09 laramie crew cab on 24s
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From: Gilbert AZ
Looks nice, for a Street Ride...
Just hope the City where you live is VERY diligent on filling potholes, so you don't bend a rim or break a kidney !!
Me, I prefer a truck that looks like a Truck !! Something that is ready to "drag things up a mountain"... (Or at least venture past where the quality asphalt ends...)
Just hope the City where you live is VERY diligent on filling potholes, so you don't bend a rim or break a kidney !!
Me, I prefer a truck that looks like a Truck !! Something that is ready to "drag things up a mountain"... (Or at least venture past where the quality asphalt ends...)
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From: Austin/Round Rock, TX
Looks nice, for a Street Ride...
Just hope the City where you live is VERY diligent on filling potholes, so you don't bend a rim or break a kidney !!
Me, I prefer a truck that looks like a Truck !! Something that is ready to "drag things up a mountain"... (Or at least venture past where the quality asphalt ends...)
Just hope the City where you live is VERY diligent on filling potholes, so you don't bend a rim or break a kidney !!
Me, I prefer a truck that looks like a Truck !! Something that is ready to "drag things up a mountain"... (Or at least venture past where the quality asphalt ends...)
Im in west los angeles the pavement never ends lol.... kinda hard to go drag things up a mountain here..
not to many pot holes either... if people were jacking up their Ferraris here some politition would be fired quik
not to many pot holes either... if people were jacking up their Ferraris here some politition would be fired quik
Last edited by Doc Fluty; May 28, 2009 at 03:26 PM.
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From: Curtice, OH
Were you running 20s before?
**Edit, nevermind, you were since it is a Laramie.
Not sure why your MPGs would have went down with these. Same diameter with basically the same rubber contacting the road. Only thing that could have done it would have been overall weight of the wheel tire combo.
**Edit, nevermind, you were since it is a Laramie.
Not sure why your MPGs would have went down with these. Same diameter with basically the same rubber contacting the road. Only thing that could have done it would have been overall weight of the wheel tire combo.
Last edited by CarGuyOhio; May 28, 2009 at 04:27 PM.
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The weight of the wheels rotating also factors into gas mileage. It takes more force to get them going when compared to the 20's.
Think of a 1lb weight on a 1ft lever. Imagine holding it with one hand. Now try 1lb on a 2ft lever. It will be harder to hold the same weight on a 2ft lever. Hence, it will also require more force to spin it.
Think of a 1lb weight on a 1ft lever. Imagine holding it with one hand. Now try 1lb on a 2ft lever. It will be harder to hold the same weight on a 2ft lever. Hence, it will also require more force to spin it.
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ya, i'm betting there's a significant difference in weight but who cares, it looks good!
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It has to do with size and weight. A guy on the corvette forums stated once that 1 lb in unsprung mass (on the wheels) was roughly equivalent to 100 lbs of sprung mass (on the vehicle). Corvettes actually come with 18's up front and 19's in back. This is for performance reasons. Do you think a Toyota Venza really needs 19's? No. But it looks good. So it just depends on what you're going for.