Hey all I have searched and read the forum, looks of good info!


Does anyone know/or have a truck and pictures with 17" rims, I have an 08 with stock 20's and trying to decide if I want to go down to smaller aftermarket rims or stick with 20's.

Also really trying to get tires nailed down. I drive a lot on the road but also live in the snow belt east of Cleveland, and with my business I drive in alot of muddy/snowy barns. So Im leaning towards the nitto trail grappler but I have mostly picked that tire because I can run it on stock rims no life. Hard to find a tire I like.

As for a leveling kit there is an off road shop 40mins from me and they want 225 bucks to install the kit.... Is a leveling kit hard to install? And which one would you buy?

Thanks All!

 

Look into the cooper zeon ltz. Good at tire for road use with good snow and mud capabilities. It fits stock 20 rims and has a sharp aggressive looking tread to it. I've had nothing but good experience with the zeon and it's relatively inexpensive.
Also I have the 2.5" Hell Bent Steel level. Great product they offer. GL on your hunt.

 

here is a better pic of the tread pattern. this was just before I PD'd my wheels.

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Just crank the torsion bar bolts approx 5 turns it'll level out save the 225 for more mods q level kit is just a reindexes key I've been told and after viewing the oem to aftermarket I agree. Torsionbars gonna still have same pressure applied

 

He can't... He's got an '08. No torsion bars/keys/bolts to crank. Even if it's a 4x4, it's a coil-over front end.

Personally, I'd get them 20" wheels the hell off. Yeah they have a "bling" factor, but they offer NO benefit over a 17" wheel. 17" are lighter, increase towing capacity, increase sidewall depth (always a plus), function infinitely better off-road and are CHEAPER and allow you to use vastly more inexpensive tires...

 

These are my 17" AR Rims

 

Now I see your dilemma with going to taller/wider tires, Jon. The backspacing/offset of those just aren't gonna let you get very wide tires under there. They look good though and AR is known for making strong wheels...

 

Do you at least think 285/70/17 would fit and look good.

 

The 32 1/2" height isn't going to be an issue and although I think 11 1/4" width is gonna be close, I think it'll go...

 

Whats a good tire to go with? Im looking for somthing that has aggresive looking thread but dosnt cost a whole lot