Will 35's fit with a 2' lift?

[Ben81C]

I was just watching one of the 4wdtv vids on here and saw a segment where they were fitting 35's to a GU and said with lift you can but need either a radius arm spacer kit or longer radius arms themselves to stop scrubbing and breaking guards, They did not however say how big the lift needs to be to start with? I run 33 MTZ's now and under big flex (for standard hight) it already scrubs. My question is, is a 2" lift enough with the Radius arms/ spacer kit enough to accomidate the 35's?????
Thanks Patroler's

[Winnie]

Probably not. My brother in law has a 3" lift in his GQ and 35s were scrubbing a little bit. Could be different on a GU but I think it's pretty similar.

[MudRunnerTD]

GU Wheel arches are Massive and Much bigger than a GQ. I run 35s with a 3" lift on my GUIV with no trouble at all. I have removed the front mudflaps but had to do that for the 33s and no lift. went to 35s and a 3" lift with Drop boxes instead of just spacers (same position though) and have only scraped once on a big hit

All good

[Ben81C]

So 3" lift required to run 35's??

[taslucas]

Theres also body lifts and coil spacers to put into the equation.

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[patrol2.8]

heres mine with 2inch lift and 35s i had no problems running these tyres on my gu

[Ben81C]

So it can be done, no probs with scrubbing then? Did you just have 2" springs and shocks or coil spacers/ body blocks as well. I am put of by the price of a complete 3" kit and want to do it properly, thats why the questions about 2" lift. This way i can get a really good quality set up. I just seam to find deep ruts and i think 35's would get me through a lot of them.
Thanks, as they say a pic says a thousand words.

[patrol2.8]

Ben81c my car runs an ome suspension with remote nitro charger cylinders giving it a total of a 2'' lift has no spacers or body blocks etc i ran these 35s for a couple of years without scrubbing or any other problem thereason i dont have 35s now is my car is a 2.8 and at the time i didnt have some of the mods i have now and the tyres just really didnt suit it so i went down to 33s which suit me better now anyway as im doing more touring than going out for a days 4wding in the bush ive put up some more pics i found when i firs tput them on and wanted to see how they would go

[megatexture]

ill be puttin on some 35s on the weekend from a mates gu ill get some pics and see where it scrubs if any and let u know.
i have a 2" lift with no radius arm spacers .

[snowy]

im running a tyre equal to a 34 with a 2 inch lift with no spacers and it does not appear to go anywhere near rubbing so id imagine a 35 should clear. Especially on a gu

[Ben81C]

2" it is, that's gold. I was hoping they would. Thanks all.

[Woof]

I ran 33" with my 2" Old Man Emu lift on the 2007 GU and they rubbed.

[hekarewe]

just went and brought 285 75 16 for my gu with a ome 2 inch lift have not put them on the car yet but would be intested if anyone else has this size on the same on that lift if they have had any issues with scrubbing

[taslucas]

just went and brought 285 75 16 for my gu with a ome 2 inch lift have not put them on the car yet but would be intested if anyone else has this size on the same on that lift if they have had any issues with scrubbing

285's are equivalent to 33inch. You shouldn't have any dramas at all. A mate has a GU with 2 inch lift and 33s no problem:-)

tappn it

[hekarewe]

285's are equivalent to 33inch. You shouldn't have any dramas at all. A mate has a GU with 2 inch lift and 33s no problem:-)

tappn it

fantabulous!!!!!! although i have found one minor prob with mounting spare,,,,,, tyre touches the rear windscreen wiper shaft hopefuly wont interferre with it.

[taslucas]

You might be able to put spacers on the studs of the spare tyre carrier and still have enough thread to mount the tyre. Or you can take of the wheel carrier and put a spacer between it and the door panel:)

tappn it

[Ben-e-boy]

2" it is, that's gold. I was hoping they would. Thanks all.

. My 35's sometimes scrub on a 4 inch lift with drop radius arms.
I think it will scrub on the rear at full compression.

[hekarewe]

mounted up the tyres and so far so good no rubbing lock to lock off road will tell,,, as for the spare i will invest in a spacer to go between the carrier and the door that way when i wear this suspension set and move up to a 4 inch lift i can then mount my 35 inch tyres LOL

[FullFlxd]

Im running 33's on the troll and on full flex they are scrubbing the under side of the guard but miss mudflaps. Theres about 5mm between tyre and lip.

