Tire choices w/ 5" lift

[phr1$k37]

Oops my post got deleted hahha
Looks really good dude! Now take a shot at a lower angle with more boats or a big boat in the background and there is your brochure shot for your ride! Very nice! BTW what tires did you end up going with? I guess you dont visit any regular underground parking lots eh?

[T.Low]

I went with...hold on, I gotta grab a flashlight and run outside and double check my metric...ah, 255/70R16. A 30" tall tire. No under ground parking, but I did manage to hit some low branches trying to back into a spot by an S10 ZR2 for comparison sake.

[phr1$k37]

I went with...hold on, I gotta grab a flashlight and run outside and double check my metric...ah, 255/70R16. A 30" tall tire. No under ground parking, but I did manage to hit some low branches trying to back into a spot by an S10 ZR2 for comparison sake.

LOL - ah well dude it looks really nice - and *cough* where are the photos for the side by side comparison!?

[mdmead]

Last one.

nice rack.jpg

Looks real good!

[T.Low]

I went with...hold on, I gotta grab a flashlight and run outside and double check my metric...ah, 255/70R16. A 30" tall tire. No under ground parking, but I did manage to hit some low branches trying to back into a spot by an S10 ZR2 for comparison sake.

LOL - ah well dude it looks really nice - and *cough* where are the photos for the side by side comparison!?

Geez, sorry, I'm such a rookie at this! The last lift kit I installed was in 1982. 8" on my '78 F-250. Can you say " 40 inch Monster Mudders"?

I'll get the before and aft's.

[peter]

Well then on with it, T. Get it in gear already. Newbies aren't even supposed to be posting as much as you do. We...., no, I went to bat for ya to allow you to spread your AstroSafari wings. Don't lemme down know, k?

Truck looks great, by the way. Better than it should with stock rims.

[mdmead]

Truck looks great, by the way. Better than it should with stock rims.

Just goes to show you don't have to spend tens of thousands of dollars to make a good looking rig... huh Petey?!

[phr1$k37]

Truck looks great, by the way. Better than it should with stock rims.

Just goes to show you don't have to spend tens of thousands of dollars to make a good looking rig... huh Petey?!

Stock Rims FTW!

[LiftedAWDAstro]

When going to 4.10's, you will probably see a mpg increase. On my 98 AWD, I had 30x9.5R15's and 3.42 gears. I regularly got 12 mpg and 9-10 towing a 2 place snowmobile trailer. Best highway mileage was 15. Once I swapped 4.10's in, I got 15 mpg back and forth to work and easily could get 20 mpg on highway. I also got 14 towing the same snowmobile trailer. The gears worked well enough I would leave the snowplow on when we trailered the sleds. All these milages were with the speedo corrected for either tire size or gears.

[peter]

Truck looks great, by the way. Better than it should with stock rims.

Just goes to show you don't have to spend tens of thousands of dollars to make a good looking rig... huh Petey?!

Ahhh, shut yer piehole!

[WVKayaker]

Very nice pics.
Do as Dean suggests and get those 4:10 gears. My MPG sucks

[phr1$k37]

I hear yah. I have 3.73 and well today I see 1/4 of the tank gone to only 150kms ... and to think I STILL want larger tires ;p

[T.Low]

Side by side. stock and 4-5" lift. before and after (the before sure had nice lighting though). Left click to enlarge.

8.5" travel at the rear differential.

[Jinmajay]

I know this is old and forgot about but going to post anyway!

Rear carrier

[WVKayaker]

Side by side. stock and 4-5" lift. before and after (the before sure had nice lighting though). Left click to enlarge.

Before&After.jpg

8.5" travel at the rear differential.

Amazing what a lift will do for these vans.....awesome side by side...Thanks!