TYre choice

Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Location: victoria

Hi Guys,
I have a tj with a 4" lift and am wanting some new tyres.
At the moment it has a set of mtr's with 4.11 diff gears.
I have a set of brand new 35x11.5x16 simex centipeded from my patrol but have been told if i fit them up I will break axles etc on the jeep.
Other tyres Im considering are the 33x12.5 swamper or a 33 " centipede, possibly a 33"claw.
If i go the 35" tyres how much more lift will i need to make these tyres fit. will a 1.25 boddy lift do the trick

Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:57 pm

Told by whom?

Joined: 03 Aug 2007 Location: cranbourne,vic

chuck the body lift in and run the 35inch pedes , if you break an axle replace it with stronger ones

Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Location: victoria

thanks guys,
so how much body lift do i need. will i get away with a 1.25" lift or do i need 2" on the body
on top of that will i need to replace my diff gears from 4.11 to something like 4.88 or 4.5
all advice appreciated

Joined: 09 Aug 2005 Location: at church watching porn

mate what a waste of time sell it buy a nissan no more breaking axels........

Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Location: victoria

what would you know frigga you .

Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Location: victoria

Even better idea knackers, .... get a disco!! LOL

Joined: 12 Dec 2002 Location: Scenic Rim (Boonah)

gqmad wrote:

thanks guys,
so how much body lift do i need. will i get away with a 1.25" lift or do i need 2" on the body
on top of that will i need to replace my diff gears from 4.11 to something like 4.88 or 4.5
all advice appreciated

I've just bought some 4.11's from wooders for my TJ to run my 31's a bit more comfortably. Some say that 4.56 is perfect for 33's.

Remember that aussie TJ's came with 3.07's so 4.11's are gonna be better but i've got 2 or 3 mates with 4.56's in theirs with 33's and love it but one mate has just gone up to 35's with his 4.56's and is happy to stay there for a while.

cheers

PS, nissans are boring, i used to own one *shudders* Smile

Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Location: victoria

cheers dude
So tellme about your mate that runs 35",
has he broken axles or anything else, i keep hearing fromeveryone to stay with 33" tyres

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:01 pm

My TJ's been running 35" muddies since 1999. and I often swap over to 36" TSLs for playing. (since about 2004).
During that time I have bent 1 rear stock axle and broken one front uni (which took out the shafts). I now have bent the front housing - but not enough to make it undrivable.
The only changes I have made are lockers and lower diff ratios - heck I still run stock shafts. But now there are a LOT of upgrades so it can be beefed if you want (I had new axles so didn't care).

Dunno if these pics help my case - but think it shows the abuse fairly well Wink

TTC06
NT2005
TTC05 - 1
TTC05 - 2
TTC05 - 3
ttc05 - 4
etc....seriously the little Dana30 is stronger than many people give it credit for Wink

Joined: 29 May 2007 Location: Rockhampton

frigga 40 wrote:

mate what a waste of time sell it buy a nissan no more breaking axels........

And spend the rest of your time replacing busted cv's....

Joined: 23 Aug 2004 Location: Mornington

i broke that many cv's with my old patrol i contemplated changing over my hubs to huge wing nuts so i could take it apart quicker. Laughing

no dramas so far in the heap, but only running 33's

Joined: 02 Jun 2005 Location: way out infront of bidders

YankeeDave wrote:

i broke that many cv's with my old patrol i contemplated changing over my hubs to huge wing nuts so i could take it apart quicker. Laughing

no dramas so far in the heap, but only running 33's

front limo and reversing up hills will do that yankee. Very Happy

Joined: 23 Aug 2004 Location: Mornington

[quote="gqpete"][quote="YankeeDave"]i broke that many cv's with my old patrol i contemplated changing over my hubs to huge wing nuts so i could take it apart quicker. Laughing

ahh yes what a rooster was that. Piss weak cv's in a GQ i tell ya. arb's for me from now on.

Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Location: victoria

i have decided to go with simex 35x10.5x15 centipeded
should pick them up this week some time should be good, i cant wait