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lowered with 22's?

kcheeba

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Warrington, PA
Year, Model & Trim Level
96' XLT
has anyone lowered 2 inches (with tortion key flip and 2" blocks in the back)and put on 22's? im planning on gettin the 22's first and then lowering...any suggestions? im afraid 2 inches might be too low with 22's and i'd run into problems with my wheel wells. any info would be great thanks
 



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You'll have to ride on some rubberband, about 265/30s. How wide are the rims? You'll probably have issues with rubbing when steering more than anything.
 






I have 20s and lowered two inches and rub all the time, but the wheel well is conforming to my tires now :)
 






Same with me and 20's after a while you kind of dig out where your tires used to rub
 






I have 22s but I am not lowered and I have very little rub only when I turn the wheel. It rubs on the sway bars onlyand the tire size is 265/40/22. IDK if this helps at all but there you go
 






20's, Bagged and no rub unless wheel is fully turned at drive height which is with the top of the tire in the wheel well. I'm looking to go with 22's now. I figure as long as I can get a 22x9 and not a 22x9.5 or 22x10 i should be ok. I will rub yes but i should be able to live with it.
 












right offset and you should be good with minimal rubbing....
 






So you can lower with 22s?
 






I plan on it, I'm only gonna lower the front with a TT to level out the truck. I have a lot of spring sag from the factory leafs in the back. But that is only temporary cause I'm in the process of planning an airbag setup
 






My torsion bars are all of the way down and cut off half of the bump stops already. and then the two in blocks in the back and that is about all because it is level right now...the only way to get lower is to flip the torsion bar brackets or bags. And yeah, i gut out some big chucks of the wheel well to help in not ripping my tire apart because in the driver's side front you have a piece that hangs down like a dagger and that could really mess up the tire if you hit it hard enought so be careful of that.
 






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