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Old 09-11-2008, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by jimmyboy8301
you have to remember the nnbs 07 and up trucks have MUCH smaller wheel wells making it much harder to fit bigger tires, thus requiring more lift
LOL uh what? Care to explain how you can fit bigger tires with less lift on a NNBS and how so many guys run 24's or bigger on their lowered NNBS trucks?
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Originally Posted by MonsterZ28
i think the nnbs dwarfs the tires moreso than the nbs



Originally Posted by jimmyboy8301
you have to remember the nnbs 07 and up trucks have MUCH smaller wheel wells making it much harder to fit bigger tires, thus requiring more lift


I believe the NBS required more than 6in to fit 35s with no trimming at least 2WD anyway. Also with the NNBS with you can fit 37s w/ minor trimming on a 8in or so lift with the right wheels.
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Originally Posted by RandomHero
LOL uh what? Care to explain how you can fit bigger tires with less lift on a NNBS and how so many guys run 24's or bigger on their lowered NNBS trucks?

yea but what size tires are that running? I know that a 285/30/24 is only 30.xx tall, so it depends what size thay are running..
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Originally Posted by chevytruck
yea but what size tires are that running? I know that a 285/30/24 is only 30.xx tall, so it depends what size thay are running..
I'm aware of that, but a nbs you can't even run 26's with any kind of front drop without rubbing unless you run like a 275/25/26


EDIT-2/4 drop with 32.1" tires:
I'm looking for others

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Im running a factory size 275/55/20 which is damn near 32" tall on a 20x8.5 30mm offset which is the factory size/offset and mine is lowered 5" in front and 7" rear (cardomain link in sig)
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convinced on the 3 inch but its taking a back seat to performance, cai/dynotune then lift. JB1 give me another day or so its raining right now
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Originally Posted by RandomHero
LOL uh what? Care to explain how you can fit bigger tires with less lift on a NNBS and how so many guys run 24's or bigger on their lowered NNBS trucks?
the fender wells on the nnbs are smaller and it is a proven fact. check out www.fullsizechevy.com and ask around if you don't believe me. i had a 2005 silverado with 35's and NEVER rubbed with very very minor trimming. my new 2008 has the same brand 6" lift with the fenders measuring 1/2" HIGHER and i had to do a substantial amount of trimming to fit 35's and i still rub at full lock.
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Originally Posted by chevyspeed3







I believe the NBS required more than 6in to fit 35s with no trimming at least 2WD anyway. Also with the NNBS with you can fit 37s w/ minor trimming on a 8in or so lift with the right wheels.
you could fit 37's on a nbs with 8" of lift also.
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2005 running 6" superlift 45" fenders with VERY minimal trimming of lower valance, NEVER rubbed


2008 running 6" superlift 45.5" fenders with a significant amount of trimming of front and back of front fender including the inside, and still rubs at full lock
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What is the backspacing on the NNBS? 4.5in and 9in wide and are they BFGs? And there is a pretty big chunk missing on the valance of the NBS. ONe thing I didn't like about NBS is that the "air dam" was integrated with the bumper. NNBS just take off the lower valance. I fit my 33s with no trimming on a 4.5in lift. I would have no problem fitting 35s (dependant on brand) with 1.5in and half more. If Im not mistaken the Superlift is very similar to the Pro Comp lift which when measureing the drop on fron is actually about 5.5in lift which is why Pro-comps can barly fit 35s better with 34s.


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