Help, Tires and??
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Help, Tires and??
So i just got a 01 Dodge Ram 1500 2wd and its pretty clean and all but i need some new tires. Its been raining all day and i havn't looked at the size i have now but i dont like em lol. There to tall and skinny and i wanna shorter more wider tire. So does anyone have a size in mind i might can look at that will go on a stock rim?? The truck is stock height and i dont plan on doing anything with it as of right now but to use it for work. Also i drove the truck and i was great ride, firm shifts on the tranny and the overall look of the truck was good so i went ahead and got it. Now that iv driving it for more miles the check engine light has came on. I plan on getting it checked out but is there anything that might be a problem with the truck that has happend with other vehicles of the same year model?? just wondering, we had a 96 with the light on and it was the o2 sensor but it stayed on after we replaced it. ANy help would be nice thanks.
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try turning the ingition on, but don't start it, then turn it off then on then off then on again, and leave it on it should give a code like this: PXXXX That will help determine what is wrong with the Check engine light... As for the Tires Michelin LTX 245/75's should do good on that...
I like em... And they handle well...
JimK
I like em... And they handle well...
JimK
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It depends on what size you have now, I personally like the Dunlop 32x11.5 r15 I have on my JEEP, the the BFG 33x15.5 r15 I had on my truck.
Link to the Dunlop tires http://www.1010tires.com/tire.asp?ti...dial+Mud+Rover
Link to the Dunlop tires http://www.1010tires.com/tire.asp?ti...dial+Mud+Rover
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well, with stock rims he should have 16's, and probably has the 25/75R16's.. which means if he don't like the look of them cuz they look skinny, try the 245/75's, and it will be a much wider looking tire, I suggested the Michelin LTX, because I had them on my Ford, and they handled well.. But tires are seriously personal.. And what I may like you may hate... Go take a look, and talk to a GOOD tire guy...
JimK
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well, with stock rims he should have 16's, and probably has the 25/75R16's.. which means if he don't like the look of them cuz they look skinny, try the 245/75's, and it will be a much wider looking tire, I suggested the Michelin LTX, because I had them on my Ford, and they handled well.. But tires are seriously personal.. And what I may like you may hate... Go take a look, and talk to a GOOD tire guy...
JimK
JimK
Aye, but you can pick up a set of 15 inch steel rims for about $100 from any second hand tire shop or salvage yard, I think the 15 inch rims look bad *** on any truck any bigger and it looks to much like a ricer to me unless the truck is set up to be a street machine.