lowered on 28s ???

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Hey guys it’s been a few months since I’ve been on this forum.. Just got my truck back this past weekend and looks like I’m going to end up keeping it :Big Laugh:...

I was talking to another member last night (DUKES) and he was showing me pics of his old Yukon lowered on the 2/3-4 drop with 28s:Whoa:. Before seeing his I always thought going with 28s was just too big and not my style but now I’m really considering doing it now. I did some research on this forum and noticed not a lot of people are running this set up. wanted to ask your input on this for a daily driver??

The rims I found are 28 by 9.5 with a +25 offset. From what I’ve been reading looks like I should go with the a 28 by 9 with at least a +30 offset. But seeing it’s not too off I’m assuming this would be fine just would need to trim a little bit more ??
 

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28s are HUGE and never going to be a "nice" ride for a DD. My Tahoe is the first vehicle I have put anything larger than a 20" wheel on and I'll just say I probably won't ever go larger than that. Maybe a set of 26s but definitely not a 28" wheel. I knew someone that had an '07 Esky with 28s and he got rid of them after a few months. AND his was not lowered.
 
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28s are HUGE and never going to be a "nice" ride for a DD. My Tahoe is the first vehicle I have put anything larger than a 20" wheel on and I'll just say I probably won't ever go larger than that. Maybe a set of 26s but definitely not a 28" wheel. I knew someone that had an '07 Esky with 28s and he got rid of them after a few months. AND his was not lowered.

Before my truck was stolen I had 26s and honestly can not say anything bad about the ride.. But who knows 26s to 28s might be night and day. idk maybe i should just take a chance
 

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Lowered on 28's looks cool. Those are some serious rubberband tires, which could cause rim damage. So it depends how much you drive it and where you live. Do it :mexsmoke:
 
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Thanks guys!! does anyone know the answer to the width and offset question?
 

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+30 is close to the correct offset, I doubt you can get a 28" with any less than a 10" width.
 

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hey guys, i was just browsing the forum as i do occasionally and this post actually made me register and join.

G35kid, whats funny is i had a 2007 G35 coupe prior to my purchase of a 2012 yukon denali last year! i miss my G i had a twin turbo done on it and was getting around 485hp to the wheels, with that said i almost killed myself in it so i had to move on to my dream which was the denali i wanted since 2000.

Now, i personally have 24's on my denali. I to was unsure on going big, and what was exactly to big. I can honestly say that, with 24's the ride is a bit stiff compared to the stock 20's obviously but it aint to bad. i was catious being in NYC and our roads are terrible! 24x10 305 35 no rub, only slight rub in reverse with the wheel cut hard, and only because i added mud flaps, (got sick of the kick up), was bad with the factory wheels 20x9 but worse when i went to the 24x10.

Another thing is, recently my GF's cousin came up from texas, for a wake/funeral, he has a 2008 yukon, he had 28's on it, when i asked what the profile of the tire was he said "rubberband" with a down south accent that i almost pissed myself. my guess was it had to be a profile 20.

he regret putting them on, he said, the whole inside of his wells were all torn up, i mean it was nasty, the rub had to be insane.

looks are one thing it looked sick!

but the ride was crazy stiff i mean terrible, i drove it after he took me for a ride because i was curious.

I guess it all comes down to opinion, if its something you want to do, go for it, but i seriously doubt u will find 28's in any smaller width then 10 inches, his were 10", and to compensate for rub i dont think its possible, other then either cutting wells or adding spacers, because not even a profile will make up for the difference.
 
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What up Frankie Welcome to TYF!! Im a fairly new member on here myself just got my truck this past Aug…

Nice man wish I was able to do that with my G when I first got it I was barely able to make payments on it lol so the only thing I ever got around to do was lower it rims and a few bolt ons… were you on g35driver? Would love to see pics…

With 28s I know for sure its not going to ride nearly the same as it does now but I had 26s previously and didn’t mind the ride… Sometimes you have to sacrifice for looks just like a lowered car, some drive ways were just impossible.. Like I said above I thought 28s were too big but the stance of it lowered just looks perfect IMO.. Look up DUKES a members Yukon on here he had the same set up im going to run

The rims im going to be getting are actually 28 by 9.5 and going to run a 275 series tire so hopefully rubbing wouldn’t be that big of a issue.. Thanks to DUKES and MrSnacks which I have been PMing and emailing back and forth.. should be done in 2 or 3 weeks pics coming soon :favorites37:
 

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I have 28s with 295/25/28 on mine with approximately a 5/6 drop, of course it does not ride anywhere near stock or when I had 26's with a 2/3, but sure does look great. I can only do a little over a 3/4 turn on the steering wheel before I hit the frame

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