Re: 32x11.50 tires w/o a lift?

From: jason nahrgang (jasonnahrgang@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Sep 08 2000 - 10:25:58 EDT


Do you have pics of your truck w/the 3" lift?

>From: Chris Ryan <CSRyan@teleport.com>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: Re: DML: 32x11.50 tires w/o a lift?
>Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 18:34:31 -0700
>
>Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 12:38:05 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Jason Bleazard <drazaelb@yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: DML: 32x11.50 tires w/o a lift?
>
>- --- Jack Paulson <cybermail1@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Four Wheel Drive Mag had a chart showing that the 32s
> > can be put on without modifications to the truck.
>
>I wouldn't put too much stock in that chart. If it's the one I'm
>thinking of, I seem to remember that it says you can fit 33x12.50
>tires on a 93-96 Dak with a 3" lift.
>
>Aside from the fact that there is no 3" lift kit in existence for
>genII Daks, Dave Kilian had to put on a 4" kit PLUS a 2" body lift
>PLUS trim the body of his truck with a hacksaw to fit that size of
>tires on his '96.
>
>(This aside, I have seen up close and in person 32x11.50 tires on a
>2000 4x4 at stock height, so at least they got that much right.)
>
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>
>I have a 99, I put 32x11.5 BFG ATs on after I realized how crappy the
>stock Goodyears were. The 32s rubbed on the frame rail slightly, only in
>the front portion of the wheel well, and only on full turns. So if I
>cranked it to the right, the left tire would rub, and vice versa. I
>recently had a 3" suspension lift done and of course no more rubbing,
>and supposedly I can get 33s under there with no problem, with the stock
>wheels even. The tires showed absolutely no signs of wear from rubbing
>for the 6 or 7 thousand miles before I got the lift, and that shinny
>spot on the frame rails eventually disappeared.
>
>Hope that helps,
>Chris
>

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