MPETE

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has anyone found a decent wider, lower profile tire to run on 17's or 18's after dropping the truck? the wheel openings on these trucks are so big its like you are almost required to have AT LEAST a 20" wheel to look good dropped. I have both 17's and 18's and cant seem to find a tire size that doesnt look like a 4x4 size tire or leave a huge fender gap.

Delz

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Pics of the rims ?

2007SCrew

Are you wanting to stay relatively close to factory height? Probably won't find much in the 17" range that doesn't have a large sidewall. You'd be better off with the 18's, but there will still be a noticeable sidewall. You could try something like a 285/60R18 which is right around 31.5x11.5 inches. I can't give any insight to how the sidewall profile will be though.

MPETE

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these are the 18's I have




and these are the 17's I have

MPETE

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going to a different O.D. isnt a huge ordeal. my real issue is I really dont plan to drop it much, the most I plan on going is 3/5.

diamondbackjo

if you have the factory tires on the stx 18's i think you should be ok.........?

2007SCrew

It's not an 09+, but maybe it'll help some. Here's what mine looked like at 3/5ish with 20" Lariat wheels and 275/55R20 Toyos. I was skeptical about dropping mine on factory wheels but I think it turned out pretty good.

MPETE

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if I had 20's it wouldnt be so bad, but with 17's or 18's you are adding another 2-3" of sidewall and it just doesnt look right (to me anyway) on a lowered truck.
unless I get an unbelieveable deal on some 20's with tires it really doesnt matter now because just last night I had some 265/70 (32", stock 4x4 size) AT's mounted on my 17's. I was going to use them mainly in the winter, but now I think I am just gonna run them full time. currently sitting at stock height I think I will like the way these look much better simply because they fill the wheel wells up a little more than my 30" tall 18's.

why cant I be normal, and just leave everything stock.