With a 3.5" front drop, will a 255/50/20 tire fit?

[UATahoe]

This will be on an 87 with an LS swap. I will be running a 2.5" drop spindle and a 1" lowering spring from ridetech. Rims are the Ridler 695. 20x8.5 with 4.75" backspacing. The tire works out mathematically as a 30" tall tire but i am guessing it will come in just under that as most tires seem to run under their measurements.

I am hoping they will fit but wanted to see if anybody was running something similar and could give some feedback. Thanks!

[PunishedC10]

I used to have that tire size on the front of mine with djm drop spindles. I just dont remember the offset. I have 5” offset 22x9 now and run a 265/35r22. One thing you have to be careful of is whether the center cap will fit over the dust cover on the spindle. I hope this helps somewhat. I haven’t ever ran Ridler wheels, but I would definitely call them up and see if they can give you any input on the fitmet.

[rickit]

I have same spindle and spring and same wheel as you and have 275/45/20 on mine does fine only had a slight rub when I was running about 75 and hit a dip in the road and it was on driver side only haven't had any issues other then that one time and it was just a little scuff hope this helps

[UATahoe]

Awesome! Thanks for the feedback guys. Rickit, any pictures of your setup you could share? Would be awesome to see the stance.

[rickit]

its in the shop now we raised the rear about 1 1/2 and putting new glass in it and re doing interior

[rickit]

heres couple

[UATahoe]

Perfect man. Great looking truck. That stance is exactly what i am shooting for . Agree with pulling up the rear bit. I like a little bit of rake on these trucks. What are the drop specs on the rear?

[rickit]

rear axle is flipped

[UATahoe]

Gotcha. So roughly 5". Mine is lowered 4" in the rear with lowering leaf springs from western chassis. I have some drop shackles in case i want to go lower. I do feel like my truck is sitting higher than most though. At a 4" drop, it just doesnt look very low at all. But it may need some time to settle. Its been sitting without the bed on for almost a year. Finally got the bed on last weekend.

[rickit]

my overload springs was remove mabe why my seem to set lower i like a little rake myself

[UATahoe]

That would make sense. Yep, i like a little bit of rake as well. Little more of an aggressive stance. Judging by that i am thinking i might end up needing another 1" lower in the rear but i will let it settle for a bit and see how it looks.

Thanks again man for all of the info!

[UATahoe]

What type of shocks are you running? Like the ride?

[rickit]

cant remember right off but ole truck rides good