35" tires with little to no lift

[75chevyk20]

So my goal on my '75 k20 is to fit 315/75r16 tires with little to no lift. I have heard you can do 33" tires with no lift so my idea is to get a set of bushwacker cut out fender flares, I might do an add a leaf in the front to level it out if I have to but I would rather just keep it stock suspension. Has anyone done this successfully? 


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[454Man]

Its possible with an 8 inch rim here's one with 36s
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[Irish_Alley]

why no lift

[81_Chevy]

Yeah, why no lift kit? its relatively inexpensive for our trucks, only about 350$ for front springs and rear blocks. Also if you go with the lift kit you dont have to worry about the tires hitting the fenders on a bump and crunching in the fender.

-Nic

[454Man]

Kinda like that stuffed look for the street... Offroad it wouldn't go

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[Irish_Alley]

my buddys blazer had only 4" with 38s. and curb or turn where the frame flexed it would rub. had to trim fenders to help, it didnt fix it but made it easier to deal with. not to mention the cost of a lift like said is not much more than one big good tire. you will cut your tires up if they rub

[75chevyk20]

I was trying to avoid lifting as much as possible for two reasons. First I like that look of big tires stuffed into lower trucks, but mainly because I use this truck to haul my camper all over oregon, multiple times every year and it has these old school crank type camper jacks. The camper jacks are already almost at the end of their stroke so if I lifted it very much I would have to carry around blocks to raise up the jacks so I can still get my camper on. I take my truck off road but don't really do anything extreme. Just enough to get to a camping or hunting spot away from everyone else. I was hoping for 35" tires just to give me some more ground clearance, I have hit the lip on the bottom of my 14 bolt rear end way to many times on trails. Would it be better to just settle with 33s and maybe shave off the bottom lip on the rear end? Just thought if I cut out the fenders and used big fender flares the 35s would fit no problem


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[Irish_Alley]

tire back spacing is the main problem once you past the fenders they tend to rub on the frame. but bigger tires will steal power away from your engine and you might have a harder time hauling. when you talk about putting 35s on your truck your only upping the tires size by 5" but you will only be gaining 2.5" in clearance. all that cutting for 2.5". if you want clearance trim the 14 bolt that gives you 2"

[chevyjoe_99]

I know its a little late to post on this thread, but I trimmed the fenders on my 1980 and fit 38x12.50 on 16.5's and rubbed very little.  I took a sawzall and cut as close to the mating point of the inner wheel well as possible and the took out the grinder and ground down a little of the mounting flange of the inner wheel well also. The stock springs had been re-arched 5-6 years before I bought the truck. The rear tires didn't rub at all. The fronts only rubbed after I removed the sway bar and really flexed it. I did some pretty serious offroading here in Colorado. Hope this helps.

[454Man]

That's a nice ride you have there! 38s ? Nice!

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