Realistic tire& wheel size?

[trevor]

I just installed A.R.T upper/ lower control arms,big red system and the roadgrater.. I now realize 20" wheels are just too big to run up front. I removed the inner fender wells to find that the tires rest on the " inner inner" fender well. this can not be cut out because you will be actually cutting into the cab of the truck. And I really dont want to see tires when I am driving.. What would be a realistic tire size to run up front? I currently have 20 x 8 on a 45 series tire. And my wheel style only comes in 17x8 or 20x8 will the 17s be to small?? I just dont want to have to buy 4 new wheels !! 18' s up front front would be perfect but I would have to get 4 new wheels! HELP.... Thanks , Trevor

[darren@ridetech.com]

On our truck we used a 235/35/18 which is approx. 24.5" tall. You should be able to get a 17 with a approx. that size.

[ShadyGirl82]

i work with a kid whos got 20' s up front and 22' s in back on his s-dyme

granted, there was some serious work to make it clear everything... but it IS possible :) he doesnt have tire in cab, and didnt modify anything on the cab to clear it either (that i know of - because that still looks stock)

and my personal opinion is that 17' s in front and 20' s in back would look somewhat odd.. 18' s wouldnt be as bad :( too bad they dont make em!!!

[B.J.]

Trevor, double check your upper control arms - I' ve had a couple guys get those on backwards (it' s not hard to do), and that will put the wheel toward the rear of the fender. If you can get some pics and email them to me I' ll check ' em out.

[trevor]

Backwards? I hope not! I will try to send a pic in the next few days. In the mean time what is something I can check to tell if they are on right?? I think they are on right. When the wheel and tires are on they look fine. would they look funny?? Like they were to far back?

[B.J.]

The first thing you can do is double check the diagram in the instructions. If they are on backwards the center of the hub will be a pretty good distance toward the rear of the wheel opening.