Tire Size? and Ziebart?

[elvis50138]

Hey all, I'm new here and looking for some advice and examples. I'm the recent new owner of a 86 C10 LWB. Kind of an interesting story. My mom and stepdad live in FLorida and I live in IowA. They knew I was looking for a truck to fix up. Stepdad found one through a friend of a friend.... Plain Jane white been sitting in a guys field for a couple of years not running. I happened to be down visiting and went out to the field to look at it. I looked at it and of course it wouldn't start and the plug wires looked bad. So I came back out with a battery and new wires and she took right off. Walked up to the guys house and offered him 800 he said 900 and I said deal and drove off in it. You shoulda seen the guys face when I drove off! I think he thought the engine was trashed and wouldn't run again. Anyway, drove it to my stepdad's (He has a body shop). There wasn't a spot of rust on the darn thing. I guess that FL weather takes good care of the vehicles (unlike IA). Odometer also shows 40,000 miles which the previous owner said was accurate (he bought it new). I figured it was a little (big?) white lie. But now I think it might be true. The engine is incredibly clean hasn't burned any oil yet, and the drivetrain and suspension are in great shape. I flushed all the fluids and gave it small overhaul, left it running for awhile and couldn't find any leaks anywhere. Anyway, after a new (free :-)) paint job it's lookin and running really good.

Sorry for the long story, but I'm now needing tires to help dress her up and I'm thinking of a trip to ziebart to protect it from the terrible Iowa road salt. I've got some brand new original style rally wheels with the little square holes I got from a guy who had about twenty of em sitting in a bus in his backyard. They were still in the box and unused. I was hitting some salvage yards trying to find some used ones I could blast and paint. This guy over heard me talking to the yard guy and said he had some. I figured they were old and rusty but he said 150 bucks so I figured I'd check em out. I was shocked when I saw they were brand new and he also said the sale included the brand new (metal) center caps and trim rings. Now for my question... the wheels are 15x8's... I figure for tires I can go anywhere from 225/75/15 to 285/75/15. Is there a site somewhere I can see different size wheels on trucks? I like the bigger sizes with lots of rubber but not sure how crazy I want to get and would like to see pics of em on a truck first to be sure I spend my bucks wisely.

Also, has anyone used Ziebart for rustproofing there truck? If so, is it a wise choice? How has it held it up? How often do you need to go back in and get it redone?

[Jonboy]

255/70 or 275/60 are good choices for tires, and they will be near stock height.

[87Silvy]

Let's see pics of this truck!!!!!

[elvis50138]

I will try and remember to get some. I've got them all at home on my slow dial up PC. I'm at work now (cheating) lol. If I can remember to burn em to CD I'll bring em to work tomorrow. But remember it's gonna be some nasty spray bombed wheels you're seeing! and the paint job is right out of the booth with everything stripped off.

[Slonaker]

This what the stock wheels look like with 255/70/15 tires on them.



You can see a couple more pics by clicking on the link to my website in my signature below.

Slonaker

[elvis50138]

Ok... I just tried to load some pics and I'm told the files are too large. How do I make them less than a 100 K?

[Slonaker]

My favorite is Irfanview, from www.irfanview.com. It is free software that can crop and resize the photos. Very easy to use, and the price is right.

This assumes, of course, you are not using a Mac or Linux.

Slonaker

[elvis50138]

Shoot if cropping and resizing is the only way to decrease the size them out of luck. cuz most of my pics are with the truck in the whole frame. If you just wanna see a pic of a headlight or turn lamp or trailer hitch then we're OK! lol I'll try and dink around.

[elvis50138]

OK, I loaded them onto a page at yahoo:

1 and 2 are the "before" pics right after the pressure wash.
3-10 are the prep and body work phase.
11-13 are right out of the booth
14 is my stepdad showing off his fishing boat and f350
15 and 16 is the engine
17 and 18 is here at home
and 19 is my cool beer coozy. lol

[elvis50138]

I of course forgot the link... here it is:
http://photos.yahoo.com/elvis50138

[elvis50138]

OK, I did some digging and searching and came across some tires I think I like at tirerack.com. They are Kumho (sp?) venture at KL-41's... I think. 31x10.5. $75 a piece. They've got the best reviews on the site plus they are the cheapest price in that size and category. Anyone used these? Anyone bought from tirerack.com before? Good idea/Bad idea?

[elvis50138]

used that program and made the pics smaller... here they are.

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