Thread: fitting 35's

Personally I would not go anything taller than 33 inch tires.It just starts stressing driveline components,makes the gearing too tall for steep descents,puts more stress on the brakes and steering.I learned this years ago from personal experience with running over sized tires.Now I run nothing taller than 32 inch tires.
Cheers
Shane

Once you fit the flares the 35's will fit but as said you'll want to take it easy on the driveline, saying that nicho on the forum here has 35's on his D1 with stock diffs (HD axles though) and he had no problems at Jamieson 2 weekends ago. Those big airbags give a whole lot of traction when needed.

I have run the Tough Dog Suspension with a 40mm body lift with 35's on myy v8 Disco for over 5 years, better to upgrade the axels and CW&P while your putting some diff locks in !

Gearing is th biggest issue, the standard 3.55 ratios are just no good, 4.11 crown wheel and pinion sets make it fairly spot on !

All in all it works very well, just be aware that you can get away with all the drive line as it is pritty much is if you stay with 33" max, and when you add the cost of the rubber, rims, axels, lockers & CW&P sets to run 35's it will add up to more than you would pay for most D1 v8's !

BUT IT LOOKS GOOD

As fo the flares, just keep going with it, the flares seem to hide most stuffups

cheers for the help. yeah sounds good if the flares can hide my incompetance haha!!

as for the 35's, got some other work on it to do before i can do it, going to tassie over new years for about 3 weeks so definitely won't be doing it before then, gotta think about saving on fuel haha!

also, if anyone has actually done tassie, reccomendations for the car? or spots to see? also, which tyres should i be running, more muddy stuff there or would the all terrains be better for the sand? cheers

I'll be in Tassie at the same time, will try to do Balfour track this time on West Coast. Did a little bit around Mt. William national park and ST. Helens last time.

I'll be watching this thread for any other ideas for West Coast or North East Coast.

I won't be running 35's though....hopefully have new 235/85s by then.

Cheers,
Rez

cheers for your input on tassie mate, can't wait for the trip!!
regarding jezzaol's comment, im a bit new to this off roading stuff what does the diff ratio do. i have heard it changes speedos, but does it do anything to fuel consumption, or the way the car drives? is it a hard and expensive process?

Cheers guys

Originally Posted by ezrak33

cheers for your input on tassie mate, can't wait for the trip!!
regarding jezzaol's comment, im a bit new to this off roading stuff what does the diff ratio do. i have heard it changes speedos, but does it do anything to fuel consumption, or the way the car drives? is it a hard and expensive process?

Cheers guys

By matching the right ratio to your tyre size your speedo and gearing will be corrected back close to original, this will mean easier takeoffs and close to original fuel economy (or lack there of on a V8)- yes it is expensive once you go bigger than 33's to upgrade your driveline to cope with it. Cheapest option is to fit GQ/ LC80 f & r diffs which means some fabrication and wheel change .

LaonRangie your spot on ! I also found with the V8 that it just did not cruise right with the 3.55 ratios, struggled with hills and fuel economy as you said worse than the allready BAD !, 4.11's makes everything just feel right again !!

Cheers
Jeremy

Originally Posted by loanrangie

By matching the right ratio to your tyre size your speedo and gearing will be corrected back close to original, this will mean easier takeoffs and close to original fuel economy (or lack there of on a V8)- yes it is expensive once you go bigger than 33's to upgrade your driveline to cope with it. Cheapest option is to fit GQ/ LC80 f & r diffs which means some fabrication and wheel change .