LR4 on 33's

That shop can for sure MAKE them fit. I think most people here don't want to have severe cutting occur though. The main issue will be where the front needs clearance turning. I have a larger diameter tire, but they cannot be used with the 25mm spacer behind the factory 18x8 ET 53 without seriously grinding into the sliders, the actual body, and massively into the front ARB bumper.

You may actually end up needing an aftermarket bumper and not ARB. There are a couple out there that have the clearance in the nose and also a washer fluid relocation kit I think.

Now, you mentioned being open to the steel spring struts. If you did that, a number of vertical issues would be resolved due to their limitation on compression. They cannot compress up as high as the air struts. However, they don't allow as much traction off road either under articulation because wheels lift off sooner. They also decrease the rollover limits.

I'm heading back tomorrow, I'm off on Monday. I'll take my truck, and the wheel to the shop on Monday, we'll have a sit down and hash this out. I'll post what we decide after

Bryan Jones said:

What I'm asking you: I know the tires don't fit without trimming. So if the tire is on, and nothing is trimmed, why am I lowering it all the down?

That's pointless. I already know it's not going to fit or turn, because I have trimmed anything!

The turning issue, I'll figure something out

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Because you could see how tight it is at what height. If it's near the full drop and only a rubbed in a little, then you'd know for sure the tire size would work.

It is amazing you want the look of a 20 so much more than the most capable system. I had 20's, they were cool, they were also dumb for off road. LOL that was in 2007-8

I sold them at a huge loss.

oil springs vs air springs:

coil, never die on you, basically never, even when old and tired.
coil, cannot compress so far that you risk dumping the vehicle onto the tires. Even with the strut spacer, you loose the air and you won't be having a good day on a trail with that tire width grinding the hell out of things as you try to turn anywhere on the bump stops.

That's about all the coils are good for.

air springs provide more articulation off road
air gives you more maximum height when needed
air also gives you FAR more lowest height when desired like into gargages or to sit on the tail gate with feet near the ground not up in the air.

Air adjusts to loads like blocks in the back, people (humans are heavy), or towing.

I actually thought about coils with spacers on top or taller coil struts. But the negatives still outweigh what's useful from the air springs for me.

Omg ....

I just read this whole thing , how much longer do we have to wait

Tattooz said:

Omg ....

I just read this whole thing , how much longer do we have to wait

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Totally.

Jazzy said:

Bryan I have 18” wheels from Lucky8...on my 2012 LR4...bought5 for under $1000. If you’re looking for 18s, why not these?

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I'm looking at the getting those ones off of lucky 8. How do you like them? Do you have a pic of them mounted on your lr4?

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James, these wheels should have been my first mod, that's how much I like them. It's a noticeable difference on the trails having the extra sidewall when aired down, the ride is smoother and I'm not as worried about slicing the sidewall, which I did when slightly airing down 19". Also, so many more aggressive tire options for 18s as opposed to the 19s. I like the way they look and would absolutely recommend these wheels. I drove up a rock garden off road trail a few weeks ago and thought for sure I would slice a sidewall or damage the wheels, but the KO2s were just scuffed and the wheels just fine. The wheels have about 10k miles on them and I have no complaints whatsoever. I did purchase the spacers, along with lift rods due to the bigger tires.

I went with the BFG KO2 275/65r18. I had to cut, but I've heard some say with 265/65r18 you don't need to, or at least cutting is minimal. I cut and I'd do it again in a heartbeat!

Thanks for the reponse. Those look great.

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Keep in mind, though, the Lucky8 steel wheels require the use of wheel spacers (the same as using the LR3 18" wheels), whereas the Tuffant wheels apparently do not.