Lowered ram tire questions

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BlueBeast318

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I have a 97 dodge ram that I'm fixing to lower with a 2/4 lowering kit.. what size tires and what kind should I run.. I want a nice performance street tire.
 

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what size rims you using?
 

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I ran stock Dakota tires on my factory 16s with a 3/5 drop for a long time.
255/60R16s I believe. It worked well, looked pretty damned good I think.

3-6Drop.jpg


Sure do miss my Gen IIs
 
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It does look good! I wanna try to run wider back tires in the back. So I want to find nice lookin performance tires
 

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I used to run staggered tires on my Dakotas. It looked a nice.
Just hard to go much wider with stock wheels. :-(
 

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damn that looks clean, i love lowered 2nd gens
 
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BlueBeast318

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I still need help on this

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tommyboi87

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That red 2g looks fantastic dude.

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heres a couple of pics
 

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