37's on stock suspension

[Buzzb]

Good afternoon! I put 37x13.50r18's on method 305's 18x9 with +18 offset with 5.75" backspace on my 21 ram 2500 with no modifications but the wheels and tires. This is my setup incase anyone else wants to do this. Before pics: Side profile before, front before, rear before,, tire size difference, before cutting on passenger side, outline of what I cut(Note a little more needs to be cut off this, still rubs the plastic on bumps), side profile after installing, rub on sway bar on both sides at full lock, after cutting on passenger side(Note after messing around more needed to be cut off this. I cut about half an inch off the pinch weld about 5 to 6 inches up.)

 

[Buzzb]

After front, after rear, driver side cutting(note, I went back and cut a few inches higher on this and took off more metal. same as above. Also note it slightly exposes some wiring behind the liner. The plastic still protects it from the tire throwing stuff on it but it is more open. I might try and find a way to put some plastic over it to protect it.)
After driving around for a week I installed the thuren sway bar and the rubbing on the sway bar is gone. Still slightly rubbing on plastic only when pulling into driveway or turning into anywhere with a dip or curb. The thuren makes it less jerky pulling into driveway or gas station curbs. If anyone has any questions or wants pictures just let me know.

 

[yycdiesel]

Tire envy nice rig brother

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[H3LZSN1P3R]

You could have solved that with a one inch leveling spacer why hack the truck apart?

 

[Buzzb]

You could have solved that with a one inch leveling spacer why hack the truck apart?

It will still rub even with a 2.5" leveling kit. CJC offroad has a video on the trimming for 37's. Wheel liners are like 50 bucks. so who cares.

 

[Brewbud]

You could have solved that with a one inch leveling spacer why hack the truck apart?

You are not changing bump stops so if you use your truck off road you will still rub when you flex

 

[406Linetrash]

I wish I had researched more. I put a 2.5 leveling kit on and my 35's off my old truck. Tall 35's. They look small.

I want 37's and these threads don't help haha

 

[H3LZSN1P3R]

You are not changing bump stops so if you use your truck off road you will still rub when you flex

I understand that but if he has to hack up that much just so it does not rub while driving normally then its really gonna rub off road lol

Just trimming wheel house plastics is one thing but trimming steel to make it fit is just kinda silly in my mind

 

[R.J.]

37s in 12.50" with that backspacing will be a far less headache with clearance issues. It's only a slight cut of the rear plastic liner and not into the pinchwelds.

 

[Buzzb]

37s in 12.50" with that backspacing will be a far less headache with clearance issues. It's only a slight cut of the rear plastic liner and not into the pinchwelds.

Wish I went with 12.5". Amazon wouldn't ship any 37's in 12.5" to where I live in Alaska, but they would ship 37x13.5. Who would have thought? The tire shops in town wanted 560 dollars A TIRE and that didn't include mounting and balancing.

 

[Brewbud]

I understand that but if he has to hack up that much just so it does not rub while driving normally then its really gonna rub off road lol

Just trimming wheel house plastics is one thing but trimming steel to make it fit is just kinda silly in my mind

I had to trim the pinch weld for my 3" Carli suspension. Just something you have to do for 37s

37s in 12.50" with that backspacing will be a far less headache with clearance issues. It's only a slight cut of the rear plastic liner and not into the pinchwelds.

Yes, but I have 37x12.50s with similar backspacing and still had to grind pinch welds. Every truck is different though. Some have bigger pinch welds,. No worries. Pinch welds are really easy to grind.