Deep Lip elimintaes need for wheel spacers?
07-22-2014, 04:22 PM
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That wheel should work fine. My wheels are 17x9 with a -12 offset and the have a nice stocky muscular stance. They stick out 1/2 inch maybe 3/4 of an inch past the fenders. Ur wheels would be an inch wider and about a half inch more for the offset. So they should stick past the fenders about an inch maybe 1.25 inches. It should look good that way. And I have had the toyo open country mt's. They are good tires but they are heavy and I lost a few miles per gallon when I was running them but you would have a true 33 and 12.5 wide would be a nice fit on that rim. I do a lot of highway driving and they wore down faster than I would have hoped but it was expected, and as they did the became noisy. The GY duratrac's that I have now have a little over 20k on them and still look new and sofar have had great grip in the mud, rain, dry. Haven't had any snow in fl to try that out but I am really impressed so far. I would get them again and are much cheaper than the toyos. I would run the 295/65 with that setup
07-22-2014, 11:49 PM
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That wheel should work fine. My wheels are 17x9 with a -12 offset and the have a nice stocky muscular stance. They stick out 1/2 inch maybe 3/4 of an inch past the fenders. Ur wheels would be an inch wider and about a half inch more for the offset. So they should stick past the fenders about an inch maybe 1.25 inches. It should look good that way. And I have had the toyo open country mt's. They are good tires but they are heavy and I lost a few miles per gallon when I was running them but you would have a true 33 and 12.5 wide would be a nice fit on that rim. I do a lot of highway driving and they wore down faster than I would have hoped but it was expected, and as they did the became noisy. The GY duratrac's that I have now have a little over 20k on them and still look new and sofar have had great grip in the mud, rain, dry. Haven't had any snow in fl to try that out but I am really impressed so far. I would get them again and are much cheaper than the toyos. I would run the 295/65 with that setup
07-23-2014, 05:27 AM
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I kept the stock wheels and had them powder coated. We went just slightly bigger with a 265/70-18 Goodyear Kevlar. Not very radical, then added a 1.5" spacer to beef them out some.
So far, so good!
So far, so good!
07-23-2014, 05:32 PM
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Thanks for your input... I like the look of the Mud T/A's and aggressive tires but I also do a ton of daily freeway driving and your input on the Duratracks has helped me make a better choice, I even like their look and love the sidewall, heard nothing but good things about their wear, and to hear they are quiet as well makes them a no-brainer, I just hate their price tag, but I think I'm gonna be happy,,, now I hope belle Tire can find me 5 of them as well as the rims... then I can put this yearlong search behind me!
07-23-2014, 05:59 PM
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