How will my K5/truck look with xx" tires on xx" of lift?

[1978Blazerk5]

Dude that thing is Sexy.

 

[blazin' j]

looks sick...good luck with the sheet metal tho...

 

[81K5GUY]

Just put em on cause I got a set of 36's coming and didnt have anything else to put on so they guy can take the 35's with him.

 

[Ben B.]

that's seriously only 4" lift?!

 

[81K5GUY]

yep all spring Rough Country,I actually got about 5" out of it but I suspect the springs will sag a lil over time.It only got about 100 miles on it.

 

[Avery4jc]

I know from experience that Mickey's run small... like waaay small... what do those actually measure out to?

 

[81K5GUY]

4" Rough Country all spring lift and 36x13.50/15 Iroks

 

[big blue goes 4x4]

Want bigger tires but don't want to cut the fenders

I have a '82 C30 body on a '87 V30 frame. I would really like to put bigger tires on it to help my mpg. 4.56 gear ratio isn't to bad with the 4L80e 12mpg. Cutting the fenders is not an option for me. How big can I go without rubbing? Forgot about the 3" body lift. It has one.

 

[Chevy305]

Bigger tires don't usually net more gas milage. Infact they are heavier and harder for the engine to turn so it has to work more.

 

[blazin' j]

a taller, narrower tire may help mpg a little bit, but like stated above, bigger tire usually means Less mpg...

 

[CutlassKid85]

77 k5
6'' lift
35''m/ts on 15x10 rims

 

[BulldogK5]

Nice score. Lots of work, scary front end. Good luck.

 

[obijuan]

good looking truck but poor baby at the same time.

 

[buffblazer]

a taller, narrower tire may help mpg a little bit, but like stated above, bigger tire usually means Less mpg...

that depends. in town you will be hurting your mpg because like you said the motor has to work harder to turn those big tires from a stop. but once on the highway up to speed it can help your mpg a little.

 

[buffblazer]

2 inch springs in front with 2 inch blocks in rear, with brand new 3/4 springs in the rear. and 33/12.5/15 big O x/t's

 

[87 Blue Beast]

87 k5, 3" body lift, 1 tons, diy4x shackle flip w/ 7" shackles, add a leafs and zero rates, 6" ruff country springs up front with 6" shackles and zero rates, sitting on 19.5/44.15 boggers mounted on 15x14 procomp series wheels with 2.75" bs. trimming still needed. whoring time..

 

[hectork5]

nice

 

[hectork5]

nice pictures.

 

[k5 krawler 50]

a couple pics with the 44's on.. the fronts are 8" 52's (which are going to get replaced), the rear is a diy4x shackle flip with 4" reversed 56's and a 1.5" zero rate.. acouple mods to the rear are in the works as well..

 

[BulldogK5]

i just bought this 91' one a couple weeks ago and just put 15x10s and 33 mtz on it no lift

That looks just about right. I like the other Chevy in the pic as well. Details?