I almost bought the 33x9.5's when I did my body lift there should be no
problem width wise and also height. I decided not to since I wouldn't be
able to drive like I want to on the street with 33"s. They should fit fine
on the stock rims, I have 31 x 10.5's on my stock rims 6" and there are no
problems after 5K miles....
Do you have a body lift already installed? If not you can fit a 3" on a V8
dak I have a trailmaster 3" on mine....
Chris
93 LE 4x4 CC 318 4spd/OD - 3.55 LSD
3" BL 14x5 K&N 31x 10.5s on stock rims
-----Original Message-----
From: brian duffey <brian.duffey@intelsat.int>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 4:28 AM
Subject: DML: Late night Rambling
>Sorry DML-ers, but I've been working the night shift (10pm-6am) - pretty
>quiet - so I've been surfing around and finding stuff on the web for the
>Dakota, so thought I'd pass some along (As well as a question or two!).
>
>1) Lifts for the Dak
>Dick Cepek has 2" body lift kits available for the 86-95 Dak (Std and Ext.
>Cab)
>States that the lift kits do not require changes to shock, spring,
>driveshaft, or frnt end alignments.
>
>Cepek also has shocks available (88 Series for 'Everyday/Occ. off road' &
77
>Series for a more off road oriented ride). 87-95 2WD and 87-97 4WD
>
>2) A question... I'm looking to put on new tires before the weather gets
>nasty & will probably go with the BFG Radial All Terrain T/A. To get a
>little more ground clearance I was going to use the 31x10.5R15 --- But...
>looking at the BFG web site I saw the Specs & compared with the
>33x9.5R15 the figures look like this:
>
> Rim Wid. Overall Dia. Tread Wid.
>31x10.5 = 7.0-9.0 in 30.8 in 8.5 in
>33x9.5 = 6.5-8.5 in 32.7 in 7.1 in
>Currently running...
>30x9.5R15 = 6.5-8.5 in 29.7 in 7.7 in
>
>Does anyone currently run a tire similar to the 33x9.50R15 ?, and if so,
are
>you doing it with a stock setup? Does any one know if the 33x9.5 will fit
>O.K.?
>
>I've still got the stock wheels ('95 SLT CC 4x4, 15x6 wheels... I think -
>hey, it's late!) and the 30x9.5R15's have worked fine on these.
>
>On the Daks, isn't the clearance problem more of a width issue as opposed
to
>height? Since the current tires have 0.6 inch more width, I'd think the
>33x9.5 would be O.K., however as I said it is late & I could be delirious.
>
>OK, enough rambling... just a few more items. If you are looking for tires,
>go to the Companies web sites. Some of them (BFG = www.
bfgoodrichtires.com)
>and Goodyear's have very comprehensive specs for their tires. Also,
>www.tirerack.com has good info. and some interesting stuff (Diameter
>comparisons & Lt Truck fitment charts) under their Tire Tech section.
>
>If anyone is still reading by now, sorry for the long post, but a lot of
>folks seem to be talking about tires these days. Any help/ideas on the
above
>question will be greatly appreciated!
>
>later,
>
>Duff
>'95 SLT 4x4 CC 318 4spd/OD - 3.55 LSD
>MSD 6AL - MSD Blaster Coil
>MSD 8.5 wires - K&N FIPK
>
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