Re: Tire sizes

From: Mike Sykes (mikesykes@cox.net)
Date: Wed Sep 01 2010 - 12:24:30 EDT


>> I'd like to switch it up
to something smaller and sportier while still maintaining all weather
functionality.<<

One thing to remember is that a 24" tire will not only make your speedometer
read faster than you are actually going, it may look a little silly even
with the truck lowered. I had 225/50R15's on my 88 and even with a 3/5 drop
they looked a little small... lots of fender gap. It'll also drop your truck
another 1.5", which isn't necessarily a bad thing unless you live in
speedbump central like I do =)

The rims you have are 7" wide, so you can go as wide as 245 and still get
away with it. I ran 235/60R15's on my 88 for a while. That's a 26-ish" tire.

http://www.discounttiredirect.com/direct/searchTiresBySize.do;jsessionid=nLcCM28TSyQhwGprJnWPzvsVw6n90YdQgnN19QyD12WhfVT22jmGGBn1SpVXvzLzqczBwThpygLTyPXhqp6sG5T32Jf07PLFppwgMJTpT7bxQnGZyntVBn2MyHrqcbQd!86507242!77644970?sw=false&cs=235&ar=60&rd=15

I'm not all that sure what look you are going for so I can only make
suggestions based on personal experience. Kumho makes a good tire and so
does Fuzion. It's really just a matter of sizing a tread pattern at this
point =)

- miggity



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