Stevenar15's Absolutely Necessary 35's

FadedSierra · April 17, 2010

Old pics with the 33's...

Not the sunniest/best day to have a shoot but it's clean so I figured I'd take a few shots and show you all the new 35's.

Toyo Open Country 35's

Just what the Doc ordered...

Tell me what you think!

blackout07 · April 17, 2010

Looks good. I'm sure they look bigger in person, but in the pics the difference is minimal.

Jennabear · April 17, 2010

Looks good! Did you have to do any trimming?

stlavsa · April 17, 2010

Looks good! Did you have to do any trimming?

Did you measure the fender height or anything before/after the 35s? It literally looks exactly the same in the pics. It is one good looking truck though I liked it either way

FadedSierra · April 17, 2010

Yeah more trimming than I thought and Im sitting about 1.25" higher. The tires may not look too much bigger in the photos because there wasn't much light out it's been overcast all day and they are crappy cell phone pics but in person they make a world of difference and are understated a bit in these pics... Thanks though guys!

MarkD · April 18, 2010

Looks good! Could you get a closeup of the wheel/tire. I really like the rims btw!

stlavsa · April 18, 2010

Yeah more trimming than I thought and Im sitting about 1.25" higher. The tires may not look too much bigger in the photos because there wasn't much light out it's been overcast all day and they are crappy cell phone pics but in person they make a world of difference and are understated a bit in these pics... Thanks though guys!

cool well atleast u know u got a 1.25" of true ground clearance from them. How much different does the truck drive with them? slower? shiftier?

trucc_boi · April 18, 2010

what did you do with your old tires?

lsuguy · April 18, 2010

Looks good man. Always loved your truck. Ordering my Grillcraft MX grille today or tomorrow more than likely.

FadedSierra · April 20, 2010

Markd -

Thanks buddy, Ill get a closeup asap for you when I get a chance to get some good pics, which will hopefully be soon it's just the rainy Florida weather lol

stlavsa -

It may have just been the placebo "bigger tires--stronger truck" thing but when I drove it right after the installation it actually felt the smallest bit peppier and less eager to hop around the gears unnecessarily, I had my dealer do it so I'm pretty sure they updated the factory tune which could be the reason for that but I'm happier with it's "pep" now than from before to be honest. I will say one thing about these TOYO Open Country's... they are so smooth I wasn't expecting how smooth they would be I would recommend them to anyone looking for good AT tires.

krobocop -

I wish they would have been in good enough condition to sell but the 2 from the front were shot, all worn out on the inside from the stance (missed a rotation) and the rear 2 were a bit bald

LSU Dark Knight -

I cant wait to see what it looks like, have you thought about powder coating the grill to match the look of your wheels?? I think the wheels and the grill would set each other off if you did that!

lsuguy · April 20, 2010

LSU Dark Knight -
I cant wait to see what it looks like, have you thought about powder coating the grill to match the look of your wheels?? I think the wheels and the grill would set each other off if you did that!

I haven't thought of that. The grille comes polished or shiny? If so maybe I will powder coat it to a flat black and have it match. Good thinking!

Also you went with the Open County A/T? or M/T?

GMGuy84 · April 20, 2010

Truck looks great. I bet those tires really set it off! What were the old tires?

FadedSierra · April 20, 2010

Theyre the Open Country AT, LSU. And the grill will come in having a gloss look, but a few coats of flat black would be cool considering ur wheels..

I really like the stance of ur truck in ur sig by the way

GMGuy, my old wheels were 33's.

Silverado_Monkey · April 20, 2010

Theyre the Open Country AT, LSU. And the grill will come in having a gloss look, but a few coats of flat black would be cool considering ur wheels..
I really like the stance of ur truck in ur sig by the way

GMGuy, my old wheels were 33's.

Your rig looks really sweet!!!

I think GMGuy was asking about what brand tires your 33's were. From your sig I think they were Nitto Terra Grapplers. Is that right? If so how many miles did you get out of them? I have Terra Grapplers on my truck and I've noticed after putting them back on a few weeks ago that they're getting louder and louder as they wear. What was you experience?