Looks like a lot of the tires in the size you want are for a 16" wheel.

 

I went to VIP this morning, and they said I am covered for 30 days to figure out if I want to keep the tires I have now, which I defiantly don't want. So now I have a little more time to think what I want to do. I've pretty much narrowed it down to the Procomp All Terrain, and the BFG All Terrain. Like hometheaterman said, I think a truck with a bigger tire needs a beefier of a tread, otherwise it just looks weird. So now I have a lot of thoughts going through my head. I don't know if I should go with a 16" wheel, or buy a tire for the 17s I have now. I can find tires cheaper in a 16, yet then I would have to buy wheels too though, so I don't know if that defeats it. But a 16 would also make the tire look bigger, and the tire cheaper.

I know for sure I can't afford to buy the BFGs through any business. They are just way too much. About $280 a pop in a 305/65/17. So this is what I've come up with, and I need your guys help. I can get four procomp a/ts in a 33/12.5/17 shipped to my house for $808 from 4wheelonline.com. OR, I can get four BFG All-Terrains in a 305/70/16 shipped to my house for $999. BUT, then I would also need to buy a set of 16" wheels, which could easily set me back about $450. Would a 33/12.5/17 look as proportional as a 305/75/16? I just was really thrown off when I saw the truck yesterday. It really made me sad actually. I never had hated the look of my truck so much. It just looked like a big long soft boat, it's awful. I'm just hoping that if I go with a wider tire, it will fix the glitch my eye is making, and I can just move on. I'm also not sure that a 33/12.5/17 will fix the problem or not, think it will? I think the width of my 35" tire was perfect on this truck, it needs the width for sure. Suggesstions and thoughts are going to be very helpful though, because I'm just really not sure what I want to do right now. I also want to get your opinion on this. I've been looking at the truck, and it actually looks fine in the rear, however the snout on these dodges just looks terrible when it's lower to the ground. Do you think a 1" spacer would be ok to add? A 1" spacer wouldn't throw anything out of whack right? I like how the truck rides true now, I just think the front end needs a tad bit more help in making it a little taller. Does this sound ok to do? What I do know is I am returning these tires next week, I'm going to have to buy the tires online because I can't afford to buy them from a store, they want wayy too much. Thanks everyone.

 

I used this link quite a bit when I was trying to decide what gears I was going to use, but they have a tire size converter as well.
When you click on this link, look on the red bar going across and click on the "Calculators" tab. This will get you to a page with lots of easy to use charts. Since you know what the dimensions of your 35" tire are, you will be able to type in different metric sizes and it will show you the conversion to inches, and this should help a little with trying to find the size you want. I am running Dick Cepek - Fun Country II tires now. So far I like them quite a bit. They look good, and ride quite well. I went with them because they were the closest "radial" tire I could get to the size I wanted.

http://www.accuautoparts.com/#

 

You do know you have to pay to get the tires mounted and balanced when you order them right? Unless you buy them from a place that mounts them and balances free if you buy wheels and tires.

Anyway a 1" spacer should be fine but is the front really that low? As I said my nieghbors dad has one and it looks pretty good to me. Not like a monster truck but doesn't look bad.

Whichever tire you choose hopefully you like it as I'm not sure if many of the places online that sells tires have a money back guarentee if you don't like them like that. Maybe they do I haven't payed close attention.

 

Well I think I came up with what I want to do. I called VIP back, and told them I wanted to order some tires through them. That way I can have free liftetime balances and rotations, and can get my money back worse case scenario. So I ordered the 33/12.5/17 Procomp All-Terrains. I think it was a $250 difference from the Pirellies. I'm having them put on Wednesday. Then I'm just not thinking about it anymore. The truck is the way it is, and it's the best I can do. I think the Pirellis shocked me. The smooth tread and smaller/narrower tire shocked me, it looked like a car. The procomps should give me a little bit more aggressive or styling, and the width should make it look right, and hopefully they'll drive nice and smooth, and I can just move on. Does this sound like a good plan to ya guys?

 

ive never replied to any of your posts but i must say you have some serious bad luck and like cysylde said your are treading dangerous waters when you start venting about mechanics be mildly retarded, most guys on here are mechanics ,if not for employment then for enjoyment, besides i dont understand, in your tranny post you went through the whole thing and said you decided to get this awesome trans from the place you did because of your big tires, now your downsizing the whole truck so in essence you have pissed away 4,000 dollars on a trans that could have cost alot less then that.
i do admit though you have some bad luck when it comes to shops, i really hope you get the bug and start working on the truck yourself, so you will know that its done right,and it will save you a ton of money.

 

The tranny was a whole separate thing. The guys misled him about it being a brand new tranny, and when he got a generic list of parts from them, discovered they had rebuilt the old one. So, without a specific list of stuff (which we are still waiting on, *hint hint* Neon ), we actually have no idea how strong the transmission is.

And he's going back there, if I remember right, as soon as he gets the whole tire thing figured out, to get it working perfectly. And he should, for as much as they shafted him for.

 

i agree he got shafted on the trans,
and now its costing him more money because he is downsizing everything because the trans shop used that stuff as an excuse to hide the fact that they screwed up.

 

Yeah, the transmission shop really did mislead me. I would have kept the big tires and lift, but the transmission was giving me problems still, and it was really concering me. Sometimes you just have to be realistic, if you see the shop potentially giving me a difficult time, then you have to compromise. So I have. I took the lift off, and I put 33s on the truck. Now they aren't going to be able to give me anymore excuses about the lift and tires. The truck is officially in stock form. Now I have an even better case to get them to fix my transmission. I would much rather sacrifice a couple cool points with the lift and 35s to achieve getting my transmission driving the way it should be. I'm very irritated that I even have to think about my transmission. It should be the only unit on this truck that performs perfectly, when it's actually causes the most discomfort when driving, and it's a shame. So the best thing I can do, is work with what I got, and have the strongest case going in there. Right now I have 285/70/17 tires on the truck. They are going to be on till Wednesday because I bought a tire a little bigger (33/12.5/17). So Tuesday, I'm going to the shop with my brother and taking Mark for a drive with the truck with the 285s on. This way he'll have no excuses. The transmission performs the same as it did with 35s. Still stutters, and still slams out of first. For $4,000, the transmission on this truck should be the bigger enjoyment of this truck when I'm driving. But in reality, the transmission on this truck is one of the biggest reasons why I hate driving the truck now, especially with people in it, because they notice how unsmooth it is, and it just really sucks. I plan to take care of it though. I did my homework and got the lift and tires taken off, so now it's their turn to do their part, whatever that may be..

 

But no specs on the trans, if the tires where that much of an issue why did they rebuild the trans around the tires ? with the trans under warrenty , why worry ??? and it does the same thing with these tires ??? people forget when you get a performance trans or build a performance trans the shifting is gonna be some what harsh , If you want it to shift like a stock trans then it should of been built with stock specs , ( I love that you want a smooth tire then homeheather shows you a link to super swampers) LOL... but we all been waiting on the specs of this trans (like a month) and you still dodge it .. Im soon gonna call this place and ask for myself what was done...