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Double lift+285= safe?

I was wondering if running a superlift + 3"body lift is safe with 285/75R16 tires on stock rims? Would it just look kinda retarded or would that be unsafe. I was thinking safe might be a factor because of the narrower track width. Aftermarket 15x10 BS 3.25 does considerable widden stance, but does that affect the roll over possability? Granted i wouldn't lift to get a cornering machine but was just wondering. Does anyone have pix of this being done?
 

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Should be WAYYY more than safe, Im runnin 285's with a t-bar crank.
 
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you want to lift ur truck more? i thought any higher would be illegal? or would you take out your t-bar crank and aal's
 
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why do you want to run that much lift with such a small tire? its gona be goofy man
 
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Here's mine with that exact combo and no sway bars. its a little tippy but you get used to it pretty quick. i'm runnin 35's though
 
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With that small of a tire it's going to look retarded... sorry.
 
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Originally Posted by rngprerunner
With that small of a tire it's going to look retarded... sorry.
i agree but it should work fine
 
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i agree but it should work fine
ya, kinda goofy man
 
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Goofy yes.



But isn't it close to common knowledge that "when you go up, you go wider" ??
 
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it will look gay... i used to have the rcd, body and 32's man what was i thinking

here is pic to my past

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Well i don't really want to run this combo but i just bought these tires and don't want to junk them just like that. I might save for tires/wheels first though...cuz i does look um...interesting. thnkx guys.
 
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Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01
But isn't it close to common knowledge that "when you go up, you go wider" ??
Exactly the point of the post. I was wondering if it was safe to just go up considering nobody does it.
 
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