2024 801a - Road to 37s

[MORaptor1]

Yea this is actually my worry. Prob would keep my OE wheels or closer to OE offset if I bump up.

Good things to ponder here.

If you are going to jump the truck….leave it alone. IMO. I don’t care if it’s “made for it”….thats extremely hard on the vehicle and shit might break that otherwise wouldn’t.

 

[taquitos]

Yea this is actually my worry. Prob would keep my OE wheels or closer to OE offset if I bump up.

Good things to ponder here.

The stock forged wheels are honestly pretty good. They are forged and can be converted to bead locks. That doesn’t leave much to want from a performance standpoint.

 

[taquitos]

If you are going to jump the truck….leave it alone. IMO. I don’t care if it’s “made for it”….thats extremely hard on the vehicle and shit might break that otherwise wouldn’t.

One thing I will say I like about 37s and jumping with how I’ve got my truck set up is there’s about 2” more clearance between the ground and the truck at full compression. These things do get stupidly low at bottom out. To the point that bent skids and LCA tabs aren’t terribly uncommon. That’s another thing, the stock skid will save the LCA tabs at least for one impact. High clearance skids leave them exposed.

 

[GU3R086]

If you are going to jump the truck….leave it alone. IMO. I don’t care if it’s “made for it”….thats extremely hard on the vehicle and shit might break that otherwise wouldn’t.

Transparently I prob won't jump a truck that I have been saving hard earned cash for, for a very long time. That said I do a ton of camping and off-roading and forsure it'll be at full flex and I don't want to be tearing things up. Cosmetically for 2" of tire its not worth it.

Ideal state is probably to leave bone stock and if the 37" KO2/KO3 fits, that's the boss move.

 

[GU3R086]

Well, after seeing a Baja raptor run video last week of a dude mobbing a 2024 35 package with 37 KO2 on, I pulled the trigger.

100% fine for on road driving. Hoping to get it on the dirt soon but expecting things to clear. Damn this looks right on 37s. It’s a shame it’s not sold this way on all trims.

 

[taquitos]

Well, after seeing a Baja raptor run video last week of a dude mobbing a 2024 35 package with 37 KO2 on, I pulled the trigger.

100% fine for on road driving. Hoping to get it on the dirt soon but expecting things to clear. Damn this looks right on 37s. It’s a shame it’s not sold this way on all trims.

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Yeah with stock offsets you definitely don’t need any lift to drive around on the street. Subjective aesthetics aside, stock offset is the way to go. I’m a big fan of the stock bead lock capable wheels. They are forged and can be converted to a true bead lock. Not much want over that in terms of specs.

The thing I see missed with clearance checks is they are all done just by jacking the wheel up, which doesn’t account for deflection of anything else. The body mounts in particular can move a fair bit. That’s why there’s a bit of rubber fairing between the trim below the grill and the bumper and you see it look like the bumper is bouncing around in some videos. It’s actually the body bouncing around. It’s hard to tell exactly how much the body moves around but based on the rub marks on that bit of rubber on my truck, there can be at least up to 0.5” or displacement. 90 something percent of off roading is going to be completely fine. You’ve really got to bottom pretty hard to get to the point of needing that extra inch of clearance that the stock 37 trucks have. But the OE option has to cover that possibility whereas an individual doing it after the fact doesn’t. That’s with stock offsets and 37 KO2s of course. True 37s or a wider stance and it doesn’t take nearly as hard of a bottom to rub. I know you’re in the mountain bike world too. It’s similar to how I’ve managed to use 57 mm of shock stroke on a 55 mm stroke shock. If I design a link that clears but barely with all the air let out of the shock in the parking lot it will inevitably have clearance problems when bottomed hard on the trail.

 

[Andrewalker7]

Well, after seeing a Baja raptor run video last week of a dude mobbing a 2024 35 package with 37 KO2 on, I pulled the trigger.

100% fine for on road driving. Hoping to get it on the dirt soon but expecting things to clear. Damn this looks right on 37s. It’s a shame it’s not sold this way on all trims.

Looks great! 37x12.5x17?

 

[GU3R086]

Looks great! 37x12.5x17?

Yep - exactly that in a ko2. So technically a little under those measurements as they aren’t true to size.

 

[Highwayman]

One thing I will say I like about 37s and jumping with how I’ve got my truck set up is there’s about 2” more clearance between the ground and the truck at full compression. These things do get stupidly low at bottom out. To the point that bent skids and LCA tabs aren’t terribly uncommon. That’s another thing, the stock skid will save the LCA tabs at least for one impact. High clearance skids leave them exposed.

Its 1" (maybe).... Going to a 37" from a 35" tire doesn't give you 2" of clearance trail to truck......

 

[taquitos]

It’s 1" (maybe).... Going to a 37" from a 35" tire doesn't give you 2" of clearance trail to truck......

I was referring to a setup that includes a handful of parts. 1” of clearance from the tires and an additional 1” from the parts.