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Join Date: May 2003
12-20-2018, 11:11 AM
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I currently have a Ram 2500 Cummins and I'm running 33X10.5 tires with a leveling kit, and tied back inner fenders. Has anyone tried running 35 X 12.5s without a lift and without rubbing? Specifically, anyone with a pre 2013? The reason for the year is, the 2013 truck got new suspension which I believe made it sit higher from the factory.
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Join Date: Feb 2017
12-20-2018, 2:09 PM
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Originally Posted by jarrod
I currently have a Ram 2500 Cummins and I'm running 33X10.5 tires with a leveling kit, and tied back inner fenders. Has anyone tried running 35 X 12.5s without a lift and without rubbing? Specifically, anyone with a pre 2013? The reason for the year is, the 2013 truck got new suspension which I believe made it sit higher from the factory.
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The rear will be fine, front will rub. Need at 3” leveling kit at least and still have to do some trimming
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Join Date: Oct 2008
12-21-2018, 12:11 AM
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What's the offset of your wheels? The front height of the newer 4th gens my be a tad taller, but I think the rubbing has more do with the offset of your rims. I bet you can run 35x12.5s with just a 2" leveling kit as long as the wheel's offset isn't to positive (as in stock offset) or a negative offset. A stock offset wheel and 35s will cause the tires to rub on the control arms, and going with a 0 to negative offset and 35s will push the wheels to far out causing the tires to rub somewhere on the fender. I say this because I just traded in a 3rd gen 2500 mega cab with a 2" leveling kit running on 35x12.5R20 with a +18 offset rim and it never rubbed. I traded in my mega cab for 2018 Ram 2500 crew cab and had the dealership install a 2" leveling and just swapped over my setup and still no rubbing. A good place to get an idea about what will work and what won't is customwheeloffset.com gallery. Here's my old truck.
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Join Date: Oct 2008
12-21-2018, 12:13 AM
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And here's the new truck with the setup swapped over
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Join Date: Feb 2003
12-21-2018, 6:23 AM
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Customwheeloffset.com is great. You can search your year and view tons of trucks with different applications. When you see a setup you like, all the specs for the build will be listed, including extra info like rubbing/no rubbing, trimming/no trimming, etc.
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Join Date: Dec 2016
12-21-2018, 8:35 AM
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A lot has to do with the wheel size, offset and backspacing.
I have a set of 20x9's with +18 offset and 5.75" backspace. I run 35.12.50's with no rub. I have a 1" lift in front.
My buddy has a similar truck with a 3" leveling kit. Runs the same tire as me, same wheel size at 20x9, but with 0 offset and 4.5" backspacing it still rubs even though its way taller than mine.
Just something to think about.
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Join Date: Oct 2008
12-21-2018, 9:15 AM
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Another good site to check out is www.wheel-size.com. It doesn't have a gallery, but it has a rim & tire size calculator that allows you to put in different wheel and tire parameters. You can compare OE setup to whatever wheel and tire setup you want.
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Join Date: May 2003
12-21-2018, 12:20 PM
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Thanks guys.
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Join Date: Apr 2005
12-22-2018, 7:50 AM
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I am speaking from a truck that has 20x10’s. It’s worth the leveling kit and a little trimming for the look that 10 wides give compared to 9 wides imo.
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Nice wheels. Which brand are those?
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12-22-2018, 8:08 AM
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Nice wheels. Which brand are those?
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Thanks. Hostile.
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Join Date: Oct 2008
12-22-2018, 4:30 PM
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Looks good Padge!!!
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Join Date: Feb 2017
12-23-2018, 2:33 PM
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Looks good Padge!!!
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Thanks
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Join Date: May 2003
01-09-2019, 10:49 AM
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Definitely a great looking truck.
Update: I had a local shop test fit a BFG AT 35 X12.5, which actually measures out to 34.25". The tire rubbed to the point where it prevented a full left turn. I went with a 295 60 20 which measures out to 33.5 x 11.5". With my offset and the level kit on a 2011, that's as big as I can go.
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Join Date: Jan 2009
01-14-2019, 8:17 AM
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Your trucks are to clean!! 2015 2500 rear air ride leveled with 35 X 12.5 X 20, Force Wheels 20X10 -24 off set. Had to do a little trimming of the plastic fender wells
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Join Date: May 2003
01-14-2019, 10:37 AM
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Your trucks are to clean!! 2015 2500 rear air ride leveled with 35 X 12.5 X 20, Force Wheels 20X10 -24 off set. Had to do a little trimming of the plastic fender wells
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Not always. But even if mine gets muddy, it doesn't stay that way for long. I can't put away anything dirty.
Cool truck.
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Join Date: Dec 2007
01-14-2019, 9:34 PM
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I have an 09 Ram 2500 with a 2" leveling kit and 35 x 12.5 and toyo a/t rear is fine, front only rubs on left turns at about 3/4 crank. I just let it rub, it rubs on the inner fender plastic and I'm used to it from years of running radius arm suspension on a previous truck that rubbed on both sides. I could prob trim it away and it wouldnt rub anymore. That being said I used to have BFG Mud Terrain 35x12.5 on same rims and didn't rub at all. I think the corners of the muds were more rounded than the a/ts
From what the leveling kit has done to my suspension geometry though I wouldn't run a leveling kit again. Spend the money (1K+) on a good 3" lift from Carli and keep the proper geometry and you'll have a truck that can handle freeway speed bumps properly, unlike mine that gets pretty sketch if I am unloaded and hit a pothole. Loaded its no factor.
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01-16-2019, 5:07 PM
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I have stock 17. 35X11.5 Nito ridge grapples on 20X9 with +20mm offset fuel wheels. No issues.
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Join Date: May 2003
01-17-2019, 11:12 AM
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I have stock 17. 35X11.5 Nito ridge grapples on 20X9 with +20mm offset fuel wheels. No issues.
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Yup. Anything newer than 12 sits higher
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