TYTAIN said:
Back in the day, 16's and when Ford came out with the 17" wheel on their OR package(1997) those were big wheels. They were basically not many tire upgrades to go with 16.5 as those were mostly on 1 Ton and 3/4 ton trucks, so there where not many tire packages for those. That's when lifted trucks had some rubber like that Ford in your avatar. I use my truck for hunting and hunting only it's just what you prefer. I will be putting my lift on this weekend( not my first by far), myself by the way. As for the comment on people installing there lifts. We have now become a society of out sourcing everything, from oil changes to having our grass cut, not to mention having your car washed. I personnaly do all that stuff myself. I wouldn't knock those guys, it's just the way we as americans have become. Also many people work tons of hours and simply do not have time to do ther own install, but they have the cash to make it happen.
Huh? Not many tires for 16.5" rims?!?! That's one of the most common tire sizes made for a long time. In the 90s I would bet everything I own that any offroad tire available was made in a 16.5. :bangit: :lol:
And it is your truck so it's up to you what you do to it. But don't sit here and bash us by calling our rides gangster then turn around and act like you weren't doing just that. You are the one that stated all this by trying to insult all of us with the posts. You're the one bashing, not us.
I'm talking about my dad owning lifted trucks since the 70s and 80s that's old school, not the 90s. Hell I'm only 19, and I owned lifted trucks in the 90s. I will continue knock anyone and everyone that can't install their own lift but wants to try and talk about how much they know about lifts, tires, and offroading. If you don't know about that kind of stuff, that's fine, but don't try to act like you do. That would be equivelent to me trying to tell Tech how to install a system, I don't know about that stuff so I don't try to talk about it and act like I do. It's a pretty common thing to see that stuff going on in
this forum. :rockon MT where everyone is honest and helps out others rather than bashing their rides.
My dad has plenty of money to pay anyone to do anything he wants done to his trucks, but we still put all our own lifts on and do all our own work. It's called having the self satisfaction of knowing that you can mod your truck by yourself and knowing that you don't have to pay someone to do that kind of stuff. Yes there are those select few that pay someone to do stuff because they don't have the time, but for the most part if you pay someone to do it chances are you couldn't do it yourself.
