I'm looking to add a ReadyLift 2.25 leveling kit along with 3" rear block kit to my 2009 Sierra Crew cab 4x4. What tires would you recommend? The readylift site says 33" tires, but I'm having trouble finding the right size with my 18" rims. Please give me some brands and sizes to choose from. Thanks in advance for your help.
Adam

Right now I have the rough country 2" lift in the front on mine. I have after market 18's and have 285/65 Kumho's on them. I think a 285 is somewhere close to a 33" but not sure. here are a couple pics. I think Nitto, Toyo and BF Goodrich might have some in that size.

SierraRR is correct his are 32.58" tall to calculate it you take (285*0.65)/25.4 = 7.29*2+18 = 32.58". You can figure out any tire size height once you know the three key values i.e. 285/65/18 just by substituting the numbers into the formula.

You could always go with 35's

I love mine

It's easier if you take a shortcut:

285*65/1270+18=32.58"

In other words, multiply the first two numbers together, divide by 1270 and then add the wheel diameter.

So do the fronts rub?

A little bit on the frame when they are turned as far as they will go.

The stock 275/55/20 Eagle LS-2's rubbed on the frame too though.

2" leveling kit, 3" rear block.


285/65/18 Nitto Terra Grapplers:








275/65/18 Bridgestone Dueler Revo's:

just out of curiousity, why did you raise the front and install 2" drop shackles in the rear? why so extreme with the cali lean?

i was wondering the same got me confused

I just ordered the same ReadyLift set: SKU 66-3085 (2.25" Front Kit) and SKU 66-3003 (3" Rear Block)

I plan to put Nitto Terra Grappler LT285/65R18 E 125R on them. I'm currently running Fortera 285/45R22 on the truck.

The Forteras are 32.1" diam., the rim is 10.5", and the tire width is 11.2"

The Nittos will be 32.54" diam, with a width of 11.22"

I don't foresee any problem fitting those tires with the leveling kit.

Putting mine in soon. I'll see how it looks w/ stock 265/70-17's. May need to get some 285/70's.

I believe that NorthFlaRedneck has a great looking truck. Any truck that doesn't have a lift kit on it and has 35"s under it are the best looking ones. around here in the rural parts of arkansas the back raked down a hair more than the front on the 4wds is the look you want. im getting a 2010 sierra or silverado in a month and i'll be doing mine the exact same as northflarednecks the same week i get it.

I don't want anything that rubs... If I'm off road and hit a tree root while driving think of what that "only rubs a little at full lock" is gonna do when you hit something...

I agree with sab316, I just ordered a 2.25" readylift leveling kit for my 07 nbs silverado, I was looking at 275/70/18 BFG A/T but I do not want any rubbing or issues when I go off road and the shocks compress.

The same goes for all the trucks around here. Just the style that everyone here likes. Any truck that has even the slightest lean forward does not look good to me...

EDIT: Friend of mine had a 2003 crew cab 1500 with 38" Super Swampers-no lift, only torsion bars maxed out. But he likes to weld and fabricate things so he hacked a lot of the inside of the front and rear fender wells, but it was hard to tell unless you looked closely.

Best looking truck I've seen IMO.. Now he has a 2006 crew cab 2500HD with 38" super swampers, same as before, no lift and it looks like he squated the rear end some. Was just behind him earlier today and took two pictures of the mud buggy he was hauling on a trailer behind the 2500HD.. Sorry, don't have a picture of the 2500HD

Link to a picture of the buggy in action: HogWaller Mud Bog, and the Wheels he fabricated for the buggy

if the rear of my truck is squated then i better be carrying a load of gravel, or one hell of a trailer

More discussion and lots of pictures near the end of page 2 and into page 3 in this thread: Here

Im gonna do 285/70/18 or 285/75/18 33"/34"