Newbie here with an 86 GL wagon(GLW?).

I've been searching throughout this site gathering info on what I want to do, I just want to make sure before I pull the trigger.

 

I'm going with a 2" lift and running 205/75/15 ATs(26.8" dia.) of some type, maybe General Grabbers. Based on what I've learned from my searches this should work without cutting. Not that I'm opposed to the sawzall and hammer!

 

For wheels I just scored($25) a set of Isuzu 6lug, 4x4 steelies, 15x6.

 

I'm pretty positive this set up will work. What do ya'll think?

With that offset, even without you'll probably have to do some cutting.

 

Why not go 4 inch? it can't be much more expensive and will help a lot with the amount of trimming needed.

 

With a 30 year old car the springs will make a big difference as to what works from car to car.

I run 205/75/14 on my GL and it was just rubbing a tad at full lock full compression. A bit of love from by BFH mostly fixed it. An inch bigger tire size would probably require more attention to keep from rubbing.

For simplicity's sake I'm going with the 2'' and came up with my tire size from seeing that some folks have put burly 27s on with that amount of lift.

 

I don't mind trimming the fenders here and there. There's a little a rust around the rear wheel wells that needs to be "fixed" anyway.

 

One reason for my tire size choice, is that there seems to be more options for the type of tire(AT) I want to run. I'm not stuck on that 205/75/15(26.8dia) size though, if I can track down an AT in a 205/70/15(26.5dia) or

215/65/15(26.0dia) that'd be fine with me. Maybe I'm not looking in the right places.

You'll likely still need a bit of trim or "massage" of the wheel well corners in front, and the front edge of the rear wheel well.

depending on how much you want to massage the fenderwells, I fit 235/75/15's on my 2" lifted EA81..

 

2" EA81? How so? Almost the same size tire as my 66 Chevy 4x4

i put 2" blocks above my struts.the bolt holes were offset for camber. as for the trimming,if you look at stock fenders you will see where the fender flare meets the rest of the fender.I cut all that out.Then bashed in the floorboard until it was all a couple inches past the lower door hinge.after I was done I had to readjust the clutch for more travel and adjust the doors..

 

all hammering was done with a 10 lb hammer.`

 

after I beat it out I ran with it for a while.Then I put ea82 front suspension under it for more travel.When I put the ea82 front suspension under it I also extended the radius rods 1.5" which moved the tire forward away from the foot well.

 

the rear suspension was just cranked up.

 

here is a picture of the thing before I put an 8" lift and a nissan transfer case under it.

 

 

heres a pic when it still had the factory suspension.the tire went flat because alot of debris got into the bead after playing.you can still see how close the tire was to door.

Edited March 25, 201214 yr by Uberoo