Installed a lift on the wife's truck.

**3TV** · #1 (**permalink**) 08-16-2009, 06:38 PM

Here is a before and after picture of the truck my wife has been driving for the last two years. The warranty is essentially up, so we put a Rancho 4" lift and a set of 33" tires on the truck. It works great, and makes you feel like you just got a brand new truck.

Here is what we started with.

The install wasn't too bad, well except for one CV boot that needed replaced.

And here is what we ended up with.

3TV

**GRIZZLYWIZARD** · #2 (**permalink**) 08-16-2009, 06:49 PM

Lookin' good 3TV!

MonsterGrizzly · #3 (**permalink**) 08-16-2009, 07:04 PM

thats pree cool, but imma ford man, and are those all your tires on that shelf

lol

**BATTLEGUN** · #4 (**permalink**) 08-17-2009, 06:29 AM

Once again, impressive 3TV. I wish my wife had your wife's sense of adventure. Boy, I hope my wife don't read that post!

Oh, Monster, yeah, that 3TV''s collection of tires. He's pretty much got any riding condition covered. lol

**GRIZZLYWIZARD** · #5 (**permalink**) 08-17-2009, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by BATTLEGUN

Once again, impressive 3TV. I wish my wife had your wife's sense of adventure. Boy, I hope my wife don't read that post!

Oh, Monster, yeah, that 3TV''s collection of tires. He's pretty much got any riding condition covered. lol

Yeah, and his own tire changing machine as well.

Mack450 · #6 (**permalink**) 08-17-2009, 10:41 AM

Hey 3TV, What tires did you put on that? They look kinda like Wrangler MTR with Kevlar.

**3TV** · #7 (**permalink**) 08-17-2009, 10:53 AM

They are Wrangler MTR with kevlar. A few weeks back I was out four wheeling with a friend of mine, who is the editor of 4-Wheel Drive & Sport Utility Magazine. We were in the Jeep and were having a hard time getting up a near vertical rock ledge because I couldn't keep the Jeep's front end on the ground. My friend told me I needed a lighter spare tire, because all that weight on the rear of the Jeep was contributing to the wheelie problem. I have 37x13.50R-17 Toyo Open Country MT tires on the Jeep, and if I switched from one of those tires as my spare tire, to a 35x12.50R-17 Goodyear MTR with Kevlar, it would weigh 70 lbs less. I decided to take his advise, and switched spare tires. The difference in weight on the back of the Jeep was remarkable, and I could tell a difference even in just around town driving, by not having so much weight so high up and so far away from the center of mass of the Jeep. That was my first experience with the new light weight Goodyears, and I decided to try them on my wife's truck. It only has a 5 cylinder engine, so doesn't have an over abundance of power, but I'm happy with the tires so far. They don't seem to kill the power like I was afraid bigger tires would. And they seem to grip well offroad as well.

Oh, and I don't have the tire changer any more. I bought it for $600, so when someone offered to buy it from me for $1600, I sold it.

3TV

Mack450 · #8 (**permalink**) 08-17-2009, 11:07 AM

Very cool. I am considering putting on 33x12.5x15s on my Xterra in the MTR with Kevlar. Or maybe Wrangler Duratracs...IDK yet. Big difference in price LOL.

How are they on road? Nosey? Wobble?