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Ok, so after posting a few threads here about tire size I gathered that I can fit a 295 on my 04 Ram 1500 QC 4x4 with a TGC front leveling kit. However, after visiting my local Truckin' American (crooks! the wanted 250 for a leveling kit!!!) they said that with a front leveling kit I could fit 315's. So whats the real story? What is the biggest tire I can go with without rubbing while still using my stock 17x8 wheels. Please, give me some good advice. Thanks!
with a 6" suspension lift and the proper backspacing, you can fit 315's. any less of a lift or not enough backspacing, and I would imagine you would be rubbing. Thats the only lift I have really researched..... check the "sticky" posts at the top of the page, its probably broken down a bit more in one of those...
sure, i'll bet you can stuff 315's under there somehow with no modifications...as far as driveability? With my lift, I have no rubbing and have full range of movement. I'll stop here just in case i'm wrong, but I can't see how they could fit on a stock 1500.....
I have a 2.4" leveling kit and am using a 305-55-20 and it rubs just a lil on the plastic inside the fender when i turn left really sharp, not at all when i turn right.
I have a 2.4" leveling kit and am using a 305-55-20 and it rubs just a lil on the plastic inside the fender when i turn left really sharp, not at all when i turn right.
If it is just a little you may be able to wedge a piece of 2x4 in there when you turn the wheel. Then use a little heat to warm the plastic. Then let cool and remove the 2x4. If you do this be VERY careful to not make a fire.
I don't know much about 295 or 315 but 35's will fit with a 2 kit and 1/4 spacers they will actually fit with out the spacer but the tire rubs just the slightest bit.
If it is just a little you may be able to wedge a piece of 2x4 in there when you turn the wheel. Then use a little heat to warm the plastic. Then let cool and remove the 2x4. If you do this be VERY careful to not make a fire.
+1 I used a heat gun to remold my wheel wells on the front and I have no rubbing at full turn or full travel! Problem solved.
[quote=dodgenitto;1508125]+1 I used a heat gun to remold my wheel wells on the front and I have no rubbing at full turn or full travel! Problem solved.
Did you use the same method of using a block of wood in between the tire? And what kind of shocks did you upgrade to if any?