C/K1500 Stance Question

[saxart]

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This thread is great. I have a 1970 on which I'm trying to accomplish the same thing you describe.



I LOL'd at your "skipped leg day at the gym" comment. My truck, which has the same rims and '235' tires as yours, looks just like that.

First off, your truck will never look like the Red/White one above, as that's a 4X4, which has a completely different suspension set up. Also, the yellow (Ochre?) is different from ours in that it is a 3/4-ton with 8-lug rims. Again, ours will never have that same stance.

Are you looking to keep the steel wheel/hubcap look, or are you open to other wheels? What I've found out through a bunch of research is that if you really want to change your stance yet maintain the 6-lug, original wheel look, you're going to be looking for a set of (6-lug) 15X8 rims, which of course are somewhat rare and expensive. Your current rims are probably 15X5.5" or 15X6". If you don't care whether you keep the original look wheels or not, your options open a bit.

While I can't show you any "after" pics of my truck, I can tell you that I've managed to find a set of 15X8 six lugs, and think I've settled on a 30X9.5 tire after a BUNCH of research. That will all happen this next spring when it's not -20 outside. It's tough to keep the original height and yet find a wheel/tire combo that fills the wheel-wells on these 1/2-ton 2WD trucks, but I think this combo should come close. While I'm not a fan of the "lowered" look (sorry guys) I may end up lowering the truck slightly if the above described set up doesn't fill the wheel wells as I'd like.

Again, this is a great thread, so I'll keep watching. Post up what you figure out. The search function on this forum is amazing.