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Old 05-10-2009 | 12:24 AM
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love the wheels man... those are niiiice. for some reason the chrome center does look slightly out of place though. maybe a body-colored center with black lugs? i love black on the wheels but not the entire wheel...kinda makes the wheel disappear so i agree with not wanting to do the center in black.
 
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Old 05-10-2009 | 12:30 AM
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lift does make the truck look meanier. Good choice.
 
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Old 05-10-2009 | 01:05 AM
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lift does make the truck look meanier. Good choice.
Yea it does. And I think that you should put up some pictures of your lift dedogg, because your truck looks really mean.
 
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Old 05-10-2009 | 01:13 AM
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Thanks ried, its a work in progress. Trying to sell the tonneau cover right now so i can get a ramair hood.



 
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Old 05-10-2009 | 01:23 AM
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Thanks ried, its a work in progress. Trying to sell the tonneau cover right now so i can get a ramair hood.



That looks sweet. I've been iffy doing the same thing on my truck. I want a 2" level and a 3" body lift. Which is like yours, but I think your sig says 2.5" level. And it looks like you have 33" tires also. And you don't seem to have too much empty wheel well. Just need to get a sport bumper to help pull the truck down to the ground a little bit.
 
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Old 05-10-2009 | 01:49 AM
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I went with a 2.5 level kit and a performance 3" B/L, still running the stock tires and rims, until I can find a set of 17 or 18" rims that I like then go with 35 or 37" tires. I love the way it sits now.
 
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Old 05-10-2009 | 07:37 AM
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Thanks for all of the words, guys. The center cap has been a topic! I kind of like the chrome there breaking it up a little. I thought about getting some black lug nuts though. I just got them put on Friday, so I will live with it for a while and see how it goes.
 
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Old 05-10-2009 | 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by AF_HEMI
love the wheels man... those are niiiice. for some reason the chrome center does look slightly out of place though. maybe a body-colored center with black lugs? i love black on the wheels but not the entire wheel...kinda makes the wheel disappear so i agree with not wanting to do the center in black.
I agree, id consider body color center caps but id maintain the chrome lugs mself. I think that would look sweet. Maybe later a black bed stripe to accent it.
 
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Old 05-10-2009 | 10:27 AM
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I went with a 2.5 level kit and a performance 3" B/L, still running the stock tires and rims, until I can find a set of 17 or 18" rims that I like then go with 35 or 37" tires. I love the way it sits now.
Just be forewarned that you will have to do some metal wheel well trimming to fit 37's with that lift. I have a 3" level, 3" body and 3" rear add-a-leaf and I had to trim a little metal and re-mold the plastic in the wheel wells with a heat gun. I think 36" is the key size with that lift!

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I agree, id consider body color center caps but id maintain the chrome lugs mself. I think that would look sweet. Maybe later a black bed stripe to accent it.
I agree, paint the center caps to match the truck and leave the lugs chrome.
 

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Old 05-10-2009 | 02:09 PM
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[QUOTE=dodgenitto;1661967]Just be forewarned that you will have to do some metal wheel well trimming to fit 37's with that lift. I have a 3" level, 3" body and 3" rear add-a-leaf and I had to trim a little metal and re-mold the plastic in the wheel wells with a heat gun. I think 36" is the key size with that lift!


Yeah I hav heard that from other too, I am still wanting to do a 3" suspension lift which should make it a little easier to stuff 37's in there dontcha think? I would like to stay away from cutting. If not I will be happy with 35's
 


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