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best tire size for 3.55 gears

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Old 12-21-2011, 01:08 AM
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Default best tire size for 3.55 gears

Im replacing my tires soon and cant decide if I should go with 33's again, or go a little smaller.I have 3.55 axle gears and the automatic.If i go an inch smaller will that achieve better fuel economy or hurt it.I do mostly city driving with a bunch of hills.any advice would be great.
 
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Old 12-21-2011, 02:00 PM
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city driving it might help just a lil. highway milge it will hurt just a lil
 
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Old 12-21-2011, 02:41 PM
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your not gonna notice a difference from 33's to 31's if you were going from 40's do 31's there is a huge difference. go with waht makes the truck look good and your happy with. performance difference will be unnoticable
 
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Old 12-26-2011, 01:41 PM
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Id say keep the 33's as well. You wont be able to tell with that small of a change!
 
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Old 12-26-2011, 06:14 PM
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I run 33" on my D250 and wouldn't dream of going smaller. I could even handle a taller gear like 3.31/3.21/3.08 because this is my DD, so I'm usually in a hurry, and want to save fuel on the longer drives.
 
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I went from the 245/75/16s that came on it to 33s and my mileage stayed exactly the same at 17.5 and I noticed no power loss towing.
 
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