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yeller
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Twin Cities
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Help me pick some tires please
OK gang, getting ready to buy some tires for Yeller...and I need some help with tire information. I already have the wheels, they are 15x7 for the front and 15x10 for the rear. I am looking to get some tires that will fill up the wheel wells nicely, but not be too tall at the same time. My truck is obviously a 2wd, with a 4/6 suspension drop.
So, if you know tires, sizes, and what looks good on our truck...please chime in...cause I need some help. ![]() Thanks in advance! ![]()
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Re: Help me pick some tires please
I've had 255/60 in back and 235/60 up front that looked good. Now, I have 275/60 out back and 255/60 up front. Looks ok, fills the wells good but that extra inch out back slowed me down. I'm thinking about going 275/50 out back and 255/50 up front next time.
Oh, and the tire....Firestone Firehawk Indy 500. Excellent tire!
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Re: Help me pick some tires please
If you want short tires ....235/60 front and 295/50 rear . If you want them to fill the fenders I would run 235/70 fronts and 275/60 rears on the size wheels you have . Frank
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yeller
Join Date: Oct 2001
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Re: Help me pick some tires please
Thanks for the help guys. If anyone else has some feedback, I'd love to hear it too.
Also, anyone have any pics with similar setups?
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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Re: Help me pick some tires please
215/75/15 or 235/70/15 front (taller thinner tire)
285/70/15 rear those will fill-out the rear
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Re: Help me pick some tires please
Jeff,
sorry can't help much with size of tires. I had 275/60/15's all the way around when I had the stock 8" ralleys. But, this was with a 2/4 drop. I doubt 275/60's would work up ront with 4" of drop. It looked good and filled up the wheel wells very nicely too. I didn't buy the tires so no one call me old fashioned. They were on the truck when I bought it back in July, 1997. Firestone Firehawks. Now, I still can't believe it when I see it, you dropped it to 4/6. You just couldn't stand it could you? You been bit by the lowered bug for sure. ![]() What kind of wheels you running? Here's a pic of my truck from long ago with the above mentioned wheels/tires/drop.
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Re: Help me pick some tires please
I suggest 245/40/20 for the front, and 295/40/20 for the rear...
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Re: Help me pick some tires please
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Re: Help me pick some tires please
Here is 275/60-15 on 15x10 wheels, but the truck isn't lowered any.
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Re: Help me pick some tires please
I personally think a 235/70/15 front and 285/70/15 rear looks awesome on a 73-87. Almost a pro-street look without the tubs.
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Re: Help me pick some tires please
Since you already have 15 inch rims, consider a 245/60 in the front and a 295/50 in the rear for a combination. The tires are the same height but the 295 is a 12 inch tread pattern.
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Re: Help me pick some tires please
Crappy pic, but I ran 275/60's all the way around mine on 8" wheels. The front rubbed on serious bumps but nothing else.
![]() If you are running a 10" on the back, I would go with 295's though. The ones Piecesparts posted are the closest in diameter, but they are over 1" shorter than the 275/60/15's. Basically, 26.6" vs 28" overal diameter. I always though the 295/50's were too short...
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Re: Help me pick some tires please
225/70s front on 15X7s
285/70 rear on 15x8s
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Re: Help me pick some tires please
I'm running 255/70s on 15x8 wheels, they fill really nice, no drop yet, but in the future i will.
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Re: Help me pick some tires please
i know you said you already have 15 in.wheels.and if it's a finanancial thing it's totally understandable we've all been there.i was in the same boat as you,i had 15's already but when i dropped it,they would rub badly.so iwas kinda forced into buying new wheels.my son works for a major tire chain out west.and of course him and his tire buddies pushed 20's,i'm to old school for that look,so i settled for 17's and couldn't be happier.a nice compromise between old and new.plus you still have sidewalls for a smoother ride.just a thought.
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yeller
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Twin Cities
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Re: Help me pick some tires please
Thanks for the help everyone!
![]() I see everyone has their own opinion on what looks good on these trucks, and that is cool cause we wouldn't all want the same looking truck would we? ![]() I will be heading down to the local tire shop and compare overall height and width on the tires and see what I come up with. Mike, yeah...I lowered it more. Right now I have a 4" front drop (3" spinldes & 1" spring), and the rear might actually be a 7" drop (flip kit and 2" shackles). I might have to get 2" springs for the front to level it out a little...we'll see. The wheels are Weld Pro Star. Boatpuller. I am going for the muscletruck theme, something a little older in style...but a style I like none the less. Bigger diameter wheels are cool, and I like them on our trucks...jst not in outrageous sizes (17 is as big as I could go if I did this). Stepside454, those rear tires look huge...do you have any good rear shots showing them?
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Re: Help me pick some tires please
I run 295/50/15s in back.
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Re: Help me pick some tires please
Jeff this is the best I have right now, I can take more if you need.
the 285/70s are less than a 1/2 wider than 275/60s...but the 285s are 31" tall & the 275s are 28" tall....so it gives the allusion of a huge tire, alot of people think its tubbed at first. John
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75 GMC C-15 short/step factory 454, lowered Last edited by stepside454; 05-08-2006 at 11:27 PM. |
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Re: Help me pick some tires please
Jeff-
Here's a Blazer with 235/60s and 275/60s on 15s. To fill the fenderwells with 15s may take more sidewall like some of the others have said and like stepside454's truck. For comparison purposes, here's a couple of pics with 17s. He's running 255/60s in front and 285/60s in the rear. The 255/60s in front is a bit overpowering up close. ![]()
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Re: Help me pick some tires please
Here is a very old pic of mine. 2.5" up front 4" out back Western Chassis spindles/shakles/hangers. 255/60 15x8 up front 275/60 15x10 out back. I had 275 on 15/10's all around, but after the drop the front fenders were chewing the tires up so I had to go back down to the 15x8. I could have probably still run the 275, but they look kinda weird on a 15x8.
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Re: Help me pick some tires please
I had 275/60s on 15X8s ,I thought they looked fine
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Re: Help me pick some tires please
205x75's or 215x75's up front & the 285x70's out back for a 'bigs & littles' look. For a 'muscle truck' look, 225x70's & 275x60's.
And remember, you can always buy the big-guns after a year of cruising & shows. It will be a fresh change then . . .....
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Re: Help me pick some tires please
235/70 15" in front, and 275/60 15" in back..it'll look perfect Jeff.
What gears are you running again? Aren't they 4.10's? 28" tall tires would be perfect with 4.10's. |
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