Wheels for lowered Silverado
 

Like most of you, I enjoy trucks alot. Even tho I like all shapes and forms of 'em (Chevy, Ford, Dodge).</P>


I'm looking forward to lowering my '01, and thinking about some different wheels. Anyone have any ideas on widths and backspacing (offsets) for a truck with say either a 2/4 or a 4/6 drop?</P>

RE: Wheels for lowered Silverado
 

How it going? I have a 01 Silverado with a 4"-6" I have 20" rims they are 9" wide and my tire size is 275-45-20. If u put a 4"-6" drope on it these tires will rub in the front(well mine did anyways) So u need a 275-40-20 to be able to ride on the front. Unless u raise it up about an ince in the front like i did.

RE: Wheels for lowered Silverado
 

Well the guy above is a complete idiot. For one he is running a 275 tire. That is 275mm wide which is a wideass tire for the front of a vehicle. And for one changing from a 45 series tire to a 40 series tire is only gonna make the tire shorter by a whole inch. Which is not going to do anything for the rubbing. If you don't want it to rub you need to run a more narrow tire like a 245 or a 255.

If you are looking for some twenties to go with I suggest either a 255/35/20 or a 245/35/20. You could even step it up two sizes for a 22' rim which would really fill in the fenderwell gaps. I'm not sure on the backspacing but I would run an 8inch rim and I'm gonna take a guess here and say a 4.5 backspacing. I don't know silverados and I only know s10s sorry.

RE: Wheels for lowered Silverado
 

Is it just me, or are you suppose to jack trucks up? If you wanna lower something, go buy an import....

RE: Wheels for lowered Silverado
 

i see more and more slammed trucks all the time. i would like to lower mine a bit, but it is a 2WD beater...:D

RE: Wheels for lowered Silverado
 

i have a red 2001 silverado reg cab step side 5.3 vortec, auto, all power, 2- 4 drop, lots of billet and flowmasters, but no wheels. my truck came stock with the styled steel 16's, and i love the way it looks with a drop. take all the trim, and emblems off, maybe some color matched door handles, and a drop, also get the plastic parts on the bumper painted to match and your truck will look killer without heaver wheels. just a thought...