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Old Sep 2, 2008 | 12:17 PM
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Hi I'm new to this. I have a 2006 dodge ram 4x4 and i have seen most 2006 rams to have 265/75/17 tires on them but my truck has 245/75/17 and was looking to change them to 265. is there any body out there with the same as me. just wondering lucky55
 
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Old Sep 2, 2008 | 02:16 PM
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Welcome to Dodge Forum!! I'll move you to the Ram Section where you'll get more responses...

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Old Sep 2, 2008 | 02:26 PM
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you can go bigger than that if you want. you can actually fit a 34" in there with no leveling. leveled and you can get in a 35"!
 
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Old Sep 2, 2008 | 02:39 PM
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Just watch the upper A-arms for clearance, especially with the stock rims that don't offer the backspacing most aftermarket wheels have. The older torsion bar front ends (02-05s) don't seem to have an issue with wider tires on stock rims, but the newer coil over 4x4s seem to have a good bit less clearance. You could go 33x11.5 with no problem, maybe even 34x11.5, but you start getting into the 12.5" wides, you need to consider a wheel upgrade to something with like 4.5" of backspacing...
 
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Old Sep 2, 2008 | 03:24 PM
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My dads truck has 245's on it and they are too small! Luckily its time for some new ones so some 265's will be going on.
 
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