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22s an 37s is not a bright idea if your using it for a hunting truck haha. Stick with your 17s and get a good set of 37s an call it a day

 

 

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22's are too much I was going to do 20's. still has a good bit of sidewall and I like the look just not sure if I want to drop that kind of dough on another set of wheels and tires. this would be the 3rd set in 4 years haha

 

I'll probably end up getting 37's for the current 17's. My choice of tire would be Toyo OPEN country M/T either way. great reviews everywhere I look

 

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Get 20's if your gonna get rims.. And the toyo MTs are the best.. Best looking tire and you get great miles out of them

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My cooper discoverer stt's have over 20000 on them and still look and perform perfect with regular rotations every 5k

 

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LongrangeLauber Senior Enthusiast

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I got 30k on my Dick Cepek FC2's and they still have half tread, but I'm thinking they are cupped causing my braking issues I've been having lately.

 

Was looking at these, but the bolt pattern is a dual pattern (6x5.5 + 6x135) which I guess is good for resale purposes

 

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The ones I really wanted were discontinued. And trust me compared to most wheels these are the only decent looking ones. All the other ones have ugly designs or too "busy" for me if you know what I mean. I like a simple design cause those always look the best IMO

 

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Machined look gets dull looking too fast if it's not clear coated.

 

My first aftermarket set of wheels were Mickey Thompson Classic 2 and they were polished aluminum. Looked awesome as hell nice and polished up but they weren't clear coated so the shine disappeared in a couple weeks

 

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Don't be a pansy rdnckhntr94. 26s or bust

 

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Not rockstars

 

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