Will my stock 1995 Ram 2500 fit 33's?
 

I'm looking at gettting some new tires for my truck. ive read around different places and some say theyve it 33s and some say that they wont fit, but never a definite yes or no. could someone please answer this for me?
and if it matters, the tires im looking at are the bfg mud terrains and general grabbers. everything is stock on the truck.

Not enough info. 4x4? 2WD? Any lift?

They will probably rub on turns...

not lifted, 4x4 and i dont mind if it rubs a little but i dont want insane rubbing and noise from it

I have a 1500 with almost flat rear leafs and a 300 pound bumper that weighs down the front. I have ~34.5's on a slightly offset rim and barely rub at full turn. I'd say you'd be good with some different rims. With my stock rims I rubbed like hell haha.

my 2001 dodge ram 2500 4x4 with stock 16x8 almuinum wheels fit (roughly 32.8x10.8x16)285/75/16 toyo MT with out rubing at full turn with no leveling kit or wheel spacers...

i now have a 2in leveling kit and i switch to 35x1250x20s for the summer and then put my 285/75/16s on for the winter

33's should go just fine on a 3/4 ton. Watch the width though, that will cause them to rub on the lower control arms at full turn.

My 2500 4x4 with 305 MTZ's on stock rims would rub on the control arms enough to make noise but not interfere with turning radius.

Do you think skinny 35's would fit? if not whats a cheap way to make them fit

Stock 1995 Ram 2500 fit skinny 35's?
 

Id like to know if my completely stock '95 ram 2500 will fit some skinny 35's. its a 4x4 as well. if it wont fit 35's stock, then what would be the cheapest way to be able to fit them? thanks.

Body lift and appropriate rims. Might still have slight rubbing issues.

I would go with a body lift and a leveling kit. Then you won't have a prob.

I have a set of four Michelin LTX A/T 2 LT285/75R16 (approximately a 33x11.50 tire) on a set of factory aluminum wheels off a 2001 Ram 2500 mounted on my '96 Ram 2500 4x4. My truck had a snow plow option. The wheels/tires fit nicely and not a bit of rubbing anywhere. When I rebuild my front end, I did install Spohn upper and lower control arms, which are offset to the inside a bit.

My '95 2500 (a long time ago) when it was stock on 33's.

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The answer is yes.

My 2500 has 315/75/16's which is 34.6"'s roughly. I have a leveling kit. I have some pretty bad rub. I don't have a full turning radius, only about 70% of it. It's not all its cracked up to be. Making 3 or 4 point turns to get into a tight parking space because jackasses in prius's (pri-i?) making parking difficult.
I'd recommend a 285/75/16. Its a great tire size to run factory, no rub, but bigger than stock and has a good look on a factory height truck. A 285 is 32.8" tall. Pretty damn close to a 33 and the width is narrower, so they fit better.

^^ You need wheels with less backspacing. That's a lot of tire for those stock steelies. If you had more offest you wouldn't rub near as much. With 2" spacers up front I don't rub my 35's at all on my '95.

^^ I know, but I like the stock wheels.
I'm really not worried about it. When it's tire time, I'm downsizing. I want better MPG's anyway. I don't take it offroad nearly as much as the tires want me to. The previous owner had the 315's put on and when IU bought the truck a couple years ago, two of the tires were good and two were smoked. I replaced them 2 at a time, said f it.
No worries man. I'm fully aware I need spacers. I'm just cheap. lol.

What gears are in your axles? I doubt with a Cummins you will get better mpg's by downsizing from 35's. These engines like having some load on them.

^^ I have a factory 3.55 ratio. I'm getting real close to 16 mpg's. I know its possible to see 20 but I doubt I will. The autotragic kills it I think. But 17-18 would e fantastic. I believe I read somewhere that without a tuner, you can get 17 ish mpg's, with a tuner close to 20. I dont remember for sure.

Some trucks came factory with 4.10's, that's why I was asking. If you had those you wouldn't wanna go any smaller. With 3.55's you could probably step down to a 33" tire and maybe pick up some mpg's, but it wouldn't be much. Auto's do suck, that's why I don't buy them ;) Yes a tuner can actually help quite a bit.

You are so holyier than though when comes to talk about trannies. :icon_tongue:

Wonder why many of the ultra4 guys run automatics???



Plenty of people blow up NV4500 trannies. In stock flavors and from the stuff I've seen upfront and had my hands on, a good comparison would be done b/t a nv4500 (460 ft-lb input rating) and perhaps 47re (450 ft-lb input rating). Pretty unfair to compare to a 46re. For sure swapping a nv4500 to a half ton drivetrain will be the stronger. :icon_tongue:

It's hard to give honest assessments of an automatic transmission when it's a DODGE automatic transmission.

When you've only dealt with one, which I think you have, then that's all you have to go on. You've treated yours like a wheel barrow. ;) It all goes back to maintenance and the demand put on it.

Granted I do think some ppl have more bad luck then others.

My tranny, knock on wood will die now b/c of what I'm about to say, is original to fluid/filter change since I've owned it and no check valve delete. Not a wimper or an issue in what I've treated it with.

Real easy to give honest assessment and it's not the only one I've messed with. People that have had their own hands inside one (e.g., gdstock, monteC, etc.) have much better ideas on the autos on what the limiting components are. Same can be said for the nv4500s, they have quirks too.

Yes this is my first Dodge and first Dodge automatic transmission. It was rebuilt before I got it and I've worked, played, and abused it and while it's no secret I've had issues and still have a quirk to figure out it's been fairly solid.

No check valve delete here either...

Manual's are pretty hard to come by in my area and when it comes to my truck, I don't really prefer one over the other.
However, my car is a stick and any car I own will forever be a stick.

Automatics still suck.

I would agree with Wombat.

An NV4500 may not be a far comparison to a 46re, but how about the NV3500 (300 ft-lb input rating)? It's rated low enough that dodge didn't put them behind the 360 (for the most part, i have heard of one such truck) but have stood up to plenty of abuse behind 318s and 360s, including some with turbos, Hans5.2 for example. Mine is behind a stock 5.2, but has been worked hard for over 300,000 miles.

Gord.