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Old Feb 22, 2008
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will 285's fit you think?

I have had these 265/75-16 Buckshots for about a year now and love them without a doubt. They are still like new,rotated every oil change,wearing perfectly,awesome off road and fairly quite once you get rollin. Problem is they look like 235/75-15's to me now! I just got some new rims mounted up this morning I bought off Hal here{16x8 Ultras} and after lookin around at the tire store I really want a set of 285 Buckshots.They can hook me up for 660.00 out the door which I think is pretty good.Think the truck looks tall enough to fit the bigger tires?

 
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Old Feb 22, 2008
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Ya I know what you mean man Im havin the same problem...when I first got my 265s i was like dang!! This thing looks big and mean! Now the dern things look like stock size to me. A number of guys on here have put 285s on, you just need to crank your t bars and maybe either do a shackle in the back or aal to really make it look right. Me personally I hate the stuffed look so I would have to do these things. Your like me and I have my bars cranked and Im feelin like I should have gone with 285s...

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Old Feb 22, 2008
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Waynes truck has a body lift...

I think 35s look small to me...
 
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im runnin 285s without a lift period..no problems what so ever...
 
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Yuppers! I used to rock a set of 285s on the stock alloys. My 32s are looking tiny to me now.


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I think 35s look small to me...
LOL! Hense the reason for my cheap used 35" MT/Rs for the sas. lol.
 
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Old Feb 22, 2008
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Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01
Yuppers! I used to rock a set of 285s on the stock alloys. My 32s are looking tiny to me now.




LOL! Hense the reason for my cheap used 35" MT/Rs for the sas. lol.
not too many times do you find "cheap" and "MTR" in the same sentence
 
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$400 75% tread on yota wheels.........from a friend.
 
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nice... im hoping to get that much out of mine... about 50% maybe a bit more tread, but i have 5
 
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I have 285's on my truck, Shackles & T Bar crank...
 
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Originally Posted by zabeard
Waynes truck has a body lift...

I think 35s look small to me...
It doesnt have a bl in that picture does it?
 
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Old Feb 23, 2008
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Thanks guys,looks like its a done deal then! The 265's are out and I will get the 285's.
 
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