Topic: what size tires should i get?

[Jakesteads]

picking up an 85 4runner this weekend.... this is my first yota and i have no idea how much lift this will give me i have seen some run 33's and some run 35's but i need some first hand accounts

i have some 63" chevys im gonna put in the rear and i plan on useing the rear leafs up front.....(unless someone proves this is a nono) anyone know how much lift i should get out of this or atleast what size tires..... i want to make sure this will work before i do it and just find out one is WAY bigger.....

any advice would be great.

[MiniSimp]

About enough to fit 36-37's with a 3" fender trim

[79coyotefrg]

ok, first things first  DONT  just  take the rear leaves  and  move them to the front,   your  ONLY supposed  to use the top two leaves,   i have  seen people  throw  RUF  andnot only  do they not  add  a  LONG  support leaf   but  the leave the dang  diving board  load leaf  in there 

also  IF  you do rears upfront  you MUST  change to Histeer, $399

i'm  not  crazy  about the 63  chevies  but  they work well for some

personally  i like a   2wd 80's chevy S10  or 2wd  F150 late 80's early 90's

the F150  if a extended cab  makes a very nice  spring by itself


but  even using the stock springs  and  mixing in some F150  leaves  as   long flexy  add a leaves   you can get 3-5 inches lift  and  clear 35's

[Jakesteads [OP]]

thanks for the reply i plan on first thing changing over to cross over steering ..... and was thinking of maybe just running some 4" marlins up front...... do they flex pretty well?

[MiniSimp]

 your  ONLY supposed  to use the top two leaves, 

I used the top 3 and the top 2 from another pack and cut them down to a 3" stagger.

[gtoyonrocks]

You know what works really well is to take a set of marlin or allpro springs and run the top two out of a set of rears in place of the top two you get from marlin or allpro. This also moves your front axle forward about two inches without screwing up you center pin location. It works great. That is what I'm running on my rock truck, I have no complaints. I took the rears off of an 82 4x truck.

[gtoyonrocks]

By doing this and mounting my front hanger 1.5" forward, I was able to clear 37's without any tubbing.

[79coyotefrg]

thats about  the same as  the top 2 on a f150 pack,  the  f150  is like 56 inches  and Marlins are 57    or  is it 57 and 56 

[DTB]

marlins are 56

[Hyena]

you should run 42's.

[gtoyonrocks]

To many broken parts, I wouldn't go any bigger than 37's unless you want to be rebuilding a diff every weekend.

[79coyotefrg]

To many broken parts, I wouldn't go any bigger than 37's unless you want to be rebuilding a diff every weekend.

amen brother