Tire Size? and Ziebart?

[elvis50138]

Hey all, I'm new here and looking for some advice and examples. I'm the recent new owner of a 86 C10 LWB. Kind of an interesting story. My mom and stepdad live in FLorida and I live in IowA. They knew I was looking for a truck to fix up. Stepdad found one through a friend of a friend.... Plain Jane white been sitting in a guys field for a couple of years not running. I happened to be down visiting and went out to the field to look at it. I looked at it and of course it wouldn't start and the plug wires looked bad. So I came back out with a battery and new wires and she took right off. Walked up to the guys house and offered him 800 he said 900 and I said deal and drove off in it. You shoulda seen the guys face when I drove off! I think he thought the engine was trashed and wouldn't run again. Anyway, drove it to my stepdad's (He has a body shop). There wasn't a spot of rust on the darn thing. I guess that FL weather takes good care of the vehicles (unlike IA). Odometer also shows 40,000 miles which the previous owner said was accurate (he bought it new). I figured it was a little (big?) white lie. But now I think it might be true. The engine is incredibly clean hasn't burned any oil yet, and the drivetrain and suspension are in great shape. I flushed all the fluids and gave it small overhaul, left it running for awhile and couldn't find any leaks anywhere. Anyway, after a new (free :-)) paint job it's lookin and running really good.

Sorry for the long story, but I'm now needing tires to help dress her up and I'm thinking of a trip to ziebart to protect it from the terrible Iowa road salt. I've got some brand new original style rally wheels with the little square holes I got from a guy who had about twenty of em sitting in a bus in his backyard. They were still in the box and unused. I was hitting some salvage yards trying to find some used ones I could blast and paint. This guy over heard me talking to the yard guy and said he had some. I figured they were old and rusty but he said 150 bucks so I figured I'd check em out. I was shocked when I saw they were brand new and he also said the sale included the brand new (metal) center caps and trim rings. Now for my question... the wheels are 15x8's... I figure for tires I can go anywhere from 225/75/15 to 285/75/15. Is there a site somewhere I can see different size wheels on trucks? I like the bigger sizes with lots of rubber but not sure how crazy I want to get and would like to see pics of em on a truck first to be sure I spend my bucks wisely.

Also, has anyone used Ziebart for rustproofing there truck? If so, is it a wise choice? How has it held it up? How often do you need to go back in and get it redone?