No way I could run 35's without lift

[megatexture]

put some 35"s on today and they rub slightly but no more then my 33s on road but on full flex they rub on the fuel filler guard on rear right side and on front mudflaps.

i think with radius arm spacers the front won't rub and the rear guard can be reshaped with a lil heat as its only plastic so all in all ill be gettin some 35s for sure!
it wasnt even on full lock that they rubed but on 3/4

u can see the 31s vs 35s in 2nd pic

[Ben81C]

I gave the GU a really good clean today and found a heap of rubbing top of rear guards, inside. I have no lift now with 33's and its rubbed back to shinny bare metal both sides rear, so if im doing same tracks with 2" lift i recon 35's will be too much, in my head it doesn't add up that they wouldn't scrub. I think i will stick to 33's and lift.

[megatexture]

could look at extending bumpstops to limit it and stop rubbing up there ?

[Ben81C]

I will look into that, i was thinking my rear springs/ shocks might just be on there way out. Although they have only scrubbed twice i have noticed, both times going up steep rocky sections with a step involved, and a small drop into another little ledge. Not big steps by any stretch of the imagination but with a bit of berries to get up the section was probably going to happen with no lift. I am just going to assume i "need" a lift kit and hurry up and get that done. Maybe a tax time present for me from me! I am sweet to me.
Thanks all

[blackhooded]

remember 33" to 35" is 1"of lift on the tyres not 2" to stop scrubbing you might need to get bigger bump stop

[MudRunnerTD]

Think about changing the offset on the wheels to limit that inner guard scrub. Not really that big a deal though?? The inner guard is smooth and so is the tyre so your not going to chew anything up scrubbing there mate.

The scrubbing you want to avoid is the tyre hitting the back of the quarter panel ie the outer edge of the guard and stripping the guard or the tread and slicing it to bits. The back edge of the front guards can take a big hit too but it is the outer edge your worried about mate. Check out the bottom edge of the body just above the chassis rail in the inner though, you need to bend it in slightly or it will slice the inside edge of the tyre and make a right mess. The rest is nothing mate.

Scrubbing the inner is a fact of life mate. my GQ running 35s on a 5" lift scrubs the inners. It is setup perfectly with great flex, the only way i could stop this now is drop the bump stops?? or change the offset. currently +zero. If i went to a Neg 22 or bigger i would struggle to scrub the inner.

My front tyres scrub on the top edge of the spring towers on full flex even with Drop boxes and the back of the front guard in the wheel arch cut away.. Remember your going pretty slow at full flex mate...

[Ben81C]

I will have a more detailed look in the morning paying more attention to the outside of the guards. (inner outside that is) But those are reassuring words. Thanks MudRunnerTD

[Campatrol]

I have the same problem as you mate I run a 2inch ome and 33 in tyres.. Even with mudflaps off it scrubs on full lock on flat ground.. My ome kit is only 12 months old and I think it's sagged..had to put coil spacers in the front just to get some more lift back!good shocks but rubbish coils!

[nowoolies]

I was just watching one of the 4wdtv vids on here and saw a segment where they were fitting 35's to a GU and said with lift you can but need either a radius arm spacer kit or longer radius arms themselves to stop scrubbing and breaking guards, They did not however say how big the lift needs to be to start with? I run 33 MTZ's now and under big flex (for standard hight) it already scrubs. My question is, is a 2" lift enough with the Radius arms/ spacer kit enough to accomidate the 35's?????
Thanks Patroler's

fits a piece of cake mine run just fine

[MudRunnerTD]

I have the same problem as you mate I run a 2inch ome and 33 in tyres.. Even with mudflaps off it scrubs on full lock on flat ground.. My ome kit is only 12 months old and I think it's sagged..had to put coil spacers in the front just to get some more lift back!good shocks but rubbish coils!

Hi Mate welcome to the forum. Head over the the Introductions an post up an intro, we like folks to say g'day.

to your post.. Old Man Emu are World Class mate. Probably the BEST coils you can buy over the counter in Australia if not around the World. you will be very hard pressed to better them for quality. Short of going high end custom loops you bought the best.

