wheels/lowering?

[white71chevy]

i just bought a set of 20s for my truck and now it sits alot higher then it did before hand and i like to get it back down a bit. so my question is how low can i go with these wheels. 20x8.5 14 offset 5.24 back space. thanks for any help you can give.

[CC69Rat]

What size are your tires? Any pics of the truck, specifically down the side of it? Same size wheel / tire all the way around?

[white71chevy]

Originally Posted by CC69Rat

What size are your tires? Any pics of the truck, specifically down the side of it? Same size wheel / tire all the way around?

The tires are 275/55 and they are the same size all the way around and I can get pics of the side tomorrow.
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[Dingfodgy]

How low you go is dependant on alot of things. Tire size being one of them. Beyond that you have to decide how involved you want to get and what your intended purpose of the truck is.
You should be able to run an ECE 3/5 drop fairly easily. Anything lower may require a different wheel choice and definately some frame, control arm and/or crossmember mods.

Post some pics of what your rollin' so we have an idea of what your workin' with.

[white71chevy]

Ok wagtail kind of pics does everyone need like underneath or just of the truck
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[68Stepbed]

Just of the truck. Is it lowered at all currently?

[lolife99]

275/55 is a TALL tire.
(31" if I remember right)
I don't think you will be able to lower it much.

Member 72BlckButy's truck is lowered 4.5/6 with 20's,... but his tires are alot shorter.

[CC69Rat]

My goodness that truck is awesome.. I love it.

[white71chevy]

its not lowered right now and here are some pics let me know if you need more.

[CC69Rat]

My personal concern is the front tire size. I think the rear would be fine to drop it some but in the front you have to think about turning the wheels, etc.

What I'd do is drop to about a 255/40/20 tire and you could do a 5/7 drop (?) Just from what I can see in the pics. Some of the guys here may disagree but .. just me. How low do you want to go with it? 2.5" spindles would be pretty easy and you could go with maybe 255/50 on the front if you like a bigger tire sidewall, just not as low overall.

It's a good looking truck like it is

[white71chevy]

well i was thinking a 3.5/6 i want it to sit level and be low but not slamed i have full lenth headers so i cant go to low lol and thanks i think it looks pretty good to. i made a post a day or 2 ago of what it looked like when i started on it there has been alot of mods on the engine you can check it out if your interested.

[lolife99]

255/40 up front and a 275/40 on the back.
Then you should be able to drop it fine.

A 275/45 might work on all four corners.
The front will be the main issue.

[white71chevy]

ok so those sizes will work on a 3.5/6 drop

[lolife99]

Originally Posted by white71chevy

ok so those sizes will work on a 3.5/6 drop

Should.
But you will need to lower your truck first.
Then select a tire height that will fit.

A 255 or 275 tire should work great on a 8.5" wide rim.
The aspect ratio (40 series or 45 series) will determine the tire height.
Your 55 series tires are too tall.
(in my opinion)

[white71chevy]

Alright well if that's the case ill have to wait till I wear these tires out then lower it. Thanks for the help guys.
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[grancuda]

No help on the lowing but I will say, you can get a set of chrome dust caps for the front. Just shoot that hub black then pop the stock dust caps off and pop on some chrome ones like these $10 ones from Summit and it will match the back.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/MRG-2486/

[white71chevy]

Hey thanks for that I have been looking for some dust caps up front.
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