Yep. What he said.
40s are cool, and maybe some day I’ll go back to them, but probably not. Not any bigger than 38s maybe.
I had a ton of reasons to switch back to 37s:
- too much work to do it and make it look right
- not practical
- body is too nice to cut up to fit 40s
- nowhere to put the spare
… to name a few.
Truthfully, I just didn’t like the way the truck looked with 40s. Plenty of trucks look awesome w 40s.
@AgDieseler ’s suburban looks perfect with 40s, but mine just didn’t. I didn’t like it. In fact, when I compared it to photos when it was on 37s, I liked the 37s way better, I’ll drop some comparison shots below. The spare tire carrier, while functional, was obnoxious and made the back too difficult to get into. I can build a mount to secure the spare 37 upright in the same corner as the factory spare inside the cargo area (albeit forfeiting the 3rd row, but that’s okay). This body is the most pristine I’ve ever seen, other than our blue suburban. So I really didn’t want to cut it up to make it fit, and the body work to open up the fenders and make it look factory is way too extensive for my time and capabilities. Sure, the front fenders will need to be trimmed, but that can be done tastefully and if I screw it up, they’re replaceable. The rear wheel wells aren’t, and these 37s fit perfectly. Also, I specifically wanted a Maxxis Razr all terrain, and they don’t make them any bigger than 37s.
All-in-all, 37s just fit the bill better for the Swiss-army-knife kind of build I’m going for.
37s:
vs 40s:
Andy
