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Which wheels on my 07' ranger 4x4 with MTZ's??

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Old Oct 20, 2007
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Which wheels on my 07' ranger 4x4 with MTZ's??

I have a 07' ranger 4x4 and I think I'm getting some 265-75R-16 Mickey thompson MTZ'S. Not sure if they come in white lettering or black sidewall but if I have a option, which would look better? Also should I get Classic 2's or DC'1's in black or polished? Any others? Here's a couple of pics. My frontend looks low but I haven't done a t-bar crank yet. Anybody have any pics of any newer rangers that may help my decision? Any newer blue rangers?? lol Please help.

My truck-
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Classic 2's
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Old Oct 20, 2007
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keep your rims..those are nice. plus the ones your looking at have been used soooo many times. nice choice of tires though.
 
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you can put white walls in our out.. i have mine in, i like the 07 wheels, but if you want the Classics heres a few pics
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good choice on tires btw, i love mine
 
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god my truck used to look a ton better while it still sat level

i need some new coils
 
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I love my Classics, but go for something different, not many people do. I got a deal I couldn't pass up on my Classics.
 
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I just do not like the stock wheels at all... Yeah i'm set on those tires but can't decide on wheels. Your white truck looks b*tchin man.
 
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Do you want to go with a chrome, polished or black rim?
 
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if you plan on goin mudding dont get the classics.. they are a ***** to clean IMO
 
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well i'm really trying to not go mudding too much anymore cuz I just end up ruining my truck unless I need to for hunting but I like to go in the snow a lot and sand when I go camping at the dunes to go ride my banshee. I just love the mtz's.
 
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You could prolly find a better tire for snow and sand than MTZ's. I am sure they perform better than most mud tires in the snow but MTZ's are not going to do you as good in the snow and sand as some other tires will.
 
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they suck on dirt i can vouch for that..
me and a buddy were up on some dirt trails, he was in a 91 F250 7.3 non turbo.. so slower than *****..

i couldnt keep up because if i gassed it i would lose traction.
anywho, my .02

get some BFG Baja T/As
 
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yeah but I love the look and I don't expect to do anything too extreme cuz come-on I got a stock height ranger... I aint expecting much... lol Actually my stockers do ALMOST anything I want but I want a little more traction so shouldn't the mtz's be a big improvement over what I got?
 
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oh yea, they will be better, i love em, they are great on dirt unless your trying to just give it tons of gas.. our trips to BVORR was all dirt, i never spun my tires...

they work great in the mud, dirt, rocks, and lets see... ill get you a little snow test right now if you want.. its snowing here, (from texas, i love snow) hahah anywho.. its nothing bad but im about to go test em out lol..
 
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lol please do... go up in the hills and try em in a little deeper stuff... haha i would appreciate any feedback.
 
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****, i dont have the gas money right now to go up the mountians, one set is about 25 miles away. the other is 7-8, but you go up 1000-1500ft in about 3 miles..

once i get my paychecks rollin in ill let you know but today was my first day...
and i have one broken CV so i dont wanna go up in the mountains too far, soooo after tuesday/wednesday i may go out


i KNOW its snowy up there tho.. my friends were out yesterday and it was snowing then
 
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lol well around my house i have hills around me that go up another 1000ft which is deff a big diff in snow so i thought maybe you were the same way. no biggie, just go out in the streets for a few mins if you would. do you have any snow on the road? 1"? 2"?4"???
 
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You gotta be kidding that it is snowing it was 70+ here today and hasn't been below 50 since last winter.
 
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im up in Laramie, WY.. 7200 feet surrounded my mountains.. im not kidding lol

only a little slush on the roads, its been 40s-50s lately.. and 63 today
supposed to get 1-3" tonight and 5-8 tomorrow
 
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im a dc-1s one fan
but o think those stockers would look cool with those tires
 
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oh
and idk if im the best tester, i have only dicked around on ice in texas once..

i have nothing to compare against lol..
 
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DC-1's Polished IF you just have to ditch the Stockers
 
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Can't go wrong with the classic II
 
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Originally Posted by 99ranger4x4
god my truck used to look a ton better while it still sat level

i need some new coils
those pics are like a month old, the coils are already sagging?

and I say classic II
 
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welp
they suck on the ice but whats new


silly me forgot it was 26º degrees out side with a wind chill of 18º and there are bridges here that are pretty steep to go over train tracks... and i was accelerating, almost slid into the guard rail, go me

actually once i let off the gas and was nicer on it they didnt spin anymore so who knows
 
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every tire is going to suck on ice haha

get some chains that would be sweet
 
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