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AllenBosely

New Member

• May 22, 2016

• #1

How much lift is needed to run 36x10.50 tires on Series III 88? Will be using parabolic springs if that makes a difference.
Guessing about 4" of lift. But I don't think there are parabolic springs with that much lift. Will longer shackles work or would it be better to make taller spring & shackle mounts? it will be taken down to bare frame for rebuild, so modifying sprig & shackle hangers won't be an issue.

Cheers, Allen

 

Tumor

Active Member

• May 22, 2016

• #2

They are quite big tyres.
Dunno if it helps, but Defenders need a 3 inch lift for 35s.

 

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jailon

Active Member

• May 22, 2016

• #3

Put a pic on when it's done, would like to see this.....

 

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109inches

Well-Known Member

• May 22, 2016

• #4

Are the parabolics on yet? I ask because with my worn springs I achieved about a 4inch lift on the back and 1.5 inches on the front.

Military shackles will give an extra inch but need different axle geometry.

Is there a need for such large tyres? And will you be changing engines? Larger tyres have the effect of increasing overall gearing and require more braking to stop compared to the original size wheels.

 

mistericeman

Active Member

• May 22, 2016

• #5

yup big tyres will need a Tdi behind it to drag it along at anything like a decent pace ....AND if you don't correct the axle angles you'll be killing propshafts on a regular basis ...Also depending on how high there will be some scalloping of the chassis needed for clearance etc,AND steering lock is slightly less than terrible lol

Mate run's 1100s on his 109 but was a heap of work to make it drive anything like

 

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honolulujoe

Well-Known Member

• May 22, 2016

• #6

those big tyres do suit the truck though

 

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divie

Well-Known Member

• May 22, 2016

• #7

It poses the question. Why such silly big tyres ? series look good and work well on 750s

 

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Jam1

Well-Known Member

• May 22, 2016

• #8

divie said:

It poses the question. Why such silly big tyres ? series look good and work well on 750s

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Yeah but they look even better on 900s, taller but not fatter on a series

 

mistericeman

Active Member

• May 22, 2016

• #9

I do love the 900 bar slips on my FFR

 

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Jam1

Well-Known Member

• May 22, 2016

• #10

mistericeman said:

I do love the 900 bar slips on my FFR

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Yeah it was actually yours that sprang to mind
"Bar slips" lol

 

mistericeman

Active Member

• May 22, 2016

• #11

To be fair ...ive never found them terribly slippy (Nowhere near as bad as aged SAG/SAT's) but then I do tend to run fully loaded with camping gear and not drive like a Nob lol