I would like to be the 1st from the AZ Crew to welcome you to 4X4 wire forum. We have our own little slice of forum right here: Az Board You are welcome to join us anytime. We do some wheeling trips together on a fairly regular basis. We also have a mostly monthly meeting too! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" /> We are a very helpful bunch. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

I would like to second bottomfeeder you've gotta come on a az crew trip IF YOU DON'T WE WILL FIND YOU AND MAKE YOU!!! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> 31's will fit fine on stock wheels and lift but you will find with stock wheels when you go full flex in the rear they will rub a bit aftermarket wheels with more pos offset will correct this.

heres my old 88 on 31's and stocks

And I'll be the second from AZ to say hello. I have a pair of add-a-leafs you can have for nothing if you want them. I took them off one of my '87's after deciding that its trail days were over. You might need new center bolts for them, but those are easy to come by; inspect the six places where the springs and shackles connect to make sure you don't want to replace them at the same time as adding the leafs. Then you can crank the torsion bars in the front and trim the bump stops a touch and be all set. Then you will have to get the bigger tires because yours will look so small!

Private Message me with your phone number and I'll get back to you.

John B. (From Peoria, IL, not AZ)

no johnny you'll be the third!!! I beat you man!! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/nana.gif" alt="" />

Thanks to all the AZ guys who responded and every body else too! would love to get together for a trip! think it would be great to see a string of Montero,s for a change
when I go with my buds from work I'm always staring at the grill or bumper of a jeep! I will keep a eye on the AZ crews post to see what's going on,

wont have to look hard to find me or force me! would look foward to it, the photo you posted makes me think I was lookin at my 85 same color and trim only difference is I'm rolling on aluminum 15x7 with 30x9.50's

Welcome to Mitsu-land. Looking forward to seeing you out on a trail soon.

One observation I will add concerns tires. I started out with stock tires, which got old real fast. I then upgraded to 31s. You'd be surprised how quickly they wore out their welcome. While I had the 31s I cranked the torsion bar and lifted the rear quarter with upgraded springs (I have a 91 4-door).

At that point I had to have 33s. Thus I ditched the 31s and bought a set of 33x12.5 and 4 new wheels to go along with them. Excellent upgrade.

So, my advice would be to skip the 31s all together. Lift your front and back and then invest in a set of 33x12.5 MTs and new wheels. If you plan to wheel this thing here in the desert you'll never regret it.

Good luck.

Thanks,
I have thought about 32's or 33's but am concerned about that 2.6 working a little to hard to roll them ! it seems to run great but I have to have a tail wind to
do 70 mph even with the 30 x9.50's I have now! plus I always seem to be on a budget (two daughters up at NAU)
always seems to be abundence of 31x10.50 take offs sombody is parting with (32 or33's very tempting).I don't have a need for speed but with so many trails in the Florence area being able to maintain the posted speed limit is nice since I live in Peoria.
were supposed to due Walnut canyon 1/22/05 with my buds from work but they are worried about water levels now so they may do Woodpecker but from what I have heard seems
a little challenging for a(almost )newbie in a bone stock 85 montero !

Pa_jero runs 35's and a 38mm weber and does 70mph down the freeway noproblem he took a trip out to goldcanyon last week said the tranny never dropped down to 3rd unless he was passing. Now stock mikuni runninng perfect(noway unless its new not rebuilt) could run 33's I bet noproblem automons 2.6 auto ran like a champ with a not so perfect kuni. 22nd eh? keep us posted I'm good my axles fixed and i got new tires and bet i could get that body lift on aswell before then.

Thanks again ,
They are still up in the air with the where but the date 1/22 seems pretty firm ,mostly jeeps but my other buddy with a always suprising Tracker & I are always looking for a little non Jeep support! these guys I work with are a real crew ! when I opted to take the easy way back from the coke ovens last month (to save a little time to get home to a sick daughter) they passed out flyers around work with pictures of my Montero slammed & lowered with 21 inch Daytons & a side bar stating pimp my ride,the
Scottdale ladies 4x4 club!!(all in fun)if you can put up with a crew like that your welcome to help me out!!! I will keep you posted on date time & place