2 inch body lift may solve it
From the looks of it 1" spacer wont fix it, the point of contact os still very close. Its either raise the body more or start trimming that fender.
I did do some research into a 2in body lift, but I just don’t like the idea. For one, you have to find and buy all the materials yourself, then see if they work. I know that isn’t that bad, but what I am really concerned about is possibility putting too much tension on wires or components of the truck that are now split farther apart then they were ever designed too. Pretty sure if I did a 2in body lift I would have to fix/readjust/modify something, weather it be the steering wheel, gear shifter, engine lines, or just wires. What I really like about the daystar kit is that everything is already done for you. The kit tells you all the components that will be affected, which is only the fan shroud and gives you all the parts you need to bolt on. I will update my build thread soon with pics from my install.
A wheel spacer is only going to push the wheel further out and that edge of the tire will hit the fender hard from the looks of your pic.
Yes I am aware. I have 1.25in spacers now and they just barely clear with some rub as you can see from the pics.
It's not going to do any good. It makes contact now sitting still, what happens when your suspension cycles? If it's just a trail rig then cut the fender, trim and pinch seam back, otherwise without more lift those tires are simply too big.
Yeah that was going to be my next problem. To be honest I don’t have a lot of upwards travel with the IFS. Since I have rancho, part of the lift kit includes extended bumpstops which are already hitting the lower A-Arm so upwards travel is very limited. Also yes, my Alpha is just a trail rig that I some times driving to work when its not torn apart in my garage. I don’t mind doing some cutting, but I don’t want this thing to look getto. Also will be going with a SAS soon, so not even sure I will need that extra room.
I broke an outer CV crawling up a rock on 35's at idle last week.
38's are going to break axles/CV's up front if you look at them wrong.
Haha I am well aware that 38s with the IFS will suck. Already have a brand new pair of Cardones ready to go. I am also trying to find some rear axle shafts too. As of right now I don’t do any rock crawling since there are no where to go with a lot of rocks in Illinois. Check page 5 of my build thread and scroll down to “July Wheeling” to see the stuff I usually wheel in. Mostly slippery mud, dirt, easy hills, stuff like that. Hopefully will be doing a SAS soon.
Just curious what that wheel tire combo weighs per corner? I know those 38 MT's are around 92-95lbs just for the tire. If it was me I would just go straight to the sas, you will need the stronger diff with that setup unless you enjoy replacing cv's and differentials.
Each tire + wheel combo weights 127lbs. Yep I am seriously looking into what I need to do a SAS. Kind of want to do what Panzer07 did with his rig since it its pretty easy to start with. Thinking of keeping the rear GM 10 bolt, maybe trussing it like the Aussie Rig and then getting a D44 for the front or something similar. Reason why is because I want to keep the 6x5.5 since that’s what pattern my trail ready beadlocks which on the toyo tires. If you missed my post on my build thread I got a hyper good deal on 5 of these wheel/tire combo from craigslist. I knew when I bought these that they were going to be a challenge to fit, but I am up for it! I would absolutely love to do the type of stuff that Chris (06H3) did to his H3 with beefy 8 lug axles but to be honest that would be out of my budget right now and experience level.
