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<blockquote data-quote="The Real Coolbreeze" data-source="post: 1456609" data-attributes="member: 39551"><p>ok.... so you guys haven't been helpful at all for me so far in this thread... :-D</p><p></p><p> Here's where I stand... new to me 2013 gen 1. It felt kind of (really) good when I drove it the first time, screwed around thinking about it for a month and half, went back to the dealership and bought it, but didn't really drive that day because the kid I was dealing with said he didn't think it had even been driven since I last looked at it... ( it's a hippydippy town so that made sense and he's a straight up kid that I know from the military side.... bad on me, I should have checked closer) It also turns out that there's about a 2" lift on the rear and the fronts are on mid-perch. </p><p></p><p>So, I get home and the shocks are now blown (one front, one rear). damn. So I replaced the shocks with OEM Fox 2.5's, and.............. you guessed it, the tires are more ragged than I thought, so... now I'm looking at tires. OR Tires and Rims... It's currently on the stock 17" SVT rims which look pristine. (a look which is belied by the over-all condition of the truck... The previous owner apparently actually used it ! A LOT!) It even has a 12k Warn winch that he misused enough that I felt the need to remove the very frayed cable that I then replaced with very fancy blue rope, and then had to sit around making soft shackles which then left me with.... (but that should be a different thread....) </p><p></p><p>We live a ways up the river on the side of the mountain, but that being said, I usually get all the "offroading" I need right here on the farm so we don't off-road a lot, or at all really, except in the tractor in the timber and in the big pickup. I do get lots of ice and rain and snow seasonally, but mostly I'm on the road. My other driver is a '81 AmGen M923, and an SLK55, and the wife is in an ML63, so I'm kind of all over the place for driving styles. The truck sits nice and level so I'm not real motivated to pull the lift out of it, but I can pretty easy... </p><p></p><p>All that being said, the truck doesn't feel as planted on the curves and the rough patches as I would for like it to be. (The front end and the shocks are all good now) I don't want to go broke on this thing, but .... Do y'all think that switching to 18's or 20's with something nice and quiet (really quiet tread counts for me) like a Falken Rubitrek or Wildtrek, or a Yoko Openrange, or, (please fill in the blank for me here) be a worthwhile improvement? </p><p></p><p>I love opinions, unsupported or with citations, anecdotal experience gets extra credit.... I need tires, and maybe I need rims... but I'm not sure what I need, really really need, or want, to get yet! :-D </p><p></p><p>Help?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Real Coolbreeze, post: 1456609, member: 39551"] ok.... so you guys haven't been helpful at all for me so far in this thread... :-D Here's where I stand... new to me 2013 gen 1. It felt kind of (really) good when I drove it the first time, screwed around thinking about it for a month and half, went back to the dealership and bought it, but didn't really drive that day because the kid I was dealing with said he didn't think it had even been driven since I last looked at it... ( it's a hippydippy town so that made sense and he's a straight up kid that I know from the military side.... bad on me, I should have checked closer) It also turns out that there's about a 2" lift on the rear and the fronts are on mid-perch. So, I get home and the shocks are now blown (one front, one rear). damn. So I replaced the shocks with OEM Fox 2.5's, and.............. you guessed it, the tires are more ragged than I thought, so... now I'm looking at tires. OR Tires and Rims... It's currently on the stock 17" SVT rims which look pristine. (a look which is belied by the over-all condition of the truck... The previous owner apparently actually used it ! A LOT!) It even has a 12k Warn winch that he misused enough that I felt the need to remove the very frayed cable that I then replaced with very fancy blue rope, and then had to sit around making soft shackles which then left me with.... (but that should be a different thread....) We live a ways up the river on the side of the mountain, but that being said, I usually get all the "offroading" I need right here on the farm so we don't off-road a lot, or at all really, except in the tractor in the timber and in the big pickup. I do get lots of ice and rain and snow seasonally, but mostly I'm on the road. My other driver is a '81 AmGen M923, and an SLK55, and the wife is in an ML63, so I'm kind of all over the place for driving styles. The truck sits nice and level so I'm not real motivated to pull the lift out of it, but I can pretty easy... All that being said, the truck doesn't feel as planted on the curves and the rough patches as I would for like it to be. (The front end and the shocks are all good now) I don't want to go broke on this thing, but .... Do y'all think that switching to 18's or 20's with something nice and quiet (really quiet tread counts for me) like a Falken Rubitrek or Wildtrek, or a Yoko Openrange, or, (please fill in the blank for me here) be a worthwhile improvement? I love opinions, unsupported or with citations, anecdotal experience gets extra credit.... I need tires, and maybe I need rims... but I'm not sure what I need, really really need, or want, to get yet! :-D Help? [/QUOTE]
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