05 1500 Z71, Possible to swap out 17's for 16's?
June 7th, 2008, 1:36 AM
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05 1500 Z71, Possible to swap out 17's for 16's?
I've got a 05 chevy 1500 Z71. I'm in need of a set of tires all around. from factory the truck came with 17's.
i priced out some nice mudding meats and stock size (265,70,17's) and it was $1250 compared to the 285,75,16's on my last truck that were only $900. I figered if i bought a nice set 16's in the long run after a couple sets of tires it would save me a fair amount of money.
Heres the issue: in the front the 17 inch rim runs a fairly tight clearance to the break calipar. i'm estemating at 1/2-3/4 of an inch. does anyone know if there is enough clearence to down size one rim size? has anyone down this or tryed this?
i priced out some nice mudding meats and stock size (265,70,17's) and it was $1250 compared to the 285,75,16's on my last truck that were only $900. I figered if i bought a nice set 16's in the long run after a couple sets of tires it would save me a fair amount of money.
Heres the issue: in the front the 17 inch rim runs a fairly tight clearance to the break calipar. i'm estemating at 1/2-3/4 of an inch. does anyone know if there is enough clearence to down size one rim size? has anyone down this or tryed this?
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