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07-12-2012, 10:07 PM | #1 |
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Lowering Kit & Wheels/Tires
My uncle has a 1993 SWB that he wants to do a 4/6 drop kit on & get some nice looking wheels & tires. Can some of you guys recommend a good kit & what size wheels & tires would look best? Pics of some 4/6 lowered trucks would be nice too to see what it looks like. So if you guys have any please post hem up.
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07-12-2012, 11:01 PM | #2 |
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Re: Lowering Kit & Wheels/Tires
Look at the pix in this forum.....Like this one from murf87, with a 4/6 drop on 17-inch TT's. It's on the 4th page of pics.
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07-13-2012, 12:25 AM | #3 |
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07-13-2012, 07:06 AM | #4 |
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Knowing my extremely finicky tastes when it comes to wheels, it can be really hard to pick a good wheel design for someone else. I suggest sitting your uncle down and browsing through the pic threads here and looking at all the trucks to see if there's something that really catches his eye.
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07-13-2012, 04:55 PM | #5 | |
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This is even more true when it comes to back-spacing for different wheels. Cheap-ish wheels won't have nearly the same BS opttions as spec'd made wheels (so, not all similarly sized wheels are equal).
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07-13-2012, 05:19 PM | #6 |
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Re: Lowering Kit & Wheels/Tires
Here's another pic of the same murf87 truck, taken before the TT's...as stated in his post that I mentioned above.
But, there are almost as many kinds of wheels as there are people...meaning a bunch. Do your homework and research. The wrong off-set, or width, or diameter, plus a tire that aggravates whatever isn't correct for your vehicle, makes for an unpleasant driving experience. Here's the pic. Again, this is from the same post on page 4 of the pics of 88-98 trucks.
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07-17-2012, 01:43 PM | #7 |
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Re: Lowering Kit & Wheels/Tires
He likes the looks of some rally wheels on a dropped truck like the one posted above. Where is a good place to shop for some rally wheels? Also what size are they? 15x8?
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07-17-2012, 02:32 PM | #8 |
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Those are commonly referred to as 'Sport' or '454SS' wheels which are steel/chrome. If I recall, they're 7" wide. Truck 'Ralleys' were common on 73-87 trucks & thru 91 Burbs. They're the plain painted steel wheels & avail in 15x6.5, 7, & 8" widths from the factory as well as a 10" wide version available from the aftermarket.
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I would search For Sale postings on forums like this one, search Craigslist, eBay or even your local salvage yards. $200-300 for a set of 4 without tires and with or without center caps is a pretty fair price. I paid $250 for mine about 10 years ago without tires or centers. I paid another $25 for some brand new chrome centers on eBay. I originally bought mine to use on my '99 Yukon: The Yukon is gone, but I now have them on my '98 Suburban: I decided to change it up a bit on the Suburban and run some black centers like the early 454SS (though mine have the standard gold bowtie instead of the red outline bowtie like the SS). I also have a set of the chrome centers if I want to go that way too. |
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07-17-2012, 07:52 PM | #10 |
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Re: Lowering Kit & Wheels/Tires
here's mine with a 4/6 drop. the wheels dont match front to back but the wheels & tires are 15x10's with 295/50r15's and 15x7's with 225/60r15's
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07-17-2012, 10:01 PM | #11 |
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That thing has the whole Mad Max Interceptor look to it. Wicked cool. I like it.
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07-17-2012, 11:11 PM | #12 |
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hahaha thanks, it will eventually all be the same shade of black (satin) and hopefully have matching wheels as well as limo tinted windows
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07-17-2012, 11:15 PM | #13 |
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Re: Lowering Kit & Wheels/Tires
also the thought of hiding some red and blue flashing lights behind the grille, and adding strobes in the tail lights/head lightsas well as a siren and pa has crossed my mind a few times i also want to put a cowl hood on it to help with the hotrod look
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