🔧 BUILD CMNT's thing is bigger than yours v. cubic inch displacement

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So... I am finally doing a thing. It's a thing I've been talking about for awhile now. I had held off as working for Sears as I didn't want to spend money on a happy meal, much less any big purchases... Now that I am happilly employed elsewhere I figured it was now time to shit or get off the pot. Anyway, I have been looking for awhile and am currently in the process of buying it.

Ok, so what is it?

3/4 ton, 2003 Suburban LT 4x4, with the ole 496'er and 4.10 gears. It has the normal assortment of dings, a door dent, and normal wear and tear of a 17 y/o GM truck, but what sold it was that all this has less than 100k on the clock and the price was cheap. So I wasted no time getting the dealer on the phone and putting a deposit on it before anyone else could. The problem is... The dealer is out in Utah.

I do have some dealer pics I will post when I get on my other computer, But I am so excited to have another Vortec 8100.

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CMNTMXR57

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Do I do it? They are a little rough, but I can live with that. I then have to buy the adaptors...

i have a set like that without tires in my shed, one has a slight crack near the lip, the seller didn't tell me about it and i didn't notice until i got home.

similar condition i'd say.

id let em go for a handle of jack though. i know im not doing shit with em.
 

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Will it safely hold air? I am at the point where I desperately need tires and I've been kicking the can down the road somewhat because I have been keeping my eyes out for bigger 8 lug wheels to open up my tire size options. I'm limited to 265/75/16 (what's currently on the truck), with the OEM 16x6.5 wheel.
 

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Will it safely hold air? I am at the point where I desperately need tires and I've been kicking the can down the road somewhat because I have been keeping my eyes out for bigger 8 lug wheels to open up my tire size options. I'm limited to 265/75/16 (what's currently on the truck), with the OEM 16x6.5 wheel.


i think if i were to use it id just take it somewhere that welds aluminum and have them hit it to not worrya bout it personally.

it may hold air but i wouldn't want to go through the trouble of mounting it and shit and finding out it didn't.
 
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Will it safely hold air? I am at the point where I desperately need tires and I've been kicking the can down the road somewhat because I have been keeping my eyes out for bigger 8 lug wheels to open up my tire size options. I'm limited to 265/75/16 (what's currently on the truck), with the OEM 16x6.5 wheel.

You can put 285/75/16's on the stock PYO wheels. That's what I'll be doing with mine this spring when I get my truck back out. Prob BFG AT's.

My old GMC had 2016 Denali 20's on it when I bought it with adapters. They looked stupid with the extra width the adapters added.
 

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You can put 285/75/16's on the stock PYO wheels. That's what I'll be doing with mine this spring when I get my truck back out. Prob BFG AT's.

My old GMC had 2016 Denali 20's on it when I bought it with adapters. They looked stupid with the extra width the adapters added.

My '02 2500HD with these same exact wheels, I put LT285/75/16 BFG A/T's on with ZERO issues. So I go in to Discount tire, and pull out the card and say put LT285/75/16 tires on this truck. The guy behind the counter went ape-shit. "WE CAN'T PUT THAT SIZE ON THOSE 16.5" wheels...." Went to another Discount Tire and tries the same thing, same result.

On the second trip(s), I pulled out my receipt FROM Discount Tire back in late 2002/early 2003 on that '02 2500HD and with a picture of the tire/wheel on my phone with that 285 and he refused to do it.

Went to Bunges tire and auto around the corner, they refused to do it. Went to Firestone over on Randall, they refused to do it.

H2 wheels if they exist
Yesss

I snoozed on a set a few weeks ago for $300. Kicking myself.

I didn't realize that H2 wheels were 8 x 165. That opens up another avenue should I find a decent set.

At this point though, I am probably just going to stick with the same 265/75/16's that I have on there now. They are a west coast tire brand "Big O Tires" or something. :D
 

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