[tekazgtr1984]

Agreed. Good thing you found that early and avoided any bullsh*t. Methinks it's definitely time for 33s Andrew!!

[01silvapathy]

Yuppers, I ordered the spacers, only 80 bucks shipped The plan so far is to just drive on the spare until I drive to my friends for thanksgiving, then install the spacers and get the tires mounted on my double tri stars. The sad part is that im gaining the same amount of lift just with the diff in tire size than what the actual lift gained me

[GoPathyGo]

Eh, I wouldn't worry about it. People get too hung up on the lift - it's practically as bad as the "size matters" issue. I've run 35s (35.3 SSRs and they felt bigger) on the Yota and the actual ground clearance and ride height difference over 33s wasn't that great. My own highly unscientific observation is that it's a matter of diminishing returns. Stock -> AC lift yields a noticeable change. Stock tires -> 32s yields a noticeable difference. 32->33 and 33-> 35 is a "meh". I'd have to go to 37s to really notice a difference and gain big clearance advantages over the 33s I have on now. I think folks on this board have demonstrated that you can do some pretty impressive things with moderate lifts. As they say,"It's how you use it..."

This post has been edited by GoPathyGo: 14 November 2009 - 12:11 PM

[OldSlowReliable]

Just to comment, my 3" BL over stock felt HUGE....3" SL after BL was meh (could feel it but not as much), and vs the apx 2-3" that I supposedly got from 33's, I could almost NOT feel that lift.....and now that i've driven on 33's for a bit, its hard to even imagine how low it was stock :S

[01silvapathy]

GoPathyGo, on 03 November 2009 - 05:50 PM, said:

I had to basically take out all the plastic stuff at the back. The problem I ran into was that flex dropped pretty dramatically. As the pic shows, the 33s fill out the wheel wells so much that you lose some maneuverability.

Of course, Alex probably has some superultrawonder thing going on that mere mortals couldn't understand.

Well, here is the issue with your setup- you had a rediculous amount of offset on your wheels, like 3.2 or whatever, By using the stock wheels, they can tuck in the back, and up front, the backspace will be about the same as your wheels were with the spacer. But the front doesnt flex anyways so there is no problem there.

This post has been edited by 01silvapathy: 15 November 2009 - 10:55 PM

[GoPathyGo]

But wouldn't a 1.5" spacer get you close to the same backspacing as a 3.2" backspace wheel ?

[01silvapathy]

GoPathyGo, on 16 November 2009 - 06:19 AM, said:

But wouldn't a 1.5" spacer get you close to the same backspacing as a 3.2" backspace wheel ?

Not in the rear, the rear wheels will have the stock bs and since the rear flexes more it can tuck more easily vs a higher offset wheel. There is no need for an offsset wheel in the back. Up front is where the issue is, with the struts and yes up front will be about the same as the offset wheels, but that doesnt matter much because the front doesnt flex for sh!t

[GoPathyGo]

Yeah, but the front is where I was having rub problems. The rear was never an issue.

Not sure I agree the front doesn't "flex for @!*%". (That sounds like AlexRex garbage. Are you channeling him now ? ) There is a fair amount of vertical "flex"/movement. The more plastic trim, the greater the rubbing up front. Yes, the lateral flex isn't as great as a solid axle, but what is ? Besides, unless everyone else here has been wheeling backwards, there's gotta be enough for it to work.

[Nickj]

33's on a Pathy!! Wahhhh! I had trouble enough getting 31 x 10.5 Bighorns on mine.
I ended up using 90's Pajero alloys with 120mm backspace in 15" as I had already got the tyres. BUT
I also had to change wheel nuts as the Pajero and Pathy Mag wheel nuts were not only different thread (M12 1.25 for Pathy and M12 1.5 for Pajero) they were also slightly different diameter holes in the wheels and the Pathy nuts were a little loose.
I am happy with them, after a serious weekend away, I didn't hear them scrape at all.
I like to keep the flares and inner guard plastic stuff stock.

The finished product


Nick

[01silvapathy]

Yeah well, I ordered the 1.5 in wheel spacers last week and I should have them by the time I leave on tuesday for the Thanksgiving Holiday. If that does happen then on wends of next week the 33's should be on. The spacers I ordered are for a toyota, but have the same bolt pattern, and center bore big enough to clear the manual hubs all while using the stock wheels. Yeah im going to have to take off the front flares, and fold the bottom of the fenders in a bit, but hey its worth it to me. Pics of what was done will be up shortly after its done, depending on wether or not I can get internet at my grandma's place LOL.