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Identity Crisis! Sport Or 4x4?

agrats84

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agrats84 Enthusiast

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I have been modifying my truck here and there and now it has come down to which tires to buy that will determine the look that would most compliment what is already done to it. First of all- I rarely use my truck for serious off-roading so I don't need mud or all terrain tires. I love the look of the Cooper Zeon LTZs on a 20" rim, but as you can see from my pictures I have the 18" Z71 rims. I don't want to go too big of a tire because I hate the balloon look. But too small and it won't fill the wheel well. I am looking for either a 'lite' AT or all season tire that would look best on my current rims. I have a 2" RC leveling kit up front so I can go a little bigger, but think 33's might be too big. Also, I still can't decide if I like the running boards on or off the truck, I pretty much swap them out every other month. I am having an identity crisis.

 

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Stevens03 Senior Enthusiast

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18' are plenty big for a 33" tire, heck I ran 35" tires on 16" wheels and they looked good.

 

33" Zeons will look good :lol: Look at it this way. It's only 1/2" top and bottom :smash:

dave_benn Enthusiast

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Cooper has a nice line-up of tires. The AT-3 is really nice, i put them on my wife's tahoe and she loves them. Or if you want something more street there are the HT but they still look good.

becker87 Senior Enthusiast

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Cooper has a nice line-up of tires. The AT-3 is really nice, i put them on my wife's tahoe and she loves them. Or if you want something more street there are the HT but they still look good.

 

 

Keep us updated on theose AT-3s, I will need new tire s within the year and am really looking at those. Maybe some pics under a new thread so i don't hijack this one anymore(sorry) and a review once she gets a few miles on them.

 

 

Thanks!

tyhuck Senior Enthusiast

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Ide be willing to bet your stock tires are a 265, which is roughly a 32, so the next size up will be a 285, which is roughly a 33. So if you think a 33 will look too big, then stick with stock. Nothing else you can do.

 

As far as tires, there is a company called Multi-Mile that makes a darn good, fairly mild, all-terrain. They are made by Cooper so they will be good tires. I ran the mud terrain on my ZR2 pickup and my dad runs them on his 2500 Ram, and oneof the ladies I work with runs the AT on her 2500 Ram with no complaint from any of us.

 

Myself, the next tire Im gonna try is the Nitto Terra Grappler. Its not super aggressive, and its the cheapes one I can find in my area in a 305. But, everyone I spoke to said they ride quiet, and last a loooong time. Most guys get 50K out of them with some reports of nearly 90K.

dirtfan21 Senior Enthusiast

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Not to bust your bubble :lol: but 285 is not the next step up. I ran Bridgestone Revo 2's in a 275/65/18 and you can find a plethora of others in that size. Pic below is when I had only a 2" level and 275/65/18's.

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dirtfan21 Senior Enthusiast

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Haha I was just yanking your chain my friend. :lol: But I thought that size was the perfect medium for highway/offroad use with just a level kit. Filled the fenders pretty well and I never worried about rubbing.

 

Obviously I got tired of it and went a bit bigger but for the average guy it is a nice size.

nickvrebel Senior Enthusiast

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Ide be willing to bet your stock tires are a 265, which is roughly a 32, so the next size up will be a 285, which is roughly a 33. So if you think a 33 will look too big, then stick with stock. Nothing else you can do.
do a little more research on tire sizes, you need to keep in mind that all of the numbers are relative to each other for sizes. The first number in a tire size is only the width of the tire, the second number determines the tire's height.

 

Myself, the next tire Im gonna try is the Nitto Terra Grappler. Its not super aggressive, and its the cheapes one I can find in my area in a 305. But, everyone I spoke to said they ride quiet, and last a loooong time. Most guys get 50K out of them with some reports of nearly 90K.

I'm actually running the Nitto Terra Grapplers now on my truck. I came from a 265-65-18 Bridgestone Dueler A/T to a 275-55-20. The Terra Grappler is a great looking tire, just a little more aggressive than stock and it's not loud. I'm hoping that they will last a long time, I do a lot of highway driving (~300 miles per weekend) but I needed a tire that could get me to my hunting camp 5 miles through hills on a dirt road, even when it's wet. So far I haven't driven these tires at the camp when it's wet, but I did drive a mile or so down a tractor turn road and they seemed to handle it just fine.

dirtfan21 Senior Enthusiast

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H/T's are more of a road tire than an AT, the AT3's are new and from what I have heard look good and perform well, Duratrac's are a full blown AT that most everyone loves for onroad and offroad use, Zeon's by review are also great and look good.

 

Really I would say out of those find the tire you believe looks best and buy it. You can't go wrong with any of those choices IMO. Good luck!

agrats84 Enthusiast

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H/T's are more of a road tire than an AT, the AT3's are new and from what I have heard look good and perform well, Duratrac's are a full blown AT that most everyone loves for onroad and offroad use, Zeon's by review are also great and look good.

 

Really I would say out of those find the tire you believe looks best and buy it. You can't go wrong with any of those choices IMO. Good luck!

 

 

That's my dilemma. I haven't seen any in person on my my rims to see which looks best. :lol:

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