>From: "William H. Hiatt III" <william@hiatt.net>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: DML: 275/60's on a 2x4 genIII?
>Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 20:34:15 -0700
William,
I have a '00 dak cc, slt+, all options except abs and engine heater. I also
have the 8" x 15 wheels and this last saturday got rid of the exploding
Goodyear Eagle LS tires that came on the truck. I had Discount Tire install
Goodrich Radial ta's 275x60x15 on it. They are 28.0" in height and this puts
them just a hair shorter than the Goodyears at 28.1". Discount offered me
$15. a tire trade in and I spent $392.00 with lifetime everything. The truck
rides like a dream- even better than my Lincoln. So far,the mpg's are up
about a half a click- that's over three tanks of gas. I'm getting 18 mpg's
with the 3.9, auto, 3:55 locking axle.. hope this info helps
>
>Well, I'm going to be purchasing chromed R/T rims and new tires. Here's
>some questions:
>
>A) How would 275/60's look on a genIII 2x4? Would it bump at all or rub on
>a full turn?
>B) I currently have the 15x8 rims. My gear ratio will go down to about a
>3.33. How will this affect my performance?
>C) Any comments on the Dunlop Sport Rover GTX? BF Goodrich Comp T/A HR4's?
>D) Where's the cheapest place to get the chromed R/T rims. I found AAA rims
>on Ebay for like 1150, but remember a capitol set for around 1000.
>
>TIA
>william
>
________________________________________________________________________
Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Jun 20 2003 - 11:53:14 EDT