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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 12:51 AM
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So right now i am planning on stepping up to 33" tires with a 20"rim. i dont think i am going to have to lift anything. i have crank up my tortion bars so i have more clearance in the front. BUT i've always wanted my truck to be big and have always thought about getting 35inch tires. I figure i will have to lift my truck if i get them. but will that hurt my fuel mileage alot? i've always heard that lifting a truck and putting bigger tires on it hurts your fuel economy. which makes sense. but if it isn't that bad like maybe 1mpg worse or so then i think i'll be fine with that.
 
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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 12:56 AM
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well if you readjust your speedo for the bigger tires than you will be fine, but yeah i dont think you'll lose too much if any and should be fine...if you readjust your speedo for bigger tires you'll loose some bottom end but not too much and should still be able to smoke some ricers
 
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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 01:13 AM
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I run 33.5" tires on 20 " rims on my LBZ and its not hard to bust off 20mpg if I drive nice. It rubs at full turn and in reverse its a lil worse. Parking lots suck, cause when I try to turn into them, everyone can hear it rubbin..
 
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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 01:14 AM
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alright sounds good. i just got my programmer today and i'm lovin the new power. and i can program in the tires size too so that'll work out fine.
 
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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 01:18 AM
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yeah KC my friend just bought an 06 DMAX a few months back and the turning radius on them trucks suck to begin with, it took him a while to get used to it jumping from his 97 Cummins to this 06 DMAX
 
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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Oilfield_Mafia
I run 33.5" tires on 20 " rims on my LBZ and its not hard to bust off 20mpg if I drive nice. It rubs at full turn and in reverse its a lil worse. Parking lots suck, cause when I try to turn into them, everyone can hear it rubbin..
well i reckon i'll just lift it a couple inches and get the 35s... even though... i got a awesome deal on the 33s and 20s. 33" nitto terra grapplers and 20" kmc xd series monsters for $1800
 
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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by stkdram55
yeah KC my friend just bought an 06 DMAX a few months back and the turning radius on them trucks suck to begin with, it took him a while to get used to it jumping from his 97 Cummins to this 06 DMAX

i turn just fine with the stock centerlink on there, but i got a straight one on there and damn u turns take skill now
 
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