What size tires can I fit w/ 3" body

[bb3177]

I have a 93 Mazda Navajo, which is the same as the explorer sport. I can fit 31" tires right now with stock lift.
I wanted to know what size tires will I be able to fit w/ the 3" body lift.

 

[dgibson]

i have a 3" body lift on my x and I can only fit 31's. I tried a set of 33's and I couldn't turn the steering wheel but about a couple of inches. Even with 31's I had to cut a little of the plastic trim off whenever I put mud tires on.

 

[Rx4phun]

dont bother with 33"s even w/ TT and shackles it is costing me $300 to get the fenders cut and painted just on the back side of the front. Go with 31 and if you can fit bigger get bigger ones next time

 

[Alec]

Yup, you'll need to trim to get 33's, but if you fit 31s now 32s will fit with the BL. On stock rims though, the 32x11.5 will rub on the front swaybar a bit.

 

[xplorer101]

i would say go with a 32x11.50 on a dished wheel i have a 91 with a 4 in superlift suspension and i am running 35x12.50 on it and they rub only when i cut realy sharp they hit the bumper and the fender flare my i fit 32 stock on these wheels and only rubbed in a major bind my wheels are 15x10.5 with a 4.5 inch dish out so if you can aford wheels to then you can go bigger

 

[YW84U]

Having recently done this manoever, I can safely say 31X10.5 on stock rims. I had orginally put in a 3" BL and ordered new rims (15X8 with a 3.25 offset) and the 32" BFG AT KO's, and found that they worked good as long as I didn't need to turn anywhere. I was not interested in cutting my rockers to pieces, and the tires stuck out a great deal, probably requiring fender flares.

I opted to go back to 31X10.5, and put them on 15X7 with a 4.0 offset. I figured according to the thread about offsets and such, this would pretty much give me a larger tire, and not place much if any extra load on either inner or outer wheel bearings. An added bonus was that I cold jam a 31" spare under the back even with the hitch assembly! The extra half inch of clearance just wasn't really worth it to me to go 32....

I don't have a new pic yet, but you can click on a Before/After one here for a reference shot if you like..

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=157678#post157678