a 265 is probably on a 8" rim. Now if you dont mind a little bulging, you can go up to a 305 on an 8" rim but it will wear in the middle quicker than if you had a 9 or 10" rim.

 

Thanks a lot, you have helped me immensly.

 

your very welcome. I like being helpful.

 

Dont waste the 100. on the gap guards.

Black zip ties and black rubber bladder for a pond it all you need. And will cost 20.00.

Thats what I did. And looks great.

 

You can put up to a 12.50 on a 8" rim. So a 33-12.5-17 would be fine.

I think the number are 285-75-17 the 35 is 315-75-17.

 

So I can put on a 33" tire and my rim will allow it to be that wide. Thanks thats what I was hoping to here, I dont want to buy new rims when I put in my body lift. And also thanks for the tip about the gap guards mindeee, I will have to try that too. Thanks everyone

 

If you put a 12.50 tire on a 10" wide rim it will look kinda silly. I believe 4wheelparts online recommends the maximum tire width for an 8" rim as 12.50. If I keep my 05, I am going with a 3" body and 33s, I did the torsion bars a while back, but since I tow a 30ft long camper from time to time, I dont want to go up to 35s. That would probably throw my whole setup out of whack.

 

What did you do with the torsion bars? Im not familar with what that is.

 

yeah, can you explain the whole torsion bar thing? I'd like a little more clearance too. and is it something I can do myself?

 

Yeah, the front suspension on the 02-05 (I didnt know they changed it in 06-07) 4x4s have an IFS front end. If you search my post for torsion bars I did a little write up on it. With pictures and all. It's pretty simple to do. Took me about 20 minutes with a floor jack.

I got about 1.5" with the bars turned 4 or 5 times, cant remember exactly its in the post...LOL. I just wanted to level the front end up some. I will try and find it then post a link to it here.

https://dodgeforum.com/m_300221/tm.htm

That should be it...