sleeperlqx

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Ok guys, slowly getting my truck how I would like it to look. Some may have followed my swap thread, now when I pop the hood it looks & performances like this.



This is my daily driver & my project burb




What I have done:

• I do plan to leave the truck at its current height, no higher or no lower. Im 6'2 and think its perfect for me. Its a 2wd and the Tbars are maxed to level with the rear end. Truck still is slightly lower that a 4wd, but sits level, and looks better.
• Removed chrome lic plate lights, and replaced with black plastic ones after I broke 1 washing truck
• Debadged rear tail gate.

So my plans so far are:

• Cadillac Diamond Black full paint job (murdered look)
• Painted Grill, Painted Front & Rear bumpers
• Complete debadge including door guards
• VortecMAX badges on side front doors where Tahoe emblems are
  
• I just ordered some of these for her today as well....
  

Cant wait to get them mounted. Need to figure out what size tires will work good at this height & look really good.
275, 285, 295, 305 or what?

walledition

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i ordered the same rims like 1 hour ago, cant wait to get them, make sure u post a picture once u have them mounted, i wanted to go with nitto`s but everyone keeps telling me i should go 275/45/20 but nitto doesn't have that number, i`ll have to go with hankook

sleeperlqx

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Hankook are good. I had them on 1 of my work trucks, good tires. damn good tires... I was looking at your other thread as well. I thought you bought them, as they were sold out. But I talked to the seller, he had more. Great purchase as well IMO. Im thinking 275/45/20 at my height, just so I can have more of a performance advantage. But from calculation 295/45/20 would be nice, but I dont know what it would look like on the stock rim width.

Ill take pics as soon as. vice versa.

walledition

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what brand of tire are you going with?

sleeperlqx

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Not sure on the brand, I have a place I can get used tires in new condition for cheap. They sell mud tires the size of my truck, some streets too, & 20s they are lots of them. Im more concerned with size right now than brand.

My stock tires are 265-70-16 which is 30.61 diameter. So I need something that diameter or close to it. A 285-50-20 which is common actually is a 31.22 diameter. Which is pretty big but common. Here is a nice comparison Ive been looking at.

305/35-20
d=28.41
w=4.20
305/40-20
d=29.61
w=4.80
305/45-20
d=30.81
w=5.40
305/50-20
d=32.01
w=6.00
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295/40-20
d=29.29
w=4.65
295/45-20
d=30.45
w=5.23
295/50-20
d=31.61
w=5.81
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285/40-20
d=28.98
w=4.49
285/45-20
d=30.10
w=5.05
285/50-20
d=31.22
w=5.61
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275/45-20
d=29.74
w=4.87
275/50-20
d=30.83
w=5.41
275/55-20
d=31.91
w=5.95

Ive been looking up pics of certain combos. Still cant decide.

TIM Z

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Gonna look sick when your done!

Like the old Burb, i have a softspot for burbans!

camochevy21

I like those rims. Are you going to do anything with the tail lights?

sleeperlqx

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Thanks guys. The tail lights, I were going to keep stock, paint the calipers red, and after the blacked out grill, red chevy emeblem. I thought the red lights might work into it all. As well as the voretcMAX emblems on the front doors will be red lettered "max". Just to accent things.

sleeperlqx

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These are the tires I went with. http://www.maxxis.com/AutomobileLigh...rauder-II.aspx They are maxxis tires. Size are 285/50 Tires are huge compared to my stockers as far as width, just like I wanted. Im upgrading my rear end for sure.




comparison to stock

budhayes3

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Nice project, I like your plans I think that 285/50-20 would be a good size for the tires, that's what I have with a 3ish/4.35ish drop (from 4x4 height), and it seems to be the perfect size for this drop. I think it would work out well with stock height also...a 275/45-20 would be a little short at stock height, I think that the short sidewall would look out of place unless the burb was dropped about 2/4...just my opinion of course. A 305 would fill the wheel wells nicely, but I'm not sure if it will be too wide to clear...you'd definitely get rubbing with the steering wheel fully turned. I guess that a 295 is an option also...but I still like the 285 idea