Ground clearance, never enough

[Doc Hawk]

Got my 2021 defender max xt hd8 this spring and found it great for our land and trails but lacking at our atv ranch Cloud 9 and local private trail ranches. Did the legwork and found what would be  the least stress on sxs without major changes. Bought S3 HD springs and SuperATV 2” forward offset a arms, upgraded from maxxis bighorn 27” stock to 30” carnivores. Fun basic mod, gained 4” clearance and stability. Anyone know how much more I could gain cranking up the spring load? 

[JDK]

I got almost an inch of lift with the springs cranked up to max. Mine seemed to sit higher in the front and didn’t like the look. I run middle front and max back. Looks level and gives a little more height all around. Still ride and handles well. 

[Byde_It]

HCR arms give you the 2” forward offset but also safely give you around another 3” of lift. I see you already went with the Super ATV arms but the HCR arms are the way I’m going. 

[AdamPierce]

I had the same question about this topic. We also have a 21 defender hd8 that needs some ground clearance. Thinking I will do the same aarm and spring set up. Is there a set of 30” tires that will fit the stock rim? 
 

also did you have to use any spacers with this set up?

[Andystoy19]

Check out the builds section for good information for each step of the process and yes there are many 30" tires that fit the stock rim.🙂

[Steelslinger]

Any 30x10x14 should fit stock rims, only issue is the rears are going to be 1/2" to 3/4" shorter and will be fatter than the front due to the rim width.

I've got Quadboss QBT846 8ply radial in 30x10x14 on stock rims.