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Who says?
Personally, I've had a 2004 F-150 on 35s with a 6" lift with stock gears. Whats enough power to you? Honestly, do you plan on hot-rodding the truck or just driving it normal? Yes, gears would be a great help to the power and reliability department. But, grab yourself a tuner and it should hold you off for a while. I could still spin my 35s off the line with just exhaust, a K&N drop-in and the Edge.
Personally, I've had a 2004 F-150 on 35s with a 6" lift with stock gears. Whats enough power to you? Honestly, do you plan on hot-rodding the truck or just driving it normal? Yes, gears would be a great help to the power and reliability department. But, grab yourself a tuner and it should hold you off for a while. I could still spin my 35s off the line with just exhaust, a K&N drop-in and the Edge.
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Originally Posted by chug4real
just a question cause dont know much bout trucks but very intrested i just got a 01' 4x4 screw 5.4 v8 and how am i suppose to know what gears im running. and couple my buds have ran 35's without regearing for a while just depends what ur looking for
It may say on the sticker inside your driver side door. My '04 even had a sticker inside the fuel door that read the tire size and some other stuff I forgot now.
If all else fails, your local dealer, using your VIN or codes inside the glove box, may be able to tell you - perhaps even for free, which would be mighty white of them.
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Originally Posted by chug4real
just a question cause dont know much bout trucks but very intrested i just got a 01' 4x4 screw 5.4 v8 and how am i suppose to know what gears im running. and couple my buds have ran 35's without regearing for a while just depends what ur looking for
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thanx for all the info. but got 1 more question. I found out that my truck has 3.73 lsd gears and was wondering what i should upgrade to (4.56 or 4.88 or what)? I dont do any hot rodding or towing. I very rarely go off-roading. just normal every day driving.
Last edited by jayram; 07-01-2006 at 07:06 PM.
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Needs new gears
If you have stock 3.73 gears and 31" tires then going up to a 35" tire would leave you with the equivelant of 3.27 gears.....crap in a truck. changing to 4.10 would get you back pretty close, but I would go for 4.56 gears to help offset the heavier rolling mass of the new tires and the loss of aerodynamics your going to have.
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My tires are 34" and I have no need to regear from the stock 3.73's. The bigest thing I have hauled is a 700 lb. ATV, though. There is a slight lag with it on there, but not too bad.
With 13" wide 35's you may need/want a regear; that's a lot of tire. Try it for a while and make the call.
With 13" wide 35's you may need/want a regear; that's a lot of tire. Try it for a while and make the call.
Last edited by DCinMI; 07-02-2006 at 09:05 AM.