A quick way to tell if your tires will hit the fender is to put
a block of wood the top of the tire the thickness you want to drop the
truck. Then bounce the suspension. If the fender contacts the wood, your
tire will contact the fender if you drop it that much. With the
255/60X15's on my truck I could get away with a 2" drop except under
VERY extreme situations (read bottoming against the snubbers). Another
check is to drop a straight edge down from the outside of the fender. If
the straight edge touches the outside of the tire, you will likely have
interference if you drop the truck more than 2". Going to a 16" or 17"
wheel would mean you would have to go to 50 or 40 series tires. The cost
of these wheels and tires with our bolt pattern really gets expensive.
Just a note. With a minimal load in my 96 CC I drag the hitch going in
and out of my driveway, and all I did was switch from 215/75's to
255/60's.
If you look in the advertisements in the back of Popular
Mechanics and similar magazines there is an ad that runs constantly for
a product that will buff out pits and chips in windshields. I would
think that if it will buff out chips it would buff out scratches. My dad
used to use a product called Bon Ami that buffed out minor imperfections
in the windshield. Haven't seen that stuff in a lot of years. You might
also try searching the web site for Mother's brand of finishing
compounds, and other brand names. I would try a lot of "home remedies"
before I spent $450 on a new windshield.
Jon H
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