Loretta's Overlanding Journey

These are the earliest pictures that I could find when I got her about 5 years ago. When I first got her she was in a little more rough shape than the pictures show.

 

After a decent amount of TLC and some cleaning up she's still currently running strong at 457,000 miles.

 

Decided to get a lift on her and went with 883 coils, a single add a leaf, and new shocks.

Other than snapping the U-bolts and having to grind off the center pin it was a pretty smooth process considering she's 20+ years old

 

I'm looking to get some bigger tires on her and would prefer 33x10.50's if I had it my way but I can only get E rated tires on my 16's I have now. Not sure whether I should go to 15's or 17's for a softer sidewall tire for a smoother ride. Also I'm afraid of rubbing on the front bumper with getting a taller tire so I'm also looking at getting a tubular bumper to solve that problem if need be.

If anyone has any suggestions or wisdom to lay on me, I'd love to hear it.

 

Also if anyone could let me know how to get this to show my newest stuff first then my older stuff that would be much appreciated

 

I like what you’ve done with the truck! I don’t think there’s anyway to reverse the order of your posts, if that’s what you’re asking. In my build thread, I just post updated pics in the first post as I go along.

As for the tires…idk if it helps your decision at all but I have E rated tires and I’ve been running them for a little over 30K miles. I love ‘em and I do a ton of highway driving. I have the General Grabber ATXs which are a 6 ply tire instead of the traditional 10 ply so I’m sure that helps with ride quality.