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Old Mar 3, 2008 | 03:25 PM
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Ijust recently bought and 01 z71. I wanna put some more aggressive tires on it. what does every recommend? i think im gonna do a 3 inch body lift and 32's. do you think thats a decent setup? Does anyone have any pics of a setup like that?thank you
 
Old Mar 3, 2008 | 04:00 PM
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If you do a 3" lift you should be able to put 33's on it with out it rubbing. That will also look pretty good.
 
Old Mar 3, 2008 | 05:01 PM
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how aggressive are you talking? like all terrain or mud tire? for all terrains i'd go with bfg all terrains or cooper discoverer s/t's, they're both great all-around tires... mud tires i'd go with bfg mud terrains
 
Old Mar 3, 2008 | 05:14 PM
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A three inch lift gives you room to spare for 33s.
 
Old Mar 3, 2008 | 05:18 PM
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yea, go at least 33's. Even some 35's would fit with a little torsion bar adjustment.
just dont go too big without re-gearing...
 
Old Mar 3, 2008 | 06:19 PM
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I was thinking the BF Goodrich mud terrains.

So yea, i will look into a 3 inch lift and 33's.

Does anyone happen to have a picture of what that looks like, i would appriciate it.
 
Old Mar 3, 2008 | 09:48 PM
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Yep sure do here is a link the first ones of my truck is with my 3 inch body lift installed.

http://s208.photobucket.com/albums/bb150/hunt4game29/

Hope that helps and i have 285 70 r17 and i think i am going to go a little bigger next time.
 
Old Mar 4, 2008 | 06:10 AM
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Thank you for the pictures, now atleast i have an idea of what it will look like.

I guess my next question would be, did you have to do anything special for your reese hitch? I see a gap there, did it built back up, any chances needed?

I am new to the whole lifting and what not, the guy that will be doing it for me has done a lot but i want to make sure this is the way i want to go before i commit.

I would appriciate any and all feedback
 
Old Mar 4, 2008 | 11:03 AM
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the hitch is attached to the frame, so it doesnt move with a body lift. there will be a gap there, but it will still function just as well as it did before
 
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