OK, folks, here's the deal. The Mrs has a 2004 D Limited, AWD. This is her daily ride/kid hauler. I've got probably 8-10K miles to go on the stock tires (currently has 40K on the odo), so I'm starting to look for upgrade options.

My goal in all of this is to make the truck look better (decrease the wheelwell gap), while keeping good dry/wet traction (kid-hauler, remember), and have a smooth, quiet freeway ride (the Mrs. does a lot of highway driving).

If I go with new wheels, I would plan to keep the stock 17's for winter use, so the new tires could be geared more toward summer driving. Please keep in mind that we live in Michigan, a state known for occasionally interrupting our potholes with sections of smooth pavement.

So, options....

1. Keep the 17 inchers and get new, larger tires
2. Go to 18 or 20's for the summer, with stock suspension. What size tire would you recommend? 265/50-20?
3. Go with stock wheels and Eibach springs?
4. Go with 20's and Eibach.

Keep in mind that I plan to do the shocks at the same time, hopefully with Bilsteins if they are available. Any tire recommendations? The Pirelli Scorpion STRs look pretty good from a price/performance standpoint. Seem to be cheaper than the Michelin Touring LTX....

My thinking is that *if* the ride of the 20's and Eibachs is not too drastically different than stock, that would be the way to go. And hopefully, the Bilsteins would help smooth out any bouncing from the spring kit and shorter sidewalls.

Any input from other northern D owners? Don't mean to rude, but having guys in sunny and smoooooth Miami running 22's saying the ride is OK doesn't really help us up here in the "Pothole State"

Thanks for your thoughts!