GEN 2 Considering 37’s or 38’s Eibach & Deavers or Icons

[Mbdurham]

[emoji106] yeah I got a lot of people saying don’t go KO2 but I have no complaints with mine and they are the lightest I found.


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[500mag]

So...this site is killing me lol. I originally had all intentions of keeping my OEM 19 beadlocks as I do like them a lot and suspension stock. Then after spending more time on here Eibach and leafs started coming into the picture as tempting. Then saw a pic of a raptor a few days ago on Instagram that was “leveled” with 20” fuel and 38 Toyos and can’t get it out of my head [emoji2359] I wasn’t considering 20’s with 35’s as they don’t leave enough tire IMHO but they looked really good with the 38’s. I probably wouldn’t change wheels to another 17 but I believe I would need to for 37’s.

I am holding off on doing anything more for a few months as we are in process of buying a new house and we are getting rid of stuff and I don’t want to move a bunch of extra spare parts. Also as long as I get my wife the new furniture she wants at the same time she won’t even notice my new truck parts.

I currently have Cobb stage 1 and will be doing an intercooler to move up to stage two along with front and rear bumpers this fall but now as I mentioned am also considering Eibachs and Icons or Deavers with 17” or 20” and 37s or 38’s I don’t want to go too high as I want it to still fit in the garage and from everything I’ve read on here I can’t see how the 38’s wouldn’t rub like crazy on the truck I saw that was just leveled.

I have read all of the Icon, Deaver and Eibach threads on here with some preferring Icons over Deavers or vice versa.


So after all the rambling I have a few questions and would like some input please

What is my best option for leafs to get level after installing the Eibach springs?

Will 37’s rub after this? Would 38’s (I am pretty sure yes)

I am still researching wheels as I do not want to downgrade quality or performance for looks and would like something lighter than OEM, forged and hubcentric ...any suggestions?

With the above how much would the overall height of the truck be raised? I believe approximately 3”?

Any guidance or responses would be greatly appreciated. I still have a few months to get all decisions made before I start pulling the trigger.

FWIW I can’t see any heavy off-roading, Baja, jumping, etc in my future

Edit: link to truck on IG

https://www.instagram.com/p/BxdpCQjHvex/?igshid=w95tl5120xd1




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Back to the original post: I spoke with the technical guy at Southern Off Road Specialties, who told me that even with the 4" Fabtech lift, to get 38s under it requires a fair amount of trimming in the back of the wheel well. They did do one truck like that, and it cost roughly $6000 with the lift, labor, new wheels (18 or 20" required) and tires. The problem is that the Fabtech lift only lifts an additional 1.5 inch at best above a 2.5" level kit.

 

[hyrepower]

[emoji106] yeah I got a lot of people saying don’t go KO2 but I have no complaints with mine and they are the lightest I found.


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did you do deaver +2 in the rear or are they the stock rear leafs? Your truck looks about dead level and others seem to sit higher in the front with eibachs. I like your stance a lot, do you have any other angle shots with the 37s as I am considering doing eibachs with deaver +2 and the new method 703 wheels with 37x12.5x17 bfg KO2s.

 

[Mbdurham]

did you do deaver +2 in the rear or are they the stock rear leafs? Your truck looks about dead level and others seem to sit higher in the front with eibachs. I like your stance a lot, do you have any other angle shots with the 37s as I am considering doing eibachs with deaver +2 and the new method 703 wheels with 37x12.5x17 bfg KO2s.

Thank you very much. The rears are stock. It is dead level by a level on both the running boards and bed. Don’t do the fender well measuring bit because the fronts are higher than the rears. I will do deavers one day but pretty happy with it now. Check out whitegoldraptor on Instagram pretty much all my pics are posted there


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[II Sevv]

Wheel size has nothing to do with how much tire you can fit......

You can fit 38’s at top perch height or a little higher, I have 37’s and all it would take to go a little bigger is a hammer and a couple hours

 

[hyrepower]

Thank you very much. The rears are stock. It is dead level by a level on both the running boards and bed. Don’t do the fender well measuring bit because the fronts are higher than the rears. I will do deavers one day but pretty happy with it now. Check out whitegoldraptor on Instagram pretty much all my pics are posted there


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Thanks