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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 7:11 PM
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im sure some people have read that i am in the market for a leveling kit for my 04 silverado. right now i have 265 70 17s. with the leveling kit would my truck still look good with 17s or should i upgrade to 18s. I am going to need tires soon and want to make a decision before i install the leveling kit. i am thinking if i do the leveling kit next month that will give me time to save for tires also. so any opinions would be nice. and i am considering putting 285s on instead of 265s.
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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 7:16 PM
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285s should be fine, I think 17s would be fine, but I also like 15 inch wheels with 44"tires.
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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 7:22 PM
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ok. sounds good. thanks for the quick reply
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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 8:34 PM
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Originally Posted by nauticstar87
but I also like 15 inch wheels with 44"tires.
my buddyy has that on his big blue ford! lol


285s should be good
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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 10:51 PM
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i say 305/65/17 i think 285s would look small
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Old Jan 26, 2010 | 1:07 AM
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i will look into both sizes. thanks. 99 i have a couple pics up in my photo album. more to come.
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 1:05 PM
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my friend has a 04 silverado crew cab and he put a levelin kit on it with 285's and kept the stock rims and it looks pretty good but he could have went a little bigger
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 6:16 PM
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country, did you have your leveling kit installed or did you put it in yourself?
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 10:17 PM
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I had mine installed for 50 bucks...beats buying the 100$ tool for it
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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 12:25 AM
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where did you get it installed?
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