Picture request: Let me see your 38's...

[rangerslim]

I need to see a ranger sitting on 38's without fender trimming and how much lift it took to get there.....Thanks.

 

[mhughes165]

This is the truck on 40" gumbos, ill be running 38.5 gumbos which measure out to be the same size as the 40's becuase of the amount of tread, when all is said and done itll have about 15" total of lift without cutting the fenders

 

[rangerslim]

looks real good...how are you getting 15" of lift??

 

[mhughes165]

looks real good...how are you getting 15" of lift??

its a eb d44 up front, so no drop bracketry to deal with

 

[Dishtowel]

mhughes165, what is your main diet of wheeling? What sort of wheel travel do you plan on/expect?

 

[mhughes165]

mhughes165, what is your main diet of wheeling? What sort of wheel travel do you plan on/expect?

the 38"s are considerable narrower, the main diet of wheelin for this truck will be as a trail runner and mud truck, i understand the need to cut the fenders for max flex in a rock style enviroment, and if i rub doing what i want todo with the truck then cutout flares it is, but i just dont do the kind of wheelin that i have to worry about full wheel travel

 

[1996ranger]

My 96 with 9" XJ coils and 3" BL on HP dana 44, the front has glass fenders but the rear is uncut to give you an idea.

 

[mhughes165]

waggy axles????, just askin, there 6 lug....

 

[1996ranger]

nope, it's a HP D44 out of a 79 F-250. Narrowed to waggy width, about 12 degree cut and turn and 6 lug chevy flat tops.

 

[mhughes165]

nope, it's a HP D44 out of a 79 F-250. Narrowed to waggy width, about 12 degree cut and turn and 6 lug chevy flat tops.

what about the rear??

 

[1996ranger]

The rear is an explorer 8.8 with super 88 and adapters to six lug

 

[Rolled Ranger]

The red one is mine. It is on 37's with 8" of lift. They rub quite a bit, a little trimming might fix it but I think 35's might fit a little better

 

[rangerslim]

^^that's what I wanted to see.....I'm going up 2 more inches which will give me a total of 9" and I was looking for the biggest tire size I can get...wishful thinking on my part to try and run either 38" tsl's or 38" hawgs....

 

[mhughes165]

^^that's what I wanted to see.....I'm going up 2 more inches which will give me a total of 9" and I was looking for the biggest tire size I can get...wishful thinking on my part to try and run either 38" tsl's or 38" hawgs....

38" hawgs will fit fine on the truck with 9" of lift, 38" hawgs ALWAYS measure small

however, his truck will not be a good comparison for yours, seeing as later years always had a MUCH larger opening for the tires in the fenders

 

[rangerslim]

yea I know, thats why I said that's what I wanted to see.....the older trucks almost always can handle 1 size larger tire...thanks.