looking to put aftermarket rims on my 04 2500 diesel would like to stay with a 17" rim so in the winter i could put my tire on the factor rims. yes i know alot of work switching tires but sort on cash and would like to keep rims looking good. thanks for any help pictures would be awesome but not necessary

 

You might be better off running two sets of rims and tires. It will cost you at least $100 to swap out the tires each time, not to mention going to a shop, and you'll be storing rims anyway. If you have tires on those rims, it makes it a lot easier to move them without damage (and you can run different sizes, I use 35's on 20's daily then 32's on stock 17's for towing). I have pictures in my gallery.

 

deiselram not trying to ***** this thread but i was looking at your pics you got a bad *** truck do u have it lifted to run those 35's cause i thought 33's was the biggest you could go with out lifting it just wondering thanks alot

 

you can get away with 35's with just a leveling kit, 33's are about as big as you can go stock.

 

Thanks for the compliment,
I have the leveling kit up front for right now (as Drew mentioned), and a little rub on the passenger side when backing up and turning left ("driveway rub" on upper arm of the four link). It seems to be a common problem with 35's and only the leveling kit, but hopefully a 6" lift will cure it (and allow for 37's).

Didn't mean to thread jack.

Oh, 17's might be a good aftermarket rim idea too, since tire prices skyrocket as the rim size increases ( $250ea for 35x12.5 R15 on friend's Rubicon vs my $450ea for 35x12.5 R20).

 

thanks ill keep a eye out for your 6 inch lift and 37s thats what i would like to do eventully but prob wont happen lol thanks for the info and sorry to mess up the thread for the original poster

 

With the price issue again, anything over 6 inches becomes really expensive (kinda like the **** industry )

 

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now thats funny

 

lmao ya i hear that one thats my problem to lol good luck