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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 06:21 PM
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Im putting a 2.5 inch leveling kit and 1 inch add-a-leafs and i was wondering would yall run 33x13.50x16 superswamper ltb's or the 34x10.50x16 ltb's? just looking for some opinions. its just a stock 5.9L ram except for the straight pipes. i am planning on going at least 4.10's prolly 4.56's though
 
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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 10:05 PM
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If your going 34's do the 4.56. Event if you do 33's I would still do the 4.56's. With the stock wheels on 34 you will rub I would say with the 33's you should be ok but there pretty wide.
 
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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 10:24 PM
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i would go with the 34s, only because they are 10.5 wide. they wont rub as bad, if at all. the 33s are 13.5 wide, those will rub mega, plus, it may look strange if you are mounting it on a stock wheel. then again, if you are getting different wheels, all this advice is no good, lol. and like dodge1500 said, go with the 4.56s.
 
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Yea I got one thing right today lol.
 
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I was just wondering cause i'm gonna run stock gears for a few months i was just wondering if the taller narrower tire would be easier to pull than the shorter wider tire. the 34's are on 16x8's and the 33's come on 16x10's the offsets are vehicle specific to keep from rubbing.
 
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Originally Posted by 97tn4x4
I was just wondering cause i'm gonna run stock gears for a few months i was just wondering if the taller narrower tire would be easier to pull than the shorter wider tire. the 34's are on 16x8's and the 33's come on 16x10's the offsets are vehicle specific to keep from rubbing.
Google "scrub steer" and read the information you find. Based on what you posted, I would suspect the taller tires on the narrower wheels would be less likely to butcher your sheet metal. But that will be dependent on your wheel backspacing. "Vehicle specific" doesn't mean much without numbers.
I believe 5 inches of backspacing on a 10 inch rim with 13.5 inch wide tires is gonna nail the control arms pretty good, and with a 2 inch spacer you're still gonna have sheet metal contact on the rear of the front fender. That'll increase if the backspacing decreases...but don't listen to me. Read about scrub steer instead.
 

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Google "scrub steer" and read the information you find. Based on what you posted, I would suspect the taller tires on the narrower wheels would be less likely to butcher your sheet metal. But that will be dependent on your wheel backspacing. "Vehicle specific" doesn't mean much without numbers.
I believe 5 inches of backspacing on a 10 inch rim with 13.5 inch wide tires is gonna nail the control arms pretty good, and with a 2 inch spacer you're still gonna have sheet metal contact on the reat fender. That'll increase if the backspacing decreases...but don't listen to me. Read about scrub steer instead.
nicely said
 
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Thanks, I was gonna add something about the drawings having no squiggly lines, but I'm not sure if your sense of humor is as good as mine

But trust me, there will be geometry...
 
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im more worried about gearing rather than the body. i will be doing gears one day i just want some better tires than ive got and i was just wondering if the 34's would be to much.
 
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Unless you are doing alot of offraoding don't go with Super Swampers, they are a very soft tires and the sidwall felxes ALOT, it will make fora very rough ride and quick tire wear. With stock gearing the 34's will be really heavy, I am running 32's BGF KM2 tires and they are heavy, before that I was running 35's BFG AT and those were so heavy I had **** from a dead stop.
 
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