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Old Oct 15, 2013 | 12:31 PM
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I recently leveled my 2005 KR and I plan on ordering 35s in the next couple months. I'm curious if they will rub on my stock 18s? Some people say they rub ball joints and upper arm and some people say they don't. Any advice would be great. I don't mind trimming inner fender at all just curious about the ball joints and upper control arms. Thanks in advance
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Old Oct 15, 2013 | 02:47 PM
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I literally just had these mounted. Not quite 35's but damn close.

Nitto Trail Grappler MT 205-780 - 295/70r18



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Old Oct 15, 2013 | 05:17 PM
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He's asking if they rub or not. However there is the metric version of 35's like the 295/70/18 which is 34.6" (for nitto grap) but only 11.7" wide. Those tires should not rub the UCA but if you were to get a 35"X12.50" tire on stock 18's then you most likely will rub the UCA especially if you go with a MT that has a lot of sidewall chunk/tread where maybe an A/T wouldn't.
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Old Oct 15, 2013 | 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by jbspillman
I literally just had these mounted. Not quite 35's but damn close. Nitto Trail Grappler MT 205-780 - 295/70r18
No issues?
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Old Oct 15, 2013 | 05:20 PM
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No issues?
I noticed on reverse today at low speed turns, it rubs plastic in the front. Which most likely I will just trim away.
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Old Oct 15, 2013 | 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by PNW EFFONEFIFTY
He's asking if they rub or not. However there is the metric version of 35's like the 295/70/18 which is 34.6" (for nitto grap) but only 11.7" wide. Those tires should not rub the UCA but if you were to get a 35"X12.50" tire on stock 18's then you most likely will rub the UCA especially if you go with a MT that has a lot of sidewall chunk/tread where maybe an A/T wouldn't.
Okay that helps a lot
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Old Oct 15, 2013 | 05:25 PM
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I just went through the rest of my nittos. 295/70r18 trails. They rub the lca's at full lock. Got $1950 worth of bfg mud's in the mail. 35x12.50x18 I'll let u know but I expect them to rub a lot more since they are like an inch wider but its whatever. These are on a levelled 05 fx4
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Old Oct 15, 2013 | 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by speedstreetz
I just went through the rest of my nittos. 295/70r18 trails. They rub the lca's at full lock. Got $1950 worth of bfg mud's in the mail. 35x12.50x18 I'll let u know but I expect them to rub a lot more since they are like an inch wider but its whatever. These are on a levelled 05 fx4
Looking forward to seeing what happens with 35s
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Old Oct 15, 2013 | 07:12 PM
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most 35/12.50's measure over 13 wide on a 9 inch wheel..
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Old Oct 15, 2013 | 08:12 PM
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connorcovington- just yesterday I mounted some 35x12.5x17 on stock rims. they are really close to the upper ball joint and hit the front of the upper control arm when turning sharp. im gonna order wheel spacers to eliminate this issue. I wish we knew this ahead of time. but it looks great and will look better with the spacers
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