I actually prefer the Cragars quite a bit over the new wheels but they're only 17x9's and I just dropped $1600 on new BFG's that I think will look a lot better on the 17x10's than the 9's, of course its always a gamble!

 

MY 35X12.50's are on a 9" wheel and they look great, fill out nicely

 

Here's the difference in the look I'm going for....

9" Wheel:
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j5...2-08195308.jpg

Buddies BFG's on 10" wheels:
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j5...magejpeg_0.jpg

 

that difference in stance has very little to do with the wheel width. It is more to do with the offset and backspacing of the wheel. If you blow your hard earned cash on a 10" wide wheel and it ain't got the proper offset and backspacing you are gonna be very disappointed.

A 17x9 with a negative offset and about 4-4.5" of backspacing will get the tire out from under the wheel well quite nicely.

The following illustration will show you how backspacing effects how far out the wheel/tire will stick out from the tire well:



You buddy's offset and backspacing are better than yours for the purpose you want, it just also happens that he has 10" wide rims and you have 9" wide ones. If you had 10" wide ones with your same backspacing and he had 9" wide ones with the same backspacing as his current rims, he'd still stick out further than yours...

 

Thanks for the input Hammer I really appreciate it! My real reason for buying the wider wheel is not to the the wheels/tires sticking out of the wheel wells further, all I want is a flatter sidewall instead of the rounded sidewall that I believe the 9" wheel is giving me. Please correct me if I'm wrong but I've done a little looking around and here's what I've come up with. My buddies wheels are actually 9.5" wide with a -19mm offset giving them a 4-1/2" BS. The wheels I currently have are 9" wide with a 5" BS, and the wheels I just bought are 10" wide also with a 5" BS. I believe with the new wheels I will have a straighter sidewall and the wheels will stick out roughly 1/2" wider than the current wheel due to the same BS but 1" wider wheel. Does any of this sound reasonable?

 

Your math is correct and yes, with a wider wheel you will have a slightly flatter sidewall given that you are inflating with the same amount of PSI...

 

Hey sorry to go OT a sec. But still on the suspension genre. I've been looking around trying to confirm for sure, but is it that only the 06+ 4x4 1500's moved over to coil-over suspensions and the 2wd 1500's are still the other suspension (Which would be ? so I know the name of it for future reference). I ask this because I plan on in the future going with a CST 4" spindle lift and noticed it wouldn't work with a coil-over suspension and that other sites mention some 06+ 1500's run coil-overs.

Sorry for the wall of text.

Thanks

 

Screw it, I don't have a coil-over system thank god. My shock just sits inside the coil. What's that referred to anyways ?

 

Coil over... LOL

The coil is "over" or surrounding the shock absorber...