admiral95

Just drove down to the Gulf of Mexico from Dallas on them. Very low road noise, nice balance, so far can’t complain. Have done very well in sand. I did not get a lot of miles out of the stock Goodyears that came in the truck (about 20k before they started cupping). I’ve run (on Jeeps) Goodyear MTRs, Yokohama MTs, Mickey Thompson MTs, Interco SS and Nitto Trail Grapplers in the past. So far these, as popular as they are, seem to have the best of both worlds (road and play), and they are lower cost from Toyos which seem to be the only ones with a similar RT style. If they get 45k miles I’ll be happy!

True Tyler, any amount of lift will give stress. I was talking about the angle on the cv and balljoints that often you will see when people run those leveling kits (2-3”). From this thread it’s been proven the strut lift mitigates that problem, and in my case the 0.5” doesn’t exacerbate it. Does a 7” lift to fit 35’s come with a steering rack and wheel bearings?

Thought I’d add to the discussion since this post helped me out quite a bit. Yes the Ranchos suck, and the 5100s are night and day difference. 2017 GMC Sierra All Terrain X Package (Z71 w exhaust). Put 5100 Bilstein’s in the back - easy enough, came from the Jeep world, this was no problem. Used a local shop to install the front struts, set to the max setting with a 0.5” spacer to fit a wide tire. I was going for the most tire I could fit with the least amount of lift without using one of those level kits, and said a little prayer. 325/60/18 (33.4”x12.8”) on 18x10 w -24 offset. Yes I had to trim, metal and plastic, but I have no rub. Truck is aligned, no stress on balljoints or cv’s. Tires sit about 1.5” out from flare, which is not too obtrusive and give it a good stance. I’ll upgrade the UCA’s next. But more wanted to see if the above could be done! Appreciate the thread and posts (and arguments too)!