I'm sure a lot of you have seen the setup I think I wanna go with. I see a lot of guys around here that go with a super wide rim and tire combo but a low profile tire like a 50-55 sidewall so that the truck sits low and the wheels stick out alittle bitand looks like is ready to go racing. I don't know exactly what rim dimensions and tire sizes would work best for this though so I was wondering if anyone might have any input on the matter. I would like to have atleast some 17"s I think. I've got the factory polished 16"s now and though they would look alright I don't think they are wide enough to do this. Wouldn't you need atleast a 10" wide rim or so to do this correctly? And what tire sizes do you think would look best?

I don't wantto make it Mexican looking, just wanna make it sit a lot lower and have that bull dog stance.

 

If you have no lift, you should stay the same size as stock or a little wider, but total diameter should stay close to stock. A lift as small as a leveling kit(2 inches) could allow a total diameter of 33 inches, like a 285-75-16 or 285- 70-17.

 

something likea 295 or 305 would possiable be enuff to give it that look you are going for. That all depends on the backspaceing of the rim you go with i know nothing about backspacing so im no help there.

 

Yeah that's what I'm trying to figure out is how wide of a rim I would need and how much backspacing would be needed.

Also 'moose', I'm not putting bigger tires on it. I wanna put wider tires on it. Low profile and real wide like Corvette, wheels kinda wide. I'm talking about like 295/50R17 or 305/50R17..... something like that.

 

Do you need a spacer plate to run tires as wide as you want

 

dunno...

 

You might need one depending on the height of the tire, you can go pretty wide with the correct backspacing I know that.