Is anyone running 35s on a 2001 or close to it Xterra? I have seen it done and i have approx. 60-7 inches of lift and im trying to see if ANYONE is running 35s...

how do you have 6-7" of lift?

Yeah I've seen it too but they were also running a solid axle. And I'm curious as well as to how you managed to gain 6 - 7" of lift and what kind of lift are we talking about? 3" BL and 3" SL or what?

yea, we gotta know the distribution of lift from suspenion and body, thats gonna determine if you can fit the tires you want to fit

I've seen 35" on plenty of X's. I have even seen it on a non body lifted X

I have 3inch BL and 3inch SL, Cranked Torsion bars, and shackles in the back plus AAL...which gives me about 7inches in the back and about 7 in the front...i have about 11 inches of clearance in between the top of my tire and the bottom of my fender...

Are you still running stock upper control arms? What's your clearance on the bump stops? And are you still running stock 31's?

Damn... this is your thread and I'm posting more questions than you... lol

No new Upper A Arms and new torsion bars. And right now i have 33s with plenty of clearance

Right on. Well post some pics of it. Especially if you throw some 35's on there. Hell throw it in the hat for XOTM! Sounds like a pretty nice rig.

Yea well im no where near being done with it...still planning on doin a SAS with leaf springs, TJM winch bumper, rear tire carrier and Spring over all around, along with some lights and what not...im relatively new and im still tryin to learn how to work the website...how do i post for XOTM?

http://www.clubxterra.org/forums/showthread.php?t=2850

Go to this thread and make your nomination by posting pictures of your rig or someone else's if you so choose. You can post up to 3 pictures for the nomination. Once we reach 10 vehicles then the nominations will be closed and the polls will be opened up for members to vote on the Xterra of the Month.

Thanks man!

when you have a 3" sl that's it you cant add another 1.5" by cranking the TB's also with out new UCA's the angle would be to extreme and you would be breaking CV shafts.... i just cant believe the previous posts.... take some pics and post them up along with some pics of the suspension components and the angle of the CV shaft..... then i might believe the ^^^^^^ posts..... Sorry to have said that.... LOL

he's coounting lift from both an SL and a BL to get that number

no he is saying that he has a SL + BL + cranking the TB to get more lift.... id dont work that way.... lol

I have new UCA's and ball joints and new Torsion Bars as well...you can get extra lift from cranking them depending on where you index the torsion bars at. The only thing about it is that you just have an EXTREMELY stiff ride...and you are right in saying that i run the risk of breaking a CV joint or if i go to 35s possibly an axle...Ill get some pics up on here and show you what i am talking about exactly...

your ride is extrmemly stiff most likely bc you have you uca's cranked against the bump stops
cranking tbars alone does not stiffen the ride(unless cranking AGAINST the bumpstops(which is dangerous))
it merely changes the position of the adjuster
there are only 2 ways to stiffen tbar suspension;
1. cranking against the bumpstops(dangerous)
2. installing thicker tbars

i hate to burst your bubble my man, but, it dosent work like you think it does, i have new UCA's, ball joints, tbars, AND ball join spacers, the the absolute max lift a can get and still SAFELY ride around is 3.25" thats with a 1" gap between the bumpstop and the UCA, i could MAYBE get another .25" if i install ultra low profile bumpstops

if its as high as you say, then you have no "droop" or downward wheel travel at all, your front suspension cannot extend further than it is now, which is dangerous to you and others on the road, esp on the freeway, you should not be driving around with a setup like that

There is still a lot of danger in cranking above 3" Low pro bump stops are killer on your suspension. Expect to replace the BJ and CV's a LOT!

FYI, I am in no way recommending 35" although I would do them myself. Haha. If you think about it, the Calmini SAS kit recommends 33" tires and you are trying to go 35 with IFS. I am in no means saying do not do it though. I am going to try to fit 37" tires on mine

37's james WOW !!!!!!!!! thats after you SAS right... lol

Im plannign on putting a straight axle with leaf springs...and im really tryin to figure out why everyone is jumping on my case?

