Thanks Grippy!

 

doh!

 

I'm heading out right now to measure

 

here ya go flipper, looks like you have an easy 1.5" of useable BS allowing for 5/8" clearence to the leaf pack and inner fender well, note: inner fender well and outside edge of leafpack are about dead even +/- 1/4". My tires also have a 12" section width so this measurement will directly apply to you, my rear wheels are 5.5" BS, so it looks like 6.5" BS would easily fit leaving you 1 1/8" clearance to the leaf pack, and 7" of BS would leave you with the 5/8" of clearance to the leafpack as previously stated.

 

Sweet Grippy! Thanks for crawling on th ground and gettin that pic! Much appreciated! 6.5 it is!

 

no worries dude! so what are thinking size, bs, tire combo-wise front and rear?

 

I may go 305/50/22 in the rear (but thats a 34" tire) And
255/60/20 in the front..
5.5 BS Front
6.5 BS Rear

Intro Twisted Vista 8's

 

I think you'll be limited to a 305/45-22 unless a new tire is out. I PM'ed Bryan from Intro just to triple check the #'s.

this is going to look ****!

 

Yeah I think you are right.. Got so wrapped up in using a tire size calculator didnt bother to see if they were available..

 

Well, I have read through this thread and what I can say is that there is no reason why you would need a 6.5" backspace on an 8.5" wide rim. 6.0" is what we use for airbagged trucks. At the very most, if you are going to run a FAT tire, then you can use 6.25", but if you arent airbagged, a 6.0" should be just fine. On my truck, I am running 22x10 with 305/35/22 and a 7.5" backspace and I can drive it on the floor and still not rub the bedsides.

Here is my truck air'd up at drive height (old pic before paint and shaving):



And laying ***: