New guy here. can anyone tell me how big can i go without the lift?
Thank you

 

I had 235/75-15's (~29") on my '84 4x4 (basically the same body style I think?) and they occasionally rubbed but not very often. I don't think I could've went much larger than that though.

 

Thanks, thats what i have on it. I thought i could go bigger...

 

If I would've settled for the tires rubbing more often, I might've got away with 30-9.50's... I think the newer (rounder) body styles can do 31's pretty easily.

 

throw some explorer springs and coils on there and run your 31's!

 

On a 4x4 you can go 29", maybe squeeze on a 30', depending on the brand of tire.

 

I had 30's on my 84 and they rubbed on the plastic inner fender pretty bad, especially with a passenger in it.

 

so will explorer springs lift the front of a 89?how high if so?sorry for taking away from the topic.

 

Thanks guys.

OK, let's say i get a 2" lift kit ($80) on eBay, how big can i go then?

 

2 inch suspension - 30 inch
4 inch suspension - 32 inch
5.5 inch suspen. - 33 inch

above will fit with proper tire clearance to the body.
of course you can stuff the wheelwells - that's up to you.

so with 2 up I would stick with 31x10.50s.

 

Yeah, I have a 4 inch lift on my 84 and I have 31x10.50x15's on it.

 

Do you know what year explorer? which springs and how much lift that will get me?

 

one more thing, 31x10,5x15 is what? i cant find that size, need the size on the tire.

 

31 inch diameter
10.5" wide
15" wheel

 

Yeah, the english versions are easy for us old schoolers, it is what it say's.