Im planning on putting a straight axle with leaf springs...and I'm really trying to figure out why everyone is jumping on my case?
nobody is jumping on your case.... its just dangerous the way you have your rig set up..... and that we know what kind of lifts are for the X and how much said lift you can get out of it safely...... its all good you just have some mixed info.....

Yeah man. We didn't mean to come off abrasive. Just trying to look out for our fellow xterra owners is all. That is some serious strain you are putting on your mechanicals on top of really hurting the safety and handling of the xterra.

Good luck with your SAS and make sure to post us up on the progress.

yessir, didnt intend to sound brash
but not only do i feel the need to correct your understanding here for your benefit, but also the benefit of new members who may see your post and think its a good idea to overcrank their tbars
lol, we are the sword of misinformation's bane

Then what is a safe amount of space between the bump stop and UCA's?

Oh and James i have seen an Xterra wiht IFS that has 36s on it! However he has done some MAJOR fender trimming!

i measured mine last nite(not easy to measure, lol), i gotz ABOUT 3/4"

Oh and James i have seen an Xterra wiht IFS that has 36s on it! However he has done some MAJOR fender trimming!
james has already trimmed his front fenders enough i dont even think they count as fenders anymore, more like a hood border if you ask me!
lol, james rig is pimp, its the one in the pic at the top right of the forum

dude, mgblanke, why dont you post some pix of your X up in the xterra of the month nomination thread?
up to 3 pix of yo rig man, come on!!!

http://www.clubxterra.org/forums/showthread.php?t=2850

Ill get some and post em, By the way just to let you know my name is matt

Pleasure to meet you Matt! SO yeah that IFS rig that I saw didn't have a BL though. As far as trimming goes? I don't know how much he did. I think that he probably did quite a bit. The shots were just poser pics for his so I couldn't tell.

As far as the distance between bumpstops, you can't count both sides at once. You have to put one at .5" and then equal both out so that the clearance is the same.

You should go by clearance rather than bumpstop distance. But when you have equal clearance on either side, you have to be at least the aforementioned .5" bumpstop clearance.

You are going for equal ground clearance. When you reach that, you will notice that your bumpstops are not equal distance apart. Get it? I hope so, if not, I will just PM you my PH #

So the guy was running what 37s with IFS?

No the guy was running 35 IFS without a BL.

I am the guy who's gonna go 37" but Probably SAS

I think im still going to try to run 35s...if SLR hadnt gone out of business it would have made things a little easier because of the Differential drop bracket you can buy but none the less im going to squeak some 35s on there for now...Wat type of SAS you going to do? The calmini or are you going to go custom(which is what im going to do)? I know a guy who did a leaf spring SAS and he only spent 1500 bux for EVERYTHING...im thinking i might go that route but ill probably end up spending more...

Holy crap! $1500 for everything? Is it crap? I am going to go custom. I can't deal with Calmini, I am done with that company.

I have seen the leaf sprung and I have seen Coils. I am going with 63.5 spider9 housing, and I am going with 37/12.5/16 tires rims. I am going to keep stock axle width and BS. I am going with black steelies for wheels.

2 sets of these-http://www.spidertrax.com/s.nl/it.A/id.2192/.f

1 of these in the rear and a custom one up front
http://www.spidertrax.com/s.nl/it.A/id.2307/.f

2 sets of these-

http://www.spidertrax.com/s.nl/it.A/id.2192/.f

1 of these in the rear and a custom one up front
http://www.spidertrax.com/s.nl/it.A/id.2307/.f

5 of these in 37/12.5/16

http://www.intercotire.com/piclib/534.jpg

and possibly something like these

http://www.4wheelparts.com/PDT63899.aspx

Naw it seems to work pretty good...he used the SAS kit for the hardbody and just did some minor modification and it works great from what he said!