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Old Aug 30, 2011 | 09:48 PM
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If you don't like to turn the yes you could do a smaller lift, however every single tiny bump in the road your tire will tuck into your fender and damage it and your turning radius will severly decrease because of rubbing.

If you want 35's your gonna need a MINIMUM of 6" with some serious trimming. I'd just go 6.5" and you might have to trim a little off the rubber liner inside the wheel well at the bottom (I think I cut like 1/2" off) and you won't have any rubbing besides at full lock and mine only does it in reverse going to the left.

If you don't wanna go that high you can go spindle lift, 3.5", and run 33's.
 
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 12:14 PM
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Ok, so I'm looking at pics and stuff and i'm not really likeing what i'm seeing with 35's

I'm thinking 33's with 20's now,
I like this look...Less open wheel well.

Less open wheel well.

Than this...This is a 4x4 with a 3" lift and trimmed valence and he said thats the lowest he could go...too much wheel well for me.
 
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 12:27 PM
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33's go with 3.5" spindle lift, and go with either springtech or cunuck motorsports. They're the cheapest companies.
 
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 01:44 PM
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Hopefully you don't cram too big of a tire on too small of a lift. I personally like my fenders....
 
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 01:51 PM
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I like the inner sheet metal on mine too. No matter what lift you have, your gonna have open wheel well's at the top on our body style. It's because of the inner sheet metal inside the front fender wells, you have to be able to clear that when turning, therefore requiring extra space.
 
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 03:26 PM
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I've talked to 2 or 3 locak tire and wheel shops and they all say that a leveling kit and 33's will clear just fine with no problems.
 
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 03:33 PM
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With the right tires and wheel's however. All tire's measure out differently so make sure you look up the specs of the kind you want on the manufacturer's website.
 
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 04:11 PM
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Yeah, I asked about a specific wheel and tir and they said they were good.

BFG AT 375/60/20
and KMC XD Series 20" however I cant decide on the 20x10 or 20x12
the diff is the offset the 10 is -24 and the 12 is -44, i'm not completly sure on which will fit or look better...
 
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 04:23 PM
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I hope that's a typo... 375/60/20 is a 37.7" tire. 275/60/20 is a 33" tire that is 10.8" wide. I would suggest the 10" wide wheel if you have those 2 choices, but if you can get a 9" wide wheel.
 
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 04:42 PM
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Yea anything wider than a 9 and your gonna have some rubbing issues with only a 2" level at the max. Also a 10" wide wheel is still a little wide for a 10.8 tire, you'd almost need a 11.50 or 12.50 tire to make it look right.
 
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by joh408
I hope that's a typo... 375/60/20 is a 37.7" tire. 275/60/20 is a 33" tire that is 10.8" wide. I would suggest the 10" wide wheel if you have those 2 choices, but if you can get a 9" wide wheel.
Yeah, it was 325/60/20, and they said those will fit, I know it say 35...but Thats what 2 or 3 diff tire places said. Of course i'll double check before I buy but yeah...
 
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 07:50 PM
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Yeah, it was 325/60/20, and they said those will fit, I know it say 35...but Thats what 2 or 3 diff tire places said. Of course i'll double check before I buy but yeah...
Those measure out too a 35.35/12.75/r20. There is no way they will fit with just a level. My 315/75/r16's measure out to a 34.6/12.4 and they still have minor rubbing with a 6.5" lift.

Maybe they're thinking you have a 4x4 which in that case it would fit most likely with minor rubbing, but for a 2wd not a chance. You'll be able to cram them under there, but you'll destroy your turning radius and every time you hit a bump they'll tuck into the fender and bend that.
 
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by pizzaman711
Those measure out too a 35.35/12.75/r20. There is no way they will fit with just a level. My 315/75/r16's measure out to a 34.6/12.4 and they still have minor rubbing with a 6.5" lift.

Maybe they're thinking you have a 4x4 which in that case it would fit most likely with minor rubbing, but for a 2wd not a chance. You'll be able to cram them under there, but you'll destroy your turning radius and every time you hit a bump they'll tuck into the fender and bend that.
Yeah, I have been double checkig and everythig and maybe they did because i'm like you...they measure out to 35...so that dont make sense.

Ok, anyway, guess I need to find a true 33. Dumb tire place people.
 
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 08:03 PM
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A 275/60/r20 like joh408 said will work best. Even then though I feel your gonna have some rubbing just because of the fact that it's a 10" wide wheel, but there's not much you can do about that if those are the wheels your set on. Most likely you'll have to trim the bottom corner of the valence and a little of the rubber from the inner fender well and you might still rub at lock.
 
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 08:07 PM
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These are what I found...leaning more towards the BFG's cause i've had them before.
If you scroll down and click specs the first one it the tire selected then there are more if you scroll down, any way here they are...

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....omCompare1=yes
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....omCompare1=yes
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....omCompare1=yes
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....omCompare1=yes
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....omCompare1=yes

The rims I want are the Chrome XD775 XD SERIES ROCKSTARS in 20's, the website says 20x10 with -24 offset or 20x12 with -44 offset.
http://www.kmcwheels.com/wheels/?siteid=3&groupid=36#
 
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