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Newfy Trac

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Wife surprised me with body lift for a Christmas present. Should I wait until I get new wheels and tires in the Spring, or install now and run the stock wheels and tires ?
 



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What size tires do you have now? I'ma guess you'll want to wait
 






265/70/16 on stock XLT wheels.
 






Yeah, I'd say wait. 3" of lift with those tires would look a little silly imho
 






I ran my B.L. With lift shackles, 1.75" TT and 265/70/16's for about 2 months before I bought some 285/75/16's. it didn't look goofy of handle any different. Check out my albums on here.
 












I've got a BL with that size tire. It will drive you nuts, or at least it drives me nuts personally. When I walk up to it from a distance it just makes the wheels look tiny, and it looks unfinished to me. And I have to wait a looong time before I get my 33's
 






I've got a BL with that size tire. It will drive you nuts, or at least it drives me nuts personally. When I walk up to it from a distance it just makes the wheels look tiny, and it looks unfinished to me. And I have to wait a looong time before I get my 33's

Exactly what I was afraid of... i'll wait and read the directions, over and over again...

Come on Spring !
 






Mine with 255/70R16s, body lift and shackles. Drove like that for a week.

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if your running 265/70/16 which are larger then stock, then i dont think it would look that bad with a body lift.

check out OffTrac's registry for photos of when he swapped out his stock tires for 265/75/16's with the body lift and shackles.

like you, im waiting for spring so i can finally do my body lift and a few extras.
 






I think our trucks look silly with a BL and stock tires. I had 265/75/16 on mine with BL, TT and shackles and it still didn't look that great IMHO.
 






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