Dean's '11 Crew Cab Budget Build

Ginger said:
needs mud tires bad.

your bent wheels will be worth more if you sell them with the current tires on them.
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I've considered that but I just can't float brand new tires right now. I'll most likely end up with the Hankook dynapro atm in a 305/45/22. I've bounced around the idea of an mt, but i don't think they would be all that great on a daily that sees regular highway use. I'll be saving as much as I can in the next few months to get some new tires on it before winter hits.

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i put about 10k on anually now adays. trips to CT and MD plus i go down to south jersey atleast once a week.
 
Didn't think that was right Dean lol. I run about 25K per year but probably 10K (winter time) is on stock size tires. The mud tires aren't bad other than knocking down gas mileage.
 
DeanH1290 said:
I've considered that but I just can't float brand new tires right now. I'll most likely end up with the Hankook dynapro atm in a 305/45/22. I've bounced around the idea of an mt, but i don't think they would be all that great on a daily that sees regular highway use. I'll be saving as much as I can in the next few months to get some new tires on it before winter hits.

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DeanH1290 said:
Don't know how much you drive, but I put about 20k on my truck a year, so mts wouldn't last very long.

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Been DD'ing mud tires on 2 trucks now. Old red one had 295/70/17 Nitto Trails, bought them used and abused and not rotated off a buddy with less than half tread. Put another 25k on them and they were just getting close to being replaced.

This truck has 305/55/20 trails, put 22k on the truck last year, have like 26k or more on the trails and they're still well above half tread. The key is rotation. I do mine every oil change or like every 1.5 oil changes

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Well one of the guys on gmfs pointed me in the direction of these and I can easily see myself getting them. They are a cross between an M/T and an A/T and are at a pretty good price point. Lately I've been hearing pretty good things from guys who have the M/T.

http://www.atturo.com/moto/trailbladext

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I just went through this entire thread, you and me are identical in so many ways. You constantly changing things up.
 
James said:
I just went through this entire thread, you and me are identical in so many ways. You constantly changing things up.
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Was starting to think the same thing after you leveled yours back out. Fairly confident that the suspension won't be changing anymore other than maybe minute adjustments up front and improving the rear.

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Not really an update, but I've been thinking about pulling the front back down some since I'm getting more lift than I originally planned on. Right now I think im getting 1.5" out of the bilstiens and 3" out of the spacer, giving 4.5. Heres some pics of the angles.
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I think I'll end up setting the bilstiens back to the lowest setting and put my .5" spacer back in, bringing it to 3.5" of total lift up front. It should end up measuring 39.5" on all 4 corners.

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Yeah, you're definitely a little too tall, your cv shafts are hating you lol. The height looks great now, I'd just drop it a minimal amount

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Yes definitely drop it. I'm at those angles with mine being 2wd and I'm not happy about it lol


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All I'm really worried about is the lower ball joint and cv's. Uppers and tie rods still have plenty of room. I think I'll be happy at 3.5 since I haven't had any issues yet. If anything it might smooth out the front a touch.

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I've been doing some thinking and digging, narrowing down my budget and the options I have.Due to the bent wheels incedent, I've decided that I need to stick with the biggest I can get, eliminating the 305/40R22. That leaves either 305/45R22 or 33x12.50R22, giving me 3 options that fit my budget.

1) 33x12.50R22 Atturo Trail Blade M/T
2) 305/45R22 Atturo Trail Blade X/T
3) 305/45R22 Hankook Dynapro AT-M

I can get the hankooks at the local shop, but I'm not sure on the Atturo. All of them are right around $1000-$1300 for a set.

Looking for opinions both positive and negative on all three options. If you don't have experience with them, please refrain.

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I've heard bad about Atturo. Do not want. Hankook would be my choice of the 3

Edit: not my experience with them but a friend of mine had them and they were just loud, not wearing like wanted and rough riding on a 20" rim. Not sure about 22


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