It's amazing how a different set of wheels and tires and a different stance can totally change the attitude and style of a truck. Today I decided to finally lose the 33's (BFG AT 285/75R-16) and factory wheels, and install my Gibb's 20's wrapped in some 285/50 Toyo Proxes. I also installed Belltech drop torsion keys up front, and removed the rear 4x4 2" lift blocks plus installed Belltech 2" drop shackles. I had a Toyo Open Country AT 275/70R-16 mounted on the steel rim for my spare (the Toyo 20's are 31" tall, and the the 16" AT is 31.1" tall)

I still need to get the vehicle aligned, and have the speedo re-calibrated, not to mention, I have some Belltech 4920 bumpstops on the way from Stylin Concepts since I was missing one in the rear, and I cut my front bumpstops just a smidge too much. Even with the bumpstop being too short, the truck rides suprisingly well (just a tad mushy in the front, but the bump stops should cure that), and the alignment is noticably way off.

Well, enough blabbering, here's the finished product:













Here's what it used to be...





BTW, I now have 4 BFG 285/75R-16 All Terrains with less than 15k, and 1 that has Zero miles (it was the spare) that I will be dismounting from the wheels and selling pretty soon. Gonnna get the 275/70R-16's that match the spare and mount em on the factory wheels for the winter.

 

Looks good.

 

big difference, looks good

think its time to remove the side moldings and badges?

 

wow bud, that looks so much better. Your right, wheels can definely change the look of a truck. Most of the time it is for the better. Wheels are the first mod anyone should do for looks IMO.

 

It looks AWESOME!!!

BTW: How heavy are those Gibbs?

 

Yea, that's definitely a future plan. I'm just a little leary of what 7 year old black paint is gonna look like when I take em off. Eventually I wanna lose the rear bumper and get a Sir Michael's(sp?) roll pan, and black out everything up front like the Z71 Tahoes. I'd like a Goodmark cowl hood too.

Honestly, I don't know. The Gibbs/285 Toyo combo feels lighter than the factory/285 BFG AT combo though...at least that's what it felt like to me. FWIW, I lifted the Gibbs out of the truck at the beginning of the day when I was fresh and ready to go, and I lifted the AT's back in to the truck at the end of the day after being beat from working in the heat and humidity...so they may have just felt heavier to me because I was beat

Thanks for the great compliments everybody...I'm so excited I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight lol! Can't wait to get it aligned so I can put some nice miles on it and really enjoy it!

 

Looks real good

Oh I finally got around to getting a Basslink and building that platform you gave dimensions to. It works like a charm, and sounds real good, thanks alot

 

Looks much better IMO.

 

Cool deal man, glad it worked out for you! And thanks for the compliment!

 

shackles out back would be ****.