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OK guys which rim would look better on my truck?

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Icon5 OK guys which rim would look better on my truck?

Ok i found 3 out of my 4 rims that i had on my old truck so i took a pic. Now i ask you guys which would look better:265/70/16 on my stock rims or 31x10.5/15 on my other rims?
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how wide are the steelies and what type of tire are you plannin in gettin?
 
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I believe they are 8" but those tires on those rims are 235/70/15 and the rim is wider then the tire. I am planning on putting on general at2's on either rim. So far it looks like the stockers are winning. I plan on chroming the steel's if i put them on. Oh yeah i washed my truck today!!!
 
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if they are 8's and have good backspacing, id paint em black and get some stock center caps and 32x11.50s

if you keep the stockers get 265/75's
 
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I believe the back spacing is around 3-3.5 but not sure. I will have to measure them for sure. They came of an old dodge ram charger. I could paint them black. They have black on the back side so yeah i could do that.
 
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put one on the truck and see what it looks like
 
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I have a 31x10.5 bfg at tire that i drove home flat that probably blow up enough to see what it would like.
 
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I do know that the steel rims are wider then the stock rims on my truck.
 
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a buddy of mine had those rims (or rims like it) on his green ranger runnin 35's.. looked good imo... off a ram charger? would those even fit? i dont think they are the same bolt pattern
 
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those look like wheels you'd put on a trailer..
 
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those look like wheels you'd put on a trailer..
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Okay thanks for everyone replying and i got my tax refund today so i am ordering my at2's tomorrow. I will stick with my stock rims.
 
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Ok got off the phone with my local tire dealer and $99 each for those at2's so i had them order me 4 that will be in tomorrow. So hell yeah i got me some new tires.
 
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