2012. 2500 tire and wheels

[monkey1213]

Hi all!
I'm new to the forum and new to the Cummins and ram let alone diesels. I have don't as full delete on my truck and love it. Besides I have to keep getting under it and resetting a hook on the after market exhaust to stop a vibratiting noise.

Ok on to my current problem. I am in a learning phase on this truck. I have had many different stories on how to get 35" tires on my truck. I have a 1" leveling kit on it now and was originally told that would work. But after visiting a few stores in the Indianapolis area I am being told I need a 4" lift.... Which has been different per store so now I am heading to other owners who know more than me. I'm looking to hopefully get 35" nitro trail grabbers on 18" wheels. Any advice on this?

 

[Power247]

It's not as much about the lift as it is the width of the tire and the backspacing of the rim that determines how much you will rub.

I am running 305/70/17s (34x12 r17) on stock polished rims. I get no rubbing on anythign unless i am at full lock to the right and driving over a curb or somethign like that. If you use a wheel with less backspacing (sticks out further than factory) or use wheel spacers, you can run 35s on a stock suspension.

 

[Wandell]

It's easy to fit 35x12.50's on a leveled Ram 2500 as long as you don't try to use a 12 or 14 inch wide wheel. If you use the most common wheel specs for our trucks, 9 inches wide with 4.5 or 5 inches of backspacing, you can fit 35x12.50's easily. You may have to trim a little plastic at the most.

 

[monkey1213]

Thank you. Does anyone know a good 17" rim with the proper back spacing?

 

[Wandell]

Honestly, there are like a million options there. I'd suggest looking at some pics and get an idea of what you like. Personally, I like a lot of the BMF, Fuel and KMC XD wheels.

 

[Power247]

Google 'custom offsets'. They have tons of pics and specs on their website. I think you can even order from them I think...