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Old 01-08-2014 | 10:24 AM
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Yea, Holley won't stop sending me those carbs. Just been giving the spares away. After having 3 back up carbs the rest I just give to friends.

Trying to figure out if I want to jump on a set of wheels for this damn truck....
I have the ones from mine if you are interested. 2 brand new never mounted 15x8 and 2 15x4 with tires. Not even 1000 miles on them.
Old 01-08-2014 | 11:58 AM
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Picking these drag lites up for 400$ today. Brand new rear Mickey Thompson radials. Not bad.
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Here they are....

Old 01-08-2014 | 05:35 PM
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Lol, fkn hater.
Old 01-08-2014 | 06:11 PM
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nah, im glad you got them. I just wish I could run across deals like that when I had the cash in hand..
Old 01-08-2014 | 07:01 PM
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Tell me about it, I don't always catch the deals either!!!
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those wheels are hot. zane stole them.
Old 01-09-2014 | 01:51 PM
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Lol, right? I don't normally like this design but that price? Love them. Lol
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Whaaaaat? Lol

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what size tires?
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165r15 front 235/60/15 rear. That barely fit with that 5.5 BS and tire. Had to zip tie the e brake cables lol.
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do what i did....lose the e-brake cables lol.
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Lower it a little bit and you'll be right !
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Lower it? Maybe one day.
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i may have some 4 cyl springs in the garage that we can cut down, and some blocks in the trunk of my car i will give you. hopefully i havent trashed the springs yet.
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Well, how well will the blocks affect the traction? I'm sure it will be fine with some home made cal tracs.
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Originally Posted by ZONES89RS
165r15 front 235/60/15 rear. That barely fit with that 5.5 BS and tire. Had to zip tie the e brake cables lol.
I thought youd have more room than that. Mine are 5.5 backspacing with a 9.5 inch wheel. 275-40-18. Hell I had 295-50-15 onit with an 8 inch wheel
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A 295/50 on a 8 inch wheel with 4.5 back spacing would fit and your 18s did not have a bulging side wall like the 15s.
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the largest you can fit on the 7.5 rear is a 5.5 back space 10" wheel with a 275/60-15. it's tight, but it will fit. it looks huge on a 1st gen but it fits. 2nd gens have a little more fender sticking out from the bed to help tuck the tires.


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