i have a set of 285/45/22s on the truck. just wondering how its gonna line up with 37x13.5x22s on it.. anyone done something like this before?

 

 

Yer gonna need at least five inches of lift to clear those 37's.... possibly even more than that. You WILL experience rubbing at full lock. You might be able to gain some clearance at the back of the wheel wells, by heating the inner fender with a heat gun, and reforming it a bit. For the front, the bumper is a nice spot for the tires to hit.... loosen up all the bumper bolts, pull everything as far forward as possible, and tighten 'em back up.

If you don't have any lift on your truck, do not install those tires.........

 

not sure how to tell how many inches of lift is on it.. it was lifted when i bought it.. and it had ugly 15inch wheels on it.. so hmmm.. is it hard to move the front bumper out a bit?

 

well im going in the morning to see what the guy says at the shop... so if everything goes well.. ill add pictures.. if not ill add pictures of me using a heat gun.. and a dremel and... moving the bumper foward.. lol

 

If you have a friend help you, doing the bumper thing is easy. Drown the bolts in your penetrate of choice for a few days before attempting to break them loose though.

 

ive never moved a bumper before how many bolts and where are they?

 

A boatload....... Have a crawl under there, and look at the brackets, they are pretty fair sized bolts..... and you want to loosen up both ends of the brackets. (where the mount to the frame, and also, where they mount to the bumper, bumper side: only if they are oriented so that you can get a little more space by pulling on the bumper.... have a look, should be obvious)

Not a bad job to do. Just tedious, especially without air tools.... those bolts are going to be TIGHT, and probably pretty rusty as well. Hit 'em with chemicals while you are poking about under there.

 

Well I got the tires on there and it only rubs on SHARP turns so i can avoid those thats not hard.. anyways here is the finished result

 

Looks good. I never would have thought they would have ever fit. Hopefully you don't still have the stock gears.