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Old 05-03-2018, 07:32 PM
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YES YOU CAN!!!

I know plenty of you are asking how large of tires you can go with without a major lift. I put in a 2.5" leveling kit from Rough Country on my 2010 Dodge Dakota. Bought new tires/wheels: Wheels Raceline Defender 16 x 8 - 0 with Gladiator XComp MT 285/75R16 (32.8 x 11.5). On the truck it gives a 1" aggressive. It did require a little bit of plastic trimming on the front wheel wells but I have zero rubbing on anything at full lock turn. Tires/wheels were purchased from customoffset.com and I highly recommend checking out their truck gallery! I just mounted these yesterday and this weekend I will be sanding the plastic trimming and touching up the paint to make it look clean. Now unto the exhaust!! I've been told to go with a 3" straight pipe. Not looking for anything fancy just want a deep rumble. Any suggestions welcome. And bring on the haters who think trimming was dumb Enjoy the pics! (

Before and after (yes, before pic is from the internet since I forgot to take a pre-leveling kit pic)






 

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Old 05-03-2018, 07:52 PM
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Please don’t straight pipe it. That IS dumb.
 
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Please don’t straight pipe it. That IS dumb.
If the cat is still there, it really isn't that loud.
 
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Old 05-06-2018, 11:15 AM
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If the cat is still there, it really isn't that loud.
But then it wouldn’t be straight piped. Lol
 
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looks good, guy. **** a bunch of lift.
 



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