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Old 07-13-2007, 01:40 PM   #1
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Re: Stagger wheel size or not? 18" & 20" or 20" all the way, What do you think?
Ok, now that I have my truck assembled I can say I wish I had gone with 20s all around instead of 20/18. I plan to call my tire guy and see about swapping out my unused 18s for some 20s, that is if the wait is not too long. Just got the bed on two nights ago...
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Old 07-13-2007, 04:47 PM   #2
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Ok, now that I have my truck assembled I can say I wish I had gone with 20s all around instead of 20/18. I plan to call my tire guy and see about swapping out my unused 18s for some 20s, that is if the wait is not too long. Just got the bed on two nights ago...
Why do you regret the 18 & 20 stagger your truck looks awsome? I have heard 20" wheels age hard on front rotors??? I don't know one way or the other. I am having a hard time finding a matching set of tires. The only set I have found are the Toyo Proxes 4 in the sizes I need
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Old 07-15-2007, 03:27 AM   #3
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Why do you regret the 18 & 20 stagger your truck looks awsome? I have heard 20" wheels age hard on front rotors??? I don't know one way or the other. I am having a hard time finding a matching set of tires. The only set I have found are the Toyo Proxes 4 in the sizes I need
Thanks 72Cheyenne. Now that the truck is assembled I think the front ones look small, but its all relative I guess, if it had 18s on the rear too, the fronts would not look so small... I am going to stick with the current 20/18 setup. Laid out the front tires already rest on the inners, so another 1.5-2" would just make that worse, plus the way it is now I could conceivably drive with less pressure in the front, at least when doing the fairgrounds crawl.

The tires are Toyo Proxes STs. 315/35/20 rear, 255/45/18 front. I wanted 245/45 for the front but those don't come in the ST line. On the tire calculator at 1010tires.com the fronts are supposed to have a sidewall height of 4.51", and the rears 4.34", so .17" of an inch, but as you can see in reality the difference is more than that. I am going to live with it. Its mid July and I want to drive this truck before that white stuff comes back again!
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Ok, now that I have my truck assembled I can say I wish I had gone with 20s all around instead of 20/18. I plan to call my tire guy and see about swapping out my unused 18s for some 20s, that is if the wait is not too long. Just got the bed on two nights ago...
Im not trying to be an ass.. but i totally agree, and maybe its just the pic, but it looks like your front tire is bigger than your rears?
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Bigsky71, what are your tire specs?
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Ok, now that I have my truck assembled I can say I wish I had gone with 20s all around instead of 20/18. I plan to call my tire guy and see about swapping out my unused 18s for some 20s, that is if the wait is not too long. Just got the bed on two nights ago...
I like your set-up! I had a 67 SWB that I was going to use that set-up on (maybe smaller front tires.) Lookin good!!!
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Re: Stagger wheel size or not? 18" & 20" or 20" all the way, What do you think?
Got my rotors back from the machine shop on Friday and now it looks like i'll be able to use myCenterline caps. looks like I am good to go.

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Looks good dude.. You buy tires yet?
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working on finding a tire dealer that can set me up with the right sizes for the right price. I am also replacing my pads and wheel bearing at the same time.
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Re: Stagger wheel size or not? 18" & 20" or 20" all the way, What do you think?
I'll say this.....that deep back rim looks fricken great with the tire all tucked in that wheel well.

You must of narrowed your rear a little and widened you bed wheel wells?

Truck looks great now and will look fantastic when all back together.
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Old 07-16-2007, 12:04 AM   #11
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I'll say this.....that deep back rim looks fricken great with the tire all tucked in that wheel well.

You must of narrowed your rear a little and widened you bed wheel wells?

Truck looks great now and will look fantastic when all back together.
Yes, I copied Kxmotos baby blue 67 truck; 8" narrower than stock 9" F*rd rear-end, added 5.5 to wheel wells, 20x10s with 3" BS. Hope to be driving it this week, then on to installing the obnoxious stereo .

72Cheyenne - I am excited to see those wheels on, good luck on the tire hunt!
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Lots of great looking trucks guys!
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Old 09-06-2007, 06:49 PM   #13
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i like both looks as long as their BIG i have 20's and 22's on the burb HOT ROD STYLE ROCKS but if you can pull off the same big wheels GO FOR IT
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