what tire size?

[ocbaud]

i wanna get some nitto 555's for tires...

but would a 255/45/17(fronts) and 275/40/17(back) look to small on only a 4/6 drop?

i wanna drop it down and make it a 5/7 drop later on(this year maybe?)

i only have 2 tires for my 17's right now, and they are 275/50/17's.
i would use those for a while till i could afford matching rear tires.

or i could get the nitto 450's in the following sizes:

255/50/17
275/50/17

[SCOTI]

Eric, your not gonna' like this but IMHO the 275/40/17 is just too short for a full size truck.

If you want, in the morning I can get some pics of some take-off 275/40's up against my beaters 255/70/15's & my 74's 295/40/20's so you can see just how much shorter they are. That size is fine on my GF's T/A, but not on a truck.

[low 84]

when i had my 17's i had 275/40 on front and 285/40 on rear, i agree with scoti, they were a little too short in my opinion. they still looked pretty good with a 5/7 but with an inch more of gap like you will have i think they would look wrong. if i was getting another set of 17's i'd go with something around 27-28 inches tall, not 25-26

[TIMSPEED]

Originally Posted by low 84

if i was getting another set of 17's i'd go with something around 27-28 inches tall, not 25-26

IIRC Eric, you're going to put the TTII on your truck, right? If so, why don't you do like Mike, and get 255/50 17's (27" tall) should look just perfect

[odie82]

275/40r17 are not to short, my are just fine, they sit at about 26'' tall

[ocbaud]

no, they dont look bad, but they do have more wheel gap than what i would like.

how low is your truck odie?

[hotrodhomi]

Does anyone know of a site that you could type in a tire size and it will tell you the overall height?

[swervin ervin]

Here's one.

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

Here's another page of useful info. It will let you use a calculator to figure out a lot of stuff, including tire diameter.

http://www.73-87.com/convers_calcus/equation1.htm

[Grande Rojo]

I've got 275/60/17 on the rear of my truck with a flip kit. They are about 30" tall. I think they look better with a little meat (sidewall) on them .

[SCOTI]

GrandeRojo.... that looks sweet.

[ocbaud]

man, if i get those nitto 450's in the 255/50/17's, thats ONE MORE thing that i'm coping off of mike.

well, i had the flip kit first mike!!!

only reason i was asking about the lo-pro tire size was because i was wanting to run some nice drag radials(nitto 555r's) and they dont come in anything bigger.

[SCOTI]

Why drag radials? These trucks have enough room to run meat.

[TIMSPEED]

Originally Posted by ocbaud

only reason i was asking about the lo-pro tire size was because i was wanting to run some nice drag radials(nitto 555r's) and they dont come in anything bigger.

BFG's hook harder, period. Trust me, I'll be running a 325/50 15" BFG Drag Radial on the back of my truck, on a 15"x10" rim with 5½" BS. Trust me Eric, either run 255/55 17's all around, or 255/50 up front with 255/55 out back.