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SO anyway I just put the 2" leveling kit on the rig and I love it, there is still a little bit of rake, about 1" front to back but its miles better than stock. Anyway the extra clearance in the front along with my sort of dislike for the stock duelers that came on my z71 has left me thinking about the possibility of some new rubber. I can't remember what the stock tire size is, but I know I'm rolling on 18" wheels, I'm thinking I want to be some 17"s in the future but for now I'm thinking some new rubber on the stock wheels would be a good idea. Anyway I'm not super sure what will fit so I'm wondering which of you guys have upgraded and what too, so I know what will fit under my truck, I'm going with the bf goodrich all-terrain T/A KO, lovely tires, had them on a few other trucks and can't say enough good about em. Thanks for any help guys.

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SO anyway I just put the 2" leveling kit on the rig and I love it, there is still a little bit of rake, about 1" front to back but its miles better than stock. Anyway the extra clearance in the front along with my sort of dislike for the stock duelers that came on my z71 has left me thinking about the possibility of some new rubber. I can't remember what the stock tire size is, but I know I'm rolling on 18" wheels, I'm thinking I want to be some 17"s in the future but for now I'm thinking some new rubber on the stock wheels would be a good idea. Anyway I'm not super sure what will fit so I'm wondering which of you guys have upgraded and what too, so I know what will fit under my truck, I'm going with the bf goodrich all-terrain T/A KO, lovely tires, had them on a few other trucks and can't say enough good about em. Thanks for any help guys.

 

I just installed a 2" leveling kit also which is said to clear 285/70/17 =32.71. Well according to my calculations you should be good for 285/65/18 which is made by BFG. Dont hold to size fitting I havent installed bigger tires yet.

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Your tires are 265/65/18 which are allready 31.5 tall. You could easily fit 285/65/18 (32.5"), probably could have fit those without the leveling kit. If It were me...I would go with the 305/65/18 which are 2" taller than your stock tires at 33.6" tall.

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Wow 33's huh I had no idea those would fit it looks like theres so little room. I'm gonna have to ask the tire guy and see what kind of a deal I can get. Any of you guys with nbs trucks runnin 33's without a lift just a leveling kit?

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I did the same thing with the leveling kit. Im going to stuff some 33x12.5s in there. Depends on how wide of a rim you go. If its the stock 18's you should be alright but something like a 10" wide rim would do some destruction to that front valence. I know on the older trucks like mine there might be a little more room for tire clearence becauase on the 07 and 08's that large front bumper may make for alittle less room just like on the older avalanches. The low front bumper (which you arent going to want to trim) might squeeze the amount of space you got. My $.02

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SO anyway I just put the 2" leveling kit on the rig and I love it, there is still a little bit of rake, about 1" front to back but its miles better than stock. Anyway the extra clearance in the front along with my sort of dislike for the stock duelers that came on my z71 has left me thinking about the possibility of some new rubber. I can't remember what the stock tire size is, but I know I'm rolling on 18" wheels, I'm thinking I want to be some 17"s in the future but for now I'm thinking some new rubber on the stock wheels would be a good idea. Anyway I'm not super sure what will fit so I'm wondering which of you guys have upgraded and what too, so I know what will fit under my truck, I'm going with the bf goodrich all-terrain T/A KO, lovely tires, had them on a few other trucks and can't say enough good about em. Thanks for any help guys.

 

I just installed a 2" leveling kit also which is said to clear 285/70/17 =32.71. Well according to my calculations you should be good for 285/65/18 which is made by BFG. Dont hold to size fitting I havent installed bigger tires yet.

 

 

I've got 285/60/18's on my stock 2wd with no rubbing.

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Which leveling kits did you guys use? I looked at strut spacers, but opted not to go that way. I'm thinking about the Rancho quick lift kit. Any thoughts?

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These are 30" with the leveling kit. You could go maybe 31" with out rubbin.

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I think you mean that your tires are already 33's (285's)? And he might be able to go to 35's?

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