Hey Guys,

Been mulling over wheels and tires. I'm going for that "street" look, if you will. Still not sure if I want to go with 20" or 22". If the price difference were not so dramatic, I would do 22" straight up.

In trying to keep the same general diameter, what would be the widest tires for these rims without having to worry about rubbing? What series/sidewall do you experienced guys recommend?

I've been told by a tire shop that I would want to go with a 275/55-20 and a 275/45-22.

What do you guys think?

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I have 285/50/20 and i have no problems with rubbung you might be able to get away with 305s

 

pics?

 

Do those 285/50s pretty much keep the same rolling diameter?

 

I have 285 50 20 also. They are a little bit taller than my stock 17's. My edge tuner fixes that though. even though it was only a couple mphs on the speedo. 275 are suppose to be the stock equivilent.

 

I have 305/40/22's on my truck and have no rubbing issues whatsoever. I also have a 2" shackle drop in the rear. Here's how it looks for reference:

 

how exactly does a shackle drop work? I have no experience with this and am kinda interested in whats involved. I am guessing it is for leveling purposes?

 

Those look cool. Any reason you didn't go with a 45 series?

 

Yes -- BFGoodrich doesn't offer a 45 in that tire. If they had I would have definitely gone with them, since the 40 is a little too narrow of a sidewall height for my taste.

In fact, I'm mulling over getting rid of my 22's altogether (even though there are only a couple hundred miles on them) and going with a 275/55/20 set up....

 

Your truck already has shackles on it. The lowering shackles are longer than the factory shackles, which pulls the back of the leaf spring up closer to the body, which in turn "lowers" the overall appearance of the truck.

I took a series of photos when I did my shackle install -- if you're interested in seeing them, drop me an e-mail and I'll pass them along.

 

cool send em to dimitrios66@aol.com.
Where is the best place to get the lowering shackles. Are there different types/grades? how much do they run?

are these any good on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SHACK...spagenameZWDVW

 

Which kit did you use?

 

Please send them to me too.. chrisv@racetechnologies.com

Thanks!

 

Same here.

Beefullo@yahoo.com

 

Here are some 305/55/20 (All terrainn tough, Toyo Open Country)








Giorgio