheel wells a lot better

The problem with most 18, and also 17 inch wheels most of them don't have the perfect backspacing for a Bronco. If you can find something with a max backspacing of 4 inches you should be fine, when they get to be around 4.5 to me thats tucked in to far

 

[cgbexec]

3.5" lift, cut with flares is perfect. 5.5 is too much lift in my opinion unless you were running un-flared/un-cut.
Mine is 3.5" suspension with a 1" body lift and I have a ton of space above the tires. My build thread is "Project Lethal White". You can see what it looks like.

I have 35X12.5 BFGs on 17x10 rims.

 

[68rockcrawler]

When I was building mine I was told 5-1/2" suspension and 3" body to run 37's which turned out to be way too much lift for 37's. I ended up running 35's w/ 3-1/2" suspension and 2" body lift w/ cutout flares. and it looks like I have a ton of room up in the wheelwells. I have yet to actually get mine on a trail but I believe that 3-1/2" lift w/ cutout fenders and flares would be enough.

 

[Scoop]

I have 35's with 3 1/2" SL plus 1" BL. Works well but I did have to trim the fenders a lot.

 

[GrillMaster]

take a look at my galery. Do you think I could fit 35's with current lift (think it's a 3.5 w/33" tires)

 

[HoosierDaddy]

take a look at my galery. Do you think I could fit 35's with current lift (think it's a 3.5 w/33" tires)

probably , but don't attempt to offroad it.;D

 

[br0nc0xrapt0r]

I have a 5.5 inch lift and 35's with fenders that are waaaaaayyy cut out, and I plan on tossing on 37's or 38's with no body lift, 3.5 is perfect for 35's plus it can be a bit of a pain to get in and out of my sky high rig

 

[Incognito]

35's

Pic is my 67 with a 3 1/2" lift with 33's. I wish I had gone with the 35's as it would have filled in the wheel wells better. This is a daily driver 90% street truck though. If I was offroading more I would need a little body lift with the 35's.

 

[ken75ranger]

probably , but don't attempt to offroad it.;D

Nail,head, HoosierDaddy hits it.

 

[22213evl]

5.5 lift, no body lift, 35s imagine some flares, I like to wheel it
I don't know if a 3.5 will let you wheel hard without at least 2" bl