Fitting 33" tyres Bible

I just put on a set of 285/75R16 bfg km2 muddies on some king +20 8" rims, I have a calmini 3" lift kit, no body lift and only had to take a hammer to the guards a little bit, have tested the flex at full lock and no scrubbing.

Will put up pictures when i have a chance.

Brett

Okay so a quick one please people, For those who have put on 33's how are you finding the ute handling/getting up to speed ect?

I love it so far as it seems to take less revs to get to speed, she seems to drive a whole lot smoother and what not, BUT how far out has it put your speedo? I seem to do 92km's on my speedo and i am almost flogging cars doing 100km/hr and after quite a bit of driving im pretty sure speedo is out by 10k/hr, Will test on GPS when i have a chance.

Is there a way to get the speedo adjusted to match the bigger tires? And will this affect how quickly/slowly the truck racks up km's on the dash due to bigger tires?

Thanks in advance

Brett

You'll have to get your speedo re calibrated to get an accurate speed. Putting the 33's on will be so close to the right speed anyway, maybe 1 or 2 kms/h over.

All i've done to fit 33x12.5x17 cooper st's is +20 offset 17x8 king wheels, 38mm lifting blocks in rear, tough dog 2 inch shocks all round, wound up torsion bars to about 8mm from top bump stop and trimmed a little front mud flap with a stanly knife. Only has a little scrubbing on mud flap.

Hi all,

I am looking at getting 33 for my 2011 D22. I have a 2" suspetion lift kit. Was just woundering, will i have to do a body lift as well be for fitting them????

You wont have to if you get the the right offset for the wheels. But you will get scrubbing on the inner guard near the mudflap area.
Remove the mudflap and a bit of work and its fine.

A bit confused every one is mentioning positive offset rims is that because they don't make negative off in the kings or sunnys, or is it cos they won't clear the caliper, neg would save a bit of massaging would it not?

Hey guys. Everyone has had to modify the front guards, but what about the rear end? One of the guys who fitted 33's recently needed to mod the rear as well. He doesnt have a body lift as of yet?

Also, for the guys who go offroad a fair bit, is going to the trouble of fitting 33's worth it over 32's?

With having to cut guards, loss of power and body lifts, is it still worth it? (Extra clearance would be nice)

Considering 33"s but really dont want a body lift being in Vic.

Cheers Pete

Just bite the bullet and chop the guards!!!! Still cheaper then doing a body lift

Peteyen86 said:

Hey guys. Everyone has had to modify the front guards, but what about the rear end? One of the guys who fitted 33's recently needed to mod the rear as well. He doesnt have a body lift as of yet?

Also, for the guys who go offroad a fair bit, is going to the trouble of fitting 33's worth it over 32's?

With having to cut guards, loss of power and body lifts, is it still worth it? (Extra clearance would be nice)

Considering 33"s but really dont want a body lift being in Vic.

Cheers Pete

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Depends on how much off roading you do and if your just touring or getting into the harder stuff. Having 33 's for over a year now, there is no way I'd get through some of the places I've been with 31 's. As long as you don't tow much 33's are the go.

calcal said:

Just bite the bullet and chop the guards!!!! Still cheaper then doing a body lift

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Might test fit some 33's and see what exactly id have to do.

tommy222220_0 said:

Depends on how much off roading you do and if your just touring or getting into the harder stuff. Having 33 's for over a year now, there is no way I'd get through some of the places I've been with 31 's. As long as you don't tow much 33's are the go.

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I do a fair bit. Having mates with Patrols i tend to try harder tracks as well. So any extra clearance would be nice. Don't tow very often either. Will be getting a lokka soon also.

My only concern with a body lift and not being able to engineer it would be having an accident and not getting covered.

I wonder what the smallest body lift would work with 33's, 30mm maybe? Someone would have to be looking closely to notice a 30mm lift.

just go 50mm bl.

it doesn't look that noticeable height wise. you would be looking at the body mounts to see if they're sitting on blocks which will be just as obvious be it 30mm or 50mm, you're not going to miss body blocks if you look at them, the front ones and the tray blocks are easy to spot.

I used zordos kit. The blocks are black and very hard to spot. As for the tray ones some black rubber glued in the wheel well covers them nicely.

If you do a bit of wheeling then the extra 50mm is quite handy. I've lifted bullbar, fuel tank, sliders and rear bar to match bodylift. Keeps things tucked up higher than the chassis.

Here's some old pics to show what I mean about extending the rubber splash covers


Rear


Front

Cheers guys,

We have used one of the local vic engineers before through work, so might get in touch with him and see if he would sign off on it. Can only ask. If i cant get it signed off on for a decent price i may just stick with 32's. See what happens. Will need new tyres at the end of the year, so got a little time to research and think about it. 33's would be nice though.

tommy222220_0 said:

I used zordos kit. The blocks are black and very hard to spot. As for the tray ones some black rubber glued in the wheel well covers them nicely.

If you do a bit of wheeling then the extra 50mm is quite handy. I've lifted bullbar, fuel tank, sliders and rear bar to match bodylift. Keeps things tucked up higher than the chassis.

Here's some old pics to show what I mean about extending the rubber splash covers

Rear

Front

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what size tyres you have in the photos are they 32's?

Cheers

T.Griff said:

what size tyres you have in the photos are they 32's?

Cheers

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265/70's (about 30.5 in the old money)

285/75/16 2 inch body 2 inch suspension. Mudflap removed no guard massaging. Running 16x7 king steel +30. Perfect

Hot!

Looks great mate.....1 very tidy unit

I've just fitted BF Goodrich A/T's 285/75/16 to 16 x 8 dynamic steel rims with +20 offset.
Tyre's only just fit inside the flares. I removed the mudflaps and there is still some minor scrubbing on the inner guard on full lock.

I am currently running a 2" Ironman suspension lift and a 2" body lift from Zordo.