It's great to have found this cite. Lots of good information.


This weekend I bought a 2003 Quad Cab Sport 2WD, 3.9, 120,000 miles, salvage title, $1900. No leaks, passed our emissions test (Phoenix), runs fine, clean interior with no rips or tears, cold AC, 3 body dents to resolve, needs a paint job and new tires. Otherwise runs fine and it was cheap enough not to be concerned about the salvage title.


I'm a little bit Mopar and a little bit Ford. My daily driver is a 2008 Crown Vic and my collectibles are a 1996 Viper and a 1966 Thunderbird Convertible. After the Crown Vic, Viper, and T-Bird, the last thing I wanted was another black vehicle to keep clean but fate played its hand and here I am with 4 of them.


The Dakota will be a back up vehicle. I'm not an off-roader and my days of hauling stuff around are over so the truck will be a light duty vehicle.


That brings me to my question about tires.


I'd like the truck to sit a bit lower than it does and I'm thinking a smaller diameter tire might help.


The current tires are 245/70R16 with a diameter of 29.5 inches.


Has anybody had any success running a smaller tire like maybe a diameter of 25 inches?


And what size tire would that be?

 

Go to discount tire and use their tire size calculator. Going down 4" in diameter will make the truck look really funny.

 

I went there today and learned that smaller tires weren't practical and would also cost more money.


I'm sticking with the stock size.


Thanks

 

Why the choice in smaller tires? Truck too high or what?

 

A little high for my taste but I'll get used to it.

 

You can lower the suspension some..

 

I might think about that.