If your coils have sagged then take the car back to the dealer that fitted them and ask for an assessment. It is a 2" lift but you should expect, regardless of the brand of coil some relaxing of the height in the first 12 months.

If you have issues with your tyres scrubbing on flat ground on full lock is has NOTHING to do with your coils mate. You could have a 10" lift and you would get the same result. Your front diff has a steering lock screw on the back side of the Swivel hub that limits the steering lock. this should be in position and adjusted depending on your tyre size. does it happen on full lock in both directions? You might be missing one of the screws. Nothing to do with your Old Man Emu mate. Check the screws, they look like the screws on the back scraper of the swivel hub but they have a double nut and lock in set positions. Really easy to loose though. ;)

I bet your scrubbing on your radius arms??

[MudRunnerTD]

I was just watching one of the 4wdtv vids on here and saw a segment where they were fitting 35's to a GU and said with lift you can but need either a radius arm spacer kit or longer radius arms themselves to stop scrubbing and breaking guards, They did not however say how big the lift needs to be to start with? I run 33 MTZ's now and under big flex (for standard hight) it already scrubs. My question is, is a 2" lift enough with the Radius arms/ spacer kit enough to accomidate the 35's?????
Thanks Patroler's

Hey Ben my response above was to your post regarding the rear inner guard scrub. i had not really read your original post mate until Woolies pasted it. If you have scrubbing at the back of the front guards then radius spacers will help allot. I ran 35s and a 2" lift on the GQ for a long time, they scrubbed occasionally when hitting stuff hard, when i bought new rubber i noticed that they scrubbed a fair bit more without the spacers but there was allot of rubber on a new 35. Even with 35mm spring spacers i scrubbed, fit the radius arm spacers and that will make a fair difference. Remove the mud flaps too.

[Ben81C]

I just had a better look at my rear tires and they have been damaged on the outside of the tread (the outside of the flat that contacts the ground) and looked at the inside of the 1/4 pannel and noticed a small section of plastic (maybe 10cm long has been ripped of and there is definitely paint scrubbed of from directly above the outer edge of the guard. Is this what you were talking about MudRunnerTD? Is this the section you recommend i bend up? If so how do i go about it, just bash away or is there softly softly approach required, my GU is pretty much undamaged so i don't want to f@*k up my panels. This has taken chunks out of both rear treads so i really want it sorted. Thanks heaps as usual. (not by hand anyway?) There is no evidence of any scrubbing up front only in the rear.
Ben

[MudRunnerTD]

Hmmmm? Have you got a pic you can post up Ben?

[Ben81C]

All sorted with my rear inner guards, actually it was the inside of the 1/4 panel, with the help of a mate i took the plastic guards of and just folded the sharp edge up out of the way, a small amount of paint chipped of so we hit it with underbody tar, let it set and replaced the plastic trim. Thanks for the advice i hadnt noticed this was what was damaging my tires until you mentioned possible damage to tires. That should sort it out under flex and when i get the lift she will be right for sure.

[Chappa]

I gave the GU a really good clean today and found a heap of rubbing top of rear guards, inside. I have no lift now with 33's and its rubbed back to shinny bare metal both sides rear, so if im doing same tracks with 2" lift i recon 35's will be too much, in my head it doesn't add up that they wouldn't scrub. I think i will stick to 33's and lift.
I agree with this i have a gu with a 4" lift and 33"s and they scrub in the upper inner corner of the guards slight change in offset will see them just clear i dont see how you could get 35" with a 2" lift to clear and keep good flex.

[brucemacca]

Thanks to all of above, Patrol 2.8 how did the 2.8 go with the 35s fitted?

[brucemacca]

Thanks to all of above, Patrol 2.8 how did the 2.8 go with the 35s fitted?
Just read rest of thread, don't worry I do not want more than 2" lift, so it is 33s max.
Cheers
Bruce

[Impulse]

heres mine with 2inch lift and 35s i had no problems running these tyres on my gu

Hey mate what offset are u running so ur flush in stock guards

[rusty_nail]

Hey mate what offset are u running so ur flush in stock guardsI think he's long gone mate, that post it from 8 years ago [emoji1787][emoji1787]

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