I finally found a set of new tires for my truck! The 325/85r16 Michelin XML's finally wore out. I got 3 years out of them give or take, and they where used to start with. Moving on....



38.5x13.5x17 Pitbull Maddog Radials. They are going on 17x9 black steel wheels....

As far as fitting them. I sectioned all the fenders on the truck. The openings are now 6" longer in the rear and 8" in the front. This allows me to run a 38-39" tire with just leveling springs.....

 

Niiice!! I had a buddy who used to run stock suspension in his mid 80's chevy 4x4, but with radiused wheel wells and big tires...looked great!!

 

Tires and wheels are on....

 

I love the smell of someone else burning their new tires off.
Not a penny invested.

 

That made me think about putting on my new Primewell ATs I got about 4 months ago. The old Hankook MTs are about as smooth as can be.

 

New parking lights are cheap.

 

Grille parts are on the way The other side of the grill shell is even more hammered!

 

Nice!

 

Thanks!

The snowball is already rolling though. I'm already thinking about 3.73s or 4.10s....and down the road maybe a GM ZF6.

I have a pretty long list of current little projects though....

-egt, fuel pressure, and boost gauge install
-make some kickpanel pods for some 6.5" speakers
-full size spare tire mount in the bed
-rear bumper
-he351 install with 4" exhaust and a new intake system

Ok...that list is scary already......

 

I don't know if there are adapter for the Cummins to GM FF6 but I do know there are slightly more Ford ZF6's and there is a bellhousing adapter for the Cummins to Ford pattern.