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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 03:38 PM
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Ok guys, just found out that their is a body lift for the T900 trucks. How big of tire can I get under this truck with a 7 inch fabtech lift with a 2 and or 3 inch body lift. Wheels are 18X9. thanks
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 07:02 PM
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just an educated guess but I would guess 38" or maybe 41"s but I wouldnt recommend it
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 06:22 AM
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3" body lift and I believe a Fabtech 6"-7" Suspension lift
20x10 moto metal 951s
tires are 37x13.50x20 Nitto Mud Grapplers
Only trim he had to do was a little on the front valence



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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 07:51 AM
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very nice I like it. two question, does your *** end sit lower then your front? I am wondering if 13.50 tires would be to wide for my 9 inch wheels.
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Thats not my truck... thats a guy on GMFS. I think his front sits a tad higher just because he put some kinda spacer upfront. As far as the 13.5" wide tire on a 9" wide wheel.. youd be suprised what you can make fit when you have alot of side wall. That being said... do a little pokin around at some tires lookin at the recommended rim widths, not quite sure if youll be able to get a 13.5 on a 9" wide wheel. I at one time ran a 12" wide tire on a 8" wide wheel and never had any problems
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some recommend 9-11 inch wheels and others 10-12 inch wheels on the same width tire. I don't think 13.5 would be a problem. I just can't decide on just to do the suspension lift, since I have to drive all the time, and sometimes 600 miles at a time. Or go for the suspension and the body lift. Heres some trucks that are bad ***.

one has a 4 inch lift with 20 inch wheels and 33

one has 7 Fabtech with 20 inch wheels with 35

the big one has 12 inch lift with 22 inch wheels and 37 I believe.
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 11:47 PM
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come on guys if you had to drive it around and had the money what would you do. The ari ride suspension for our trucks doesn't count.
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Old Mar 21, 2008 | 09:06 PM
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35 would be as big as i would go with a 7 inch..you will probley rub though.. i run 35 on my cst and it comes very close to rubbing..if u going to 8 or 9 then you can run 37`s
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rubbing is not an issue as long as your on stock rims, theres alot of guys recently on gmfullsize running 37s on stock rims and a level crank, so back spacing on your rims are everything
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Anything over a 35 will be very harsh on those half ton front hub assemblys.......my buddy ran a 6 inch with a 3 inch body lift and 16.5 X 12 wheels with 38.5's. We had lots of rear end probs and lost a front wheel on the highway at 80 when the front hub locked up!!! The other side started goin bad shortly after that....
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