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Old Jul 22, 2011 | 08:07 PM
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I've been In the market for wheels and tire for about a year now. I'm finally going to spend the milk money I still have from grade school. My question is if I go with a 16" wheel would I be able to run 33s on a stock 98 suspention?

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Old Jul 22, 2011 | 08:10 PM
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Got 16x10's with 33x12.5 on mine with just the torsions turned up a bit
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Old Jul 22, 2011 | 08:13 PM
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You know a 33" tire is still 33" whether its on a 16 18 or 20 wheel right?
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Old Jul 22, 2011 | 08:14 PM
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My question is if I go with a 16" wheel would I be able to run 33s on a stock 98 suspention?
Yes if you have a 4x4, but there is a chance they could rub a little bit when turning.

Also, it doesnt matter what size wheel you're going to run when talking about tire size. You could run a 20" wheel and still run 33s. What I'm trying to say is a 20" wheel with 33" tires is the same height as 16" wheels with 33" tires.
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Old Jul 22, 2011 | 08:21 PM
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I was not aware of that really good to know when I end up buying. I'm hoping to do wheels and tires in the next month or so. Thinking about the bf mudd terrains. Not sure on wheels yet. Yall know of a good company that has a desert offset?

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Old Jul 22, 2011 | 08:21 PM
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Old Jul 22, 2011 | 08:26 PM
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There are lots of options out there for wheel and tiers and I would go with mud terains
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Old Jul 23, 2011 | 04:15 AM
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I've been liking the Rebel Racing wheels lately. I'd recommend the Goodyear Duratrecs over nearly any tire on the market. I love my Hankook ATM's to death, but the Duratrec is a much quieter, much more aggressive tire. It's a MT that is sold as a AT. Put some on my dad's Ram and they are by far the best tires we have found to put the 650 lb-ft to the rear wheels in mud, dirt, and ice. Like them much more than the Goodyear MT/R's and much more than the original BFG MT's.
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Old Jul 25, 2011 | 12:22 PM
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ive got 2 sets of rims for my truck i just boght a set of 16in black steel rims from a friend saterday that im going to run in the winter so what is a good cheaper tier for those rims. I also have 17in aftermarket rims that are on my truck with a mud tier simaler to the handcook dynapro mt
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Old Jul 25, 2011 | 12:50 PM
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BFG's are a good brand of tire and you would probably get good miles out of them. I really like Cooper and Mickey Thompson better due to a huge amount of tread they put on them and I have given them a really hard time before. I had them on a few heavy trucks and no problems and great miles out of the Mickey Thomson ATZ's.

I have heard a few really good reviews on the duratreks like zap said. I would be tempted to try them too.
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