35's again or bump up to 37's?

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Just wondering on some people's opinions cause I'm torn on getting the 35" trail grapplers again or trying out the cooper stt pro's. The only thing about the pros is that they don't make a 35" for 18" rims so I'd have to go up to a 37" which I have plenty of room for and my bilsteins could even be bumped up to the first setting cause I still have 3/4" rake. My only worry is with the 37's is losing power and putting more strain on drivetrain and suspension parts. I did some searching and found there's only a 2.5 lb difference in tire weight between the two (81 and 83.5). Truck isn't getting any younger but does still run great. Think there's much of a difference going up to the 37's?

Here's a pic from the side with my current 35's
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As much as I love the idea of stuffing as big a tire as you can, I think your truck looks good with 35s, and you still have plenty of flex room for off roading.
 
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Yea I was a lil worried about catching a fender flare if the truck flexes on 37's. I mean I don't off-road that often, once in a while if my buddies talk me into taking mine but that's about it.
 

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35s for sure man. First time bumping up to 37s myself on my 2500 but I only did it after I added the bushwhackers. If that's your 35s with bush setup it looks perfectly balanced.


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35s for sure man. First time bumping up to 37s myself on my 2500 but I only did it after I added the bushwhackers. If that's your 35s with bush setup it looks perfectly balanced.


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Yea there's times the 35's look perfect and other times where they look small. I was thinkin between these two cause the nittos are a tad over 35 in actual diameter measurement and the coopers are like a 36.5 so they'd only be a lil bigger.
 

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Lol honestly man if I were you I'd try the coopers. I've never been one to keep buying the same thing over and over, I like changing things up.
 
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Lol honestly man if I were you I'd try the coopers. I've never been one to keep buying the same thing over and over, I like changing things up.

Yea I'm kinda the same way, just had good luck with the nittos that's why it's still between them and the coopers. I also like that nittos are true to their size unlike most tire companies which I guess is why I'm considering coopers "37's" since they're not really that big lol
 
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Yea I'm starting to lean towards that lol another thing is the 37" coopers are cheaper than the 35" nittos by a few bucks.
 
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Hell mopar ran 37s on a stock 2009 with 3.55 gearing and they said it still felt good.

Yea I honestly couldn't tell a difference when I went from factory size to my 35's. It didn't feel like I needed more throttle to get rolling and when I jump on it from a sit still it still lights the tires up. Just hope I don't loose that too much cause that's some of the reasons I like the 35's lol it still has its **** just like before the lift. Man I'm so torn on what to do haha
 

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Try out that new tire by nitto the dura grappler or whatever


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