I have 245/75 on mine and its just right. Of course my teenage son would like a mudder on there but he is not buying them. LT 245/75/16 that you are used to. And if you lose that camper you would gain about 5 mpg

 

What's wrong with Grandpa's truck?

 

Ok..bad choice of words. Grandma's truck....I can say that because that who I bought it from. She was not mine...but still a grandma.

 

I went through the "kid" phase already and had 285/75r16 Nittos put on four years ago with a small, 3" lift I pieced together. The power loss from the 265s to 285s was extremely noticeable. I basically put a "trailer" on and haven't taken it off in four years. That's how bad it was. The braking doubled in distance, the ride feels like flinstone wheels. I am now shopping new tires and am seriously considering going back down to 265s even with the lift. Heck, diesel trucks look fine with 265s, so why wouldn't my 1500 with a small lift?

Your truck will handle the 265s just fine if you have 3.55 gears, but some 2wds had 3.42 so you may not like them. Point is, your kid person may like the look, but your grownup person may not. In the days of $4 gas, what is more prudent? What is more sensible? What is more cost-effective? When you jump size, the price jumps a lot! Last thought, there is a 01 Ram that parks next to mine where I live and it is stock with 245/75 GY Authoritys on it and it actually looks just fine. They are not the old street 245s that came stock! Like I said, tires have changed much in recent years.

There is something about keeping these trucks around makes me like the original look even more. Let the kids have their cushy, lifted, tricked out 4th gens with 37s. I'm keeping my 4-pedals and 2 sticks til I die.

 

Ramman18,

You hit it. It's exactly how I feel. I leave everything alone on my daily driver. When I was younger it was a different story. I'm waiting for the build sheet to see what gears are in it. I like the way the truck is now, but I have to get tires so that's why I posted. It looks so low compared to the trucks around. I didn't want to lift it, but depending on the effects of a bigger tire I was going to consider a step up. I have done a little reading on the leveling kits. Im considering doing it. I think the stance would look a little better...

Thank you all for posting...most likely stick with the 245's. but considering the 265's. door tag says it came with 225's. 225 to 265 is a big jump. I don't want any issues.

Thanks,

G

 

Open the hood and look up there might be a sticker that has the gear ratio on it, try the glove box as well. If you lift it, change the tire size it will affect performance and mpg. Changing one thing has a effect on other things. And once you start it never ends lol.

 

Here's a suggestion, go with a 265/70-16 size tire, it will be a little wider tire but almost the exact same diameter so it wont throw off your speedometer. You shouldn't notice any loss in power but you should notice a little gain in traction.

 

(Stock) Tires size stickers are typically found on the driver's door jamb.

 

Those tire stickers are worthless on these trucks.


I have seen only a couple Rams that had 225 stock.

Hell, the tires on my Ram were 265. I believe the 2WD trucks were 245.

 

Fixed; I was thinking of gear ratio, Sorry I should have made it clear as to what I was referring to.