Lift or Tires

I have enough for new tires or a lift and can't decide what to do first?

 

Lift, then tires.

 

Do you need tires?

 

I have the garbage dunlops. Tread is fine but they suck at everything but rolling.

 

They burn well

 

At full flex, you'll still rub with most lifts if you go larger than 32" (265/75/16 or similar) without making other accomodations. I suggest the tire of your choice in this size before a lift. You can always buy bigger tires after you clear the room for them. A lifted truck with shitty tires will get stuck more than a stock height truck with good rubber.

 

I'm looking at 265/70/17 terra grapplers.

 

My local DTIRE is going to give them to me for 600 out the door. Seems like a decent deal.

 

This is good advice. I change my opinion...

 

+1

 

Sounds like a steal to me.

 

You should get the lift first cuz if you buy 265s then lift you'll be wishing you had 285s

 

Get the lift first! Then you will know what size tires to get!

 

X2 may need some extra work post lift but hell what's a little extra work

 

I did the lift first, happy I did lol

 

well a flat 50/50 split... this was no help at all...

 

or you could put the money in a savings account earning interest and wait til you can get both

 

Since you don't 'need' tires, why not keep saving your $ till you can do both at once............. end of problem.

 

Lift then tires

 

There are savings accounts that earn interest these days?

I say tires. The amount of hassle involved in doing a *proper* lift to fit 33" tires is going to chew through a lot of $$$. You could of course do a half-assed job of it, and then spend more money redoing it...

Get the tires you mentioned.

If you plan on doing lift later stick with about 2" of lift and don't plan on getting tires any bigger.