Lift Kit and Wheel/Tire setup suggestions

Hello, I am a new member to the forum, hope everyone reading this is doing well. I have a 2020 Tundra 4x4 and am considering lifting it 6” and adding 35” tires with 20” wheels. Pros? Cons?

Any suggestions on quality wheels and lift kits would be of great help. Backspacing/offset etc.

Also, anyone who has photos of their setup similar to what I am looking for would be of great help as well. Thanks.

 

It’s all about looks versus function. If you do a lot of wheeling, you’re going to want more tire and less rim. If you plan on having a pavement princess, you can do more rim and less tire. I’m running a TRD pro with 6 inches of lift ( ready lift) and 35’s on 18 inch wheels for off roading. These wheels have zero offset and I still have 2 plus inches of tire poke. I also have 35’s wrapped around some 22 by 10’s for the street. You can do 12’s too but then you really have to watch out for curb rash. Honestly, 6 inches of lift with 35’s is about as big you’ll want to go. Looks amazing and as long as you don’t go with too much negative offset, you’ll only need to trim a little plastic by the fender liners.

 

You don't need to lift it 6" to fit 35's. I believe that height of lift puts the cv angles in a position that will accelerate wear.

 

Thanks for the reply. I have a front level kit on it now (rough country). What size tire can the truck handle without lifting it?

 

You don’t need the lift to fit the 35’s but it looks far better with some clearance in there as opposed to a huge tire stuffed in that small space. You can add spacers for the rear differential if you feel vibration while taking off from a stand still. 20 minute job and you can make your own spacers.

 

THANK YOU for the post. I am also leaning toward just lifting the rear a sight but since the front level kit almost makes it look higher in the front for some reason. I am uploading a photo of a vehicle I saw below on rough country site and am looking to almost replicate. I don’t off road much so 20” is probably the right number. I do want tire poke like this one is. Any suggestions if I would need offset on the wheels? Looking at 35x12.5x20.

 

If you look online at pics, you will see the most common lifts in these trucks are 6 inches with 35’s and a 20 inch wheel. That’s a decent compromise. I still prefer the look of 22’s for the street.

 

I currently have the 18 inch wheels on my truck. They have zero offset. I’ll measure the tire poke tonight but I’m sure its 2 inches plus.

 

I have 2.5" lift, running 35's. Had to do a CMC and have front bumper shims.

 

I have the 3” front level kit on the truck now. Rear is stock. What size rim/tire do you have on that? Looks like you trimmed the liner a bit?

 

IMX do you have tire poke? If so how much?

 

I have 18" wheels with 35x12.5 tires. Liner has not been trimmed, just the cab mount.
I have about 1" of poke.

 

I'd agree with most folks here, you don't really need a lift to fit bigger tires, if bigger tires are your sole need, then its all about wheel spec. However, for the look you maybe looking for seems like you may need a lot of lift because of how much negative offset/poke it looks to have. Here is mine, 1.9inch front, 1 inch back, 35x12.5 r17, NO BMC, no rubbing offroad, factory alignment spec.

 

I will post a photo of the truck currently in a minute when I get outside. I really am looking for the wider look as I posted in the photo earlier. Just trying to figure out what wheel offset I may need to accomplish this.

 

3" Lift with 37" tires/18" wheels.

 

Here are photos of the truck. I do have the fender flares on it.

 

Any particular site that you suggest that has the best wheel deals? Also suggestions on negative offset?

 

I like Tire Rack. Customer service is awesome and their prices are competitive.

 

stock tundra wheel offset is +60mm I believe, this is what my +25mm (equivalent of pushed out 35mm) looks like.

 

looks nice. So I need a lower offset number than +60mm in order to poke it out. How does backspacing come into play here exactly?

 

I think back spacing is actually what determines pokeness (hub to inner lip distance), however, since most of the wheels are 8-9 inch wide, so there is not really a lot of variance in terms of backspacing for a set offset. Based on the wheel width and offset, you can calculate the back spacing.

 

Based on that chart, you’re right the backspacing seems to be what’s important in determining how far it pokes out. Such a simple but confusing concept.

 

So essentially, if I’m buying a 9” width wheel with a say +20mm offset. The backspacing would be 4.5”+20mm which is essentially 5.5” backspace.

Stock 18x8 wheel with +60mm offset makes it a 6.36” backspace.

 

Go checkout custom offsets. You can view thousands of vehicles with the sizes you want. Great resource

 

seems right? and then you can use the wheel width 9 inch mius 5.5 to get how much of the wheel is coming out from the hub, which would be 3.5 and for the stock is 8-6.36=1.64. seems right.

 

Can you fit 35x12.5 on stock R18 wheels? I'd say, no?

 

I am going to go 20x9

 

seems right to me too.

I’ll check out custom offsets. Thanks.

 

What do you mean by fitting? Getting them mounted and balanced on your rims? or fitting onto your truck?

Mounting and balancing, yes, they'll get on there.

Fitting onto your truck? Possibly not. 60mm offset pulls the wheel deep into the wheel well which will cause your 35x12.5 to touch your UCA.

Positive offset <<<<
0 offset <>
Negative offset >>>>

 

Right, the question was asked in a hope of hearing "definitely yes" or "definitely not" I tried to squeeze my hand between 10.4" wide tire and UCA and guess whether there's enough space for 12.5" =) I think it is not, but memory recalls seeing a picture of Tundra w/ 35" tires on stock rims. Don't know whether spacers were in use or not.