Post your 2014+ wheel/tire set-up

[jimmyboy8301]

i have a 3" motofab kit with 2" bora wheel spacers and 34" toyo open country's, on my 2015 elevation edition. been 7500 ish miles on all of it and my driver side ball joint has a ton of play !!!! anyone run into this yet ? also any opinions on a budget friendly upper control arm to fix the ball joint angle ???

 

 

uh yea, because your angles are terrible due to stretching the suspension beyond its limit. Shouldn't level past 2.5" MAX

 

 

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[djxn40]

i have a 3" motofab kit with 2" bora wheel spacers and 34" toyo open country's, on my 2015 elevation edition. been 7500 ish miles on all of it and my driver side ball joint has a ton of play !!!! anyone run into this yet ? also any opinions on a budget friendly upper control arm to fix the ball joint angle ???

 

 

The ball joint play is due to the wheel spacers not the level. Wheel spacers put an incredible amount of strain on your front end

 

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[tjn54321]

2015 Midnight Edition

18" XD 822 Monster 2 (10" wide, -24 offset)

295/65/18 Goodyear Duratracs (switching to 325/65/18 Duratracs next week)

 

 

 

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[Abearclaw]

i have a 3" motofab kit with 2" bora wheel spacers and 34" toyo open country's, on my 2015 elevation edition. been 7500 ish miles on all of it and my driver side ball joint has a ton of play !!!! anyone run into this yet ? also any opinions on a budget friendly upper control arm to fix the ball joint angle ???

 

 

Dude that looks awful, you need to find the undo button before you're looking at a front end with all kinds of problems

 

 

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[jimmyboy8301]

The ball joint play is due to the wheel spacers not the level. Wheel spacers put an incredible amount of strain on your front end

 

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the stretched level will most definitely affect the ballpoints as well as TREs and CVs.

 

 

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[siguy76]

the stretched level will most definitely affect the ballpoints as well as TREs and CVs.

 

 

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what about getting a set of these? to at least correct the ball joint angle . im not taking the leveling kit out due to my tires.

 

[tyrich88]

So I have searched and searched and can't seem to find anything. But is anyone running 325/60/18s on a leveled truck?
Looking at some 0 offset wheels and wanted to go with 325s but not sure if they'll fit.

[abominable z71]

i have a 3" motofab kit with 2" bora wheel spacers and 34" toyo open country's, on my 2015 elevation edition. been 7500 ish miles on all of it and my driver side ball joint has a ton of play !!!! anyone run into this yet ? also any opinions on a budget friendly upper control arm to fix the ball joint angle ???

 

 

You need some upper control arms and a drop kit for your front diff if you want to continue running your suspension like that. i have a 3 inch level on mine with Cognito upper control arms and 1" drop for the front diff. The factory ball joint cant handle the angle as well as the increased moment created by heavier tires and the additional off set from the wheel spacers. i went with Cognito because they offer a heavy duty ball joint and are designed for 2" of additional droop. The zone arms in that picture I believe are for an HD and will not fit your truck. To my knowledge Zone does not build an arm for the K2XX 1500's. your options are ready lift, cognito, fab-tech, rough country, superlift, mcguaghys. Most companys want to sell you a 3" to 4" kit with the arms included. If you look in my gallery there's a pic of the cognito installed. Great quality, with a moog ball joint that's greasable and bolts to the control arm making it easily replaceable as well. A little spendy but worth the money. i would stay away from the cheaper stuff from Rough country and Superlift but thats my 2 cents. Also if you look at arms with uni-balls, they are stronger and allow more misalignment but require more maintenance and really were designed for race applications where the front end is torn apart and serviced regularly. i have 25000 miles on the Cognitos with no issues.

[buckeye6]

Just received my new setup this weekend and I really like it. Shoutout to Custom Automotive for a great deal and a couple other members on here with very similar setups. 33x12.50x20 Toyo R/T with 20x9 Hostile Sprocket Asphalt with +10 offset. No trimming but I did have the carpet zip-tied back from a previous setup.

 

 

Edited October 10, 2016 by buckeye6

[abominable z71]

So I have searched and searched and can't seem to find anything. But is anyone running 325/60/18s on a leveled truck?

Looking at some 0 offset wheels and wanted to go with 325s but not sure if they'll fit.

I have seen 325 65 18 KO2's (35x13) on a truck in a parking lot, Factory wheels with a level. Factory wheels are also a +27. I never saw the owner to ask about rubbing issues or if he had to make any mods to the fenders. On a side note I've posted this a few time but from my own experience 285 65 18 with 2.5" level and -6 BS clears with no mods. -12 BS rubs in reverse at full lock but can be cleared by Zip tying the wheel well liner back. That being said, If you crunch the numbers... A 325 60 18 is 12.8" wide 33.35" tall and a 285 65 18 is 11.5" wide and 32.6" tall. With 0 BS a 325 sticks out 6.4" from the hub face while a 285 with -12 BS sticks out 6.1". So the 325 on a +0 BS plus the additional 3/8" from the bigger diameter will certainly rub whether it's just the liner or it gets into the fender I couldn't tell you. The other things that play a role are tire manufacture and rim width. When the manufacture specifies a section width like 13" you typically see an approved rim width range like 9-(10)-12 the number in paranthesis is the width they used when making the measurements using a narrower rim will result in a narrower section measurement so the 325 might measure 13" on a 10" wide wheel but only 12.5" on a 9 inch, it may seem small but could be the difference between a slight rub and hitting the sheet metal. Offset is always the biggest factor in whether a wheel and tire combo will clear. One other thing to note is a lot of positive offset with really wide tires you start to run into rubbing on suspension parts namely the sway bar. I've heard of this happening with 305's on factory wheels.

[jimmyboy8301]

 

what about getting a set of these? to at least correct the ball joint angle . im not taking the leveling kit out due to my tires.

 

still going to tear up your CV, TRE, and lower BJ which in a catastrophic failure could result in loosing a tire while doing 65 on the highway. By all means though keep the 3" leveling spacer.

 

 

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[Abearclaw]

Just received my new setup this weekend and I really like it. Shoutout to Custom Automotive for a great deal and a couple other members on here with very similar setups. 33x12.50x20 Toyo R/T with 20x9 Hostile Sprocket Asphalt with +10 offset. No trimming but I did have the carpet zip-tied back from a previous setup.

 

 

Awesome man!!! I love those wheels and obviously love the tires too I'm running 35" RT's. Great looking set up. One of the best wheel and tire combos I've seen for sure

 

 

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[Abearclaw]

 

what about getting a set of these? to at least correct the ball joint angle . im not taking the leveling kit out due to my tires.

 

You're gonna need more than that... at the very least UCA's and diff drop. Basically you need a new lift long story short. You'll have paid for one by the time you correct this one

 

 

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[crafferty]

Dude that looks awful, you need to find the undo button before you're looking at a front end with all kinds of problems

 

 

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This is almost as bad as the guy who bought a brand new K2XX in 2014 and combined two leveling kits (bottom spacer and strut spacer).

 

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[Abearclaw]

This is almost as bad as the guy who bought a brand new K2XX in 2014 and combined two leveling kits (bottom spacer and strut spacer).

 

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yeah I saw that lol. Craziness man I tell ya

 

 

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