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Originally Posted by jerry moss
awesome job you are doing . what are the wheels on the beast ? i'm trying to make up my mind on wheels for my 69 3/4 ton 4x4- i have a set of oe 16.5 x 8.25 steel wheels but tires are expensive and hard to find, i have a set of 16 x 7 ford e-350 wheels and a set of old 16 x 8 white spoke wheels but i'm not real sure about any of them. my poor old suburban has been sitting about 8 or 9 years since i installed a rebuilt motor, 4 speed trans, 205 t-case, 14 bolt rear, dana 44 hd front, 4 inch all spring lift rear spring hangers off a 72, changed the entire dash, etc. but a major back operation a double knee replacement has kicked my ass. i've started slowly getting back into it and now i can't find all the parts i took off to do the inside--yeah i have a lot of crap around here, been looking for the steering column for weeks now and can't find it, LOL.
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Hi Jerry and thanks for your nice feedback.
Regarding the wheels, here are the specs:
Wheels Detroit Steel Wheel Co. Delray $315.00 X4= $1,260.00 18" x 9" (8x6.5") 4.5" backspace (you can customize the specs depending on which tire you want).
I had them powder coated in metallic silver which I figured would go with the dark olive metallic body paint I'm going to go with.
Tires Mickey Thomson Baja Boss AT $350.00 X4= $1,400.00 LT295/70R18
I chose these tires because they were the narrowest I could find in this size, while being newly engineered hybrid all terrains that are 3 peak snow rated.
I hope this helps. Good luck with your build, which sounds great. I hope you persevere!
Regards,
Nick