View Single Post
Old 01-05-2016, 08:29 PM   #39
piecesparts
Parts and more parts
 
piecesparts's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Lebo, Kansas (middle of nowhere
Posts: 6,821
Re: just bought a 08 crewcab 2wd and i'm dropping it. any sugestions?

Quote:
Originally Posted by brassknuckles View Post
Still using the tires that came on the truck new, 255/75r/20's IIRC, still under 20,000 miles on them....Truck has 30,000 miles, tires were switched out for snows by PO every winter...... the truck won't be seeing anymore snow and salt, as long as I own it. Ontario winters are brutal on equipment!
You are running a 35" diameter tire, that is what is killing your fender liners. I dropped down to a 265/50/20 tire for summer and a 245/70/17 tire for winter. Both of these tires are 30" in diameter. That would give you another 2.5" spacing between the tire and the fender.
__________________
Frank
piecesparts is offline   Reply With Quote