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Old Jul 29, 2005
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Hey guys i was wondering if you could give me some input. I am getting a 4" super lift. I was wondering what you guys tink about 17"x9" Mickey Thompson Classic Lock Wheels And some 33"x12.50"xR17 Baja Claw Radial Tires.
 
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Old Jul 29, 2005
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I think 17s might be a little bit big for a 33" tire, but it'd look awesome! Baja claws are sweet tires too. I say go for it! The only thing is the classic locks will be a B!TCH to keep clean if they're the ones I'm thinking of.
 
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Ya i thought they might be a pain in the *** to keep kleen also but they would look cool.
 
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naw classic locks arent hard to keep clean cause you can just ubolt the ring and clean em.


I personally dont like bigger rims with truck tires unless its necessary.

IE: i had to put 17 inch weld racing wheels on my dads truck to be able to get 37 inch MT/Rs on. the super duty brakes cant accomodate anything smaller than 16s.
 
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Old Jul 29, 2005
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and u're gonna pay out the *** for everything.....
 
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Old Jul 29, 2005
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and u're gonna pay out the *** for everything.....
not necessarily. and why does t matter? its what he wants hes gonna pay for it and hes gonna get quality. thats all that matters unless youre payn with foodstamps.
 
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Old Jul 29, 2005
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you can also get procomp tires on those size BUT GET 17x8 not 9's i personally was REALLY thinking about doing this it LOOKS PIMP!!!!! only if i had a pic of FRYCOMS truck but am at work...!!!! ZACH BROTHER where are you i know you have one....come on little bro read this!
 
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Old Jul 29, 2005
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I think a little bit bigger wheel would look pretty cool. If you ever go up to 35s, 17s would look awesome. My friend has 35s and 17s on his truck and they're badass.
 
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the 33's procomp MT loooks really cool man where is a pic when i need it!
 
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i still enjoy the sight of sidewall. your tres wont look as big either...
 
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^ That is true. Alot of the new F-150s down here though will put like 4" of lift with BIG bling rims and some big tires, they look pretty damn sweet.
 
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ok i have been hunting like a mad **** over here i'll load the pics of Frycoms truck that i found
 
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first one on left
 
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Old Jul 29, 2005
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everything you want are pretty cool. if you do any off roading where you need good traction, then 15" or 16" rims would be best it let's your tires flex a little and better side grip for better traction. good luck with what ever you choose.
 
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see the thing is Frycom beat the **** out of his and did great and it look slick as hell
 
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i wish i was there
 
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remember the bigger the tires the harder they are on the bearings and steering rods.
 
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Old Jul 31, 2005
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go with the classics, i have pro comp extremes (same thing pritty much ) and 33X12.5X15 baja claws and i love them, they have a little hummmmmmm to them around 40 but nothing to major. paid $1000 mounted and balanced shipped to my house. i ahve the same truck as you and it looks badass, i have a BL though, i will send some pictures to you if i can figure out how to do it
 
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