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Old 10-10-2007 | 08:05 PM
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does anyone know someone in the gainesville, fl area that would be interested in swapping 03-05 1500 chrome 20's for chrome 17's, of course i have the 20's i am looking to get a more aggressove tire for a little cheaper, more sidewall too. let me know and we might set something up.
 
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Old 10-10-2007 | 09:18 PM
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It amazes me how many 4x4's are on the lot with 20" rims. I asked sales mgr. of my local dealer (he plays the golf course where I'm the asst. pro) about it one day. He said if he ordered one with 17's it would sit on the lot till Doomsday!!!
Doesn't anybody buy a 4x4 to take it off road? Has a 4x4 become just some kinda lame status symbol?
A tire on a 20" rim has basically no flex or floatation and as such, is basically useless off road. Unless of course those 20" wheels are sporting at least 38" tires, then I guess it'd be OK.
 
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Old 10-10-2007 | 10:45 PM
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Old 10-10-2007 | 10:49 PM
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It amazes me how many 4x4's are on the lot with 20" rims. I asked sales mgr. of my local dealer (he plays the golf course where I'm the asst. pro) about it one day. He said if he ordered one with 17's it would sit on the lot till Doomsday!!!
Doesn't anybody buy a 4x4 to take it off road? Has a 4x4 become just some kinda lame status symbol?
A tire on a 20" rim has basically no flex or floatation and as such, is basically useless off road. Unless of course those 20" wheels are sporting at least 38" tires, then I guess it'd be OK.
you know i always wondered this myself ever see that guy on dtw with 24's and 37's he cant have any flex... i mean if thats what you like kool but it cant do very well off road....
 
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Old 10-10-2007 | 11:20 PM
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It amazes me how many 4x4's are on the lot with 20" rims. I asked sales mgr. of my local dealer (he plays the golf course where I'm the asst. pro) about it one day. He said if he ordered one with 17's it would sit on the lot till Doomsday!!!
Doesn't anybody buy a 4x4 to take it off road? Has a 4x4 become just some kinda lame status symbol?
A tire on a 20" rim has basically no flex or floatation and as such, is basically useless off road. Unless of course those 20" wheels are sporting at least 38" tires, then I guess it'd be OK.
I have never agreed more! [sm=exactly.gif]
 
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Old 10-10-2007 | 11:42 PM
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I use my 4wd (with 20" wheels) when I go offroading. Of course, I'm towing my Jeep (on 35x12.50x15 MTRs) to the park to play but the staging area is up a hill so the 4wd helps get the trailer up there. I wouldn't wheel with anything larger than a 15" wheel unless the brakes were too big to fit. 35" tires on 15" wheels flex really well at 12-15psi even on something as light as the Jeep.
 
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Old 10-11-2007 | 07:51 AM
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does anyone know someone in the gainesville, fl area that would be interested in swapping 03-05 1500 chrome 20's for chrome 17's, of course i have the 20's i am looking to get a more aggressove tire for a little cheaper, more sidewall too. let me know and we might set something up.
I'd love to have 20's, but I live in PA.........[:@] (road trip...!!) and I just hung new Jetson LT265-7-17s ATs on them and replaced all the factory lugnuts with new ones.....
 
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Old 10-11-2007 | 09:56 AM
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I use my 4wd (with 20" wheels) when I go offroading. Of course, I'm towing my Jeep (on 35x12.50x15 MTRs) to the park to play but the staging area is up a hill so the 4wd helps get the trailer up there. I wouldn't wheel with anything larger than a 15" wheel unless the brakes were too big to fit. 35" tires on 15" wheels flex really well at 12-15psi even on something as light as the Jeep.
Exactly what I do and the 20s work great for me. Hammer, I think the reality of it is the simple fact that 90% of the 4wd QC buyers will never do any serious off-roading. They'll put 35 mts on it to crawl over speed bumps in the wal-mart parking lot. Hell, most won't ever even put it in 4wd!! I'm from the old-school that say17s are even too big for a 4wd. Then again, I've seen 20s with 44s that look right and work great.
 



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