some girl around here has a huge lift on a gmc truck and runs the stock wheels and tires.

Puts life savings into lift
Runs stock tires cuz poor

i asked her one day and she goes "i don't like the noise they make on the road" i was like they aren't for the road and got the typical "i only drive it on the road" response.

some people..................

Facepalm

Even ppl that do like 8 inch lift and put 35s on, what are you thinking??..

i don't know how it stays up on corners lol. she must take em sooo slow or something lol.

thing has easily 18 inches of lift on it so with those skinny little stock wheels i wouldn't drive it just out of fear of it going over.

I don't want or need a huge lifted truck, but I do want something daily capable of off roaring through mountainous terrain.
I also don't plan on buying a lifted truck to dd on nice roads all day but at the same time I'm not going to beat it to hell.
How long do the bigger tired normally last for on and off road use? Also, are they rated for snow or are there winter and summer versions?

How ignorant can you possibly get?




and you...

Goddamn you nerds need to get out from behind that pc and go do something.





I'd stick with a quarter ton truck, you can do a s10 or ranger really easy but they get fucked up easy. I've lifted a couple and it.just seems like you Chase your tail fixing something every time you take it out. With a bigger truck like a 1500 or f150 you still fix a lot of things that break, its part of the game, but its like every other time lol..

They're doing some pretty good things with tires these days, you can get tires that will hold up for a lot of highway miles, good in the winter, and does well off road. If you plan on burying it up to the headlights often you might as well buy 2 trucks, one for driving and one for fixing. Check out tire-rack and tireseasy.com, they have reviews on a lot of tire brands and treads. As far as ease of installation doing a lift kit I personally really love a Ford suspension. Don't get me wrong Chevys are nice but id rather work.on a Ford, just less hassle...or maybe I'm more used to them?

Go hang out at the local gas station and see what the farm boys are using on their farms, not the truck they drive daily, their farm beaters. I can gurantee you it isn't a nice jacked up big tire monster with smoke stacks, those are more for cruising with the occasional off road, not constant abuse.

This post was edited by mykromisfit on Jul 15 2013 05:40am

yep...i'm so ignorant to think something that is top heavy rolls easy.

how about you go play with your egg car and weld some more flimsy bed railing to it and let the people who aren't idiots talk.

you should ask KoJ he is the resident offroad expert

Right now im looking at both 6th gen Fords and 3rd gen Chevys.
I know there is a thread about this already, but Im not sure if the same applies to these trucks so ill ask anyways. Is converting a RWD to a 4x4 a practical option? I dont mind doing work myself if its just a matter of swapping out the axle/gearing/etc