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Anybody running 38s with 5.13s on a 3.8 auto?? Will i be ok??

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Old 05-29-2013, 07:35 AM
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Sure they will fit but you are going to have to push them way out or really limit your steering by adding new limit bolts with spacers. You should be looking at a 3.5" bs wheel with some 1.75" spacers in order to maintain full steering. You are going to be really wide as well when it is all said and done. Think 86"+ I would suspect you are going to need some longer bump stops as well. Your shock length will also have to be factored in as longer travel shocks need room due to the radial movement of the axle as one side droops and the other is stuffed. With a 12" travel shock you need around 8" between the top of the tire and the bottom of the fender to account for that rotation.
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This is really helping me a lot . Thank you . I really want these 38s I'm just trying to figure out all the things I gotta do to run them
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If you are ever in Champaign stop by, I am just a mile west the I-57 market street exit.
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Figure on some cro moly rear axle shafts as well, those tires will be axle snappers.
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Alright I will, that's not to far from me



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