3/5 Drop - Tire Recommendations?

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Max

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Something 30" to 31" works best or you really need to watch the offset. My truck dropped 5" up front and 5" in rear rubbed the plastic fender liners out back and hit the fenders up front with a 275/55/20 (32" tall). Bigger tires look better but if you're gonna slam it I'd run a narrower 31" tall tire to rest easier. Even before the spindles I would kiss the fenders with a 3" drop, rubbed all the paint off the front sway bar too.
 

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im running 295/35/24 with no rubbing and no trimming. imo the 295/35/24 looks better. my fiance has a 08 with a 2/3 on 305/30/26 and that required a lot of trimming.
 

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I've got 305/40/22 on my Denali and its lowered 4-5 in the front and 5 in the back...theres no rubbing at all in the back...but in the front, it rubs against the wheel-well at the firewall side...but not much at all though..
 
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You know its really going to come down to the offset, we are all talking about tire sizes, but we failed to mention offset, which plays a HUGE part in rubbing...
 
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The wheels are +25 offset on a 24" x 9.5" so i have opted to go with the 275/30r24 with the 3/5 drop...

I am pretty sure 305/35r24 will not fit...
 

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On the Houston roads I'd be scared to bend up wheel with that small of a tire Gnote?
 

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