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Originally Posted by 808toy
I have an 08 sport. Please help me decide. I’m on a budget and already have billstein 5100s ready to be installed.
1. Should I just go 1.75 front with a .75 rear spacer? Tires would be 275/70/17.
2. Should I got up to 2.5 front with a 1.5 spacer rear? Tires 285.
I don’t off-road at all, sort of wanting 285s, but don’t want to do a bmc or have ucas. Any advice? Ideas?
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I know there are others on this forum far more knowledgeable than me in this space, but I’ll give you my thoughts…. I worked through this myself recently. If you you definitely want to stay away from UCAs and don’t want to get into the BMC, I would go with the 275/70/17.
I added Dobinsons equipment and got to 2.5, and I just wasn’t happy with the vehicles tracking on the hwy. especially coming out of a corner accelerating, and I believe that unweighted tire was tucking in even more and had not enough caster. Not until I added UCAs and realigned getting as much Caster as I could was I satisfied. I’ve been trying to be $ aware also. I added Freedom UCAs and am satisfied now and sit at the 2.5. But still will run 275 because I also don’t want to get into the BMC
If you want to manage the budget and have no issues I’d go with the 275/70/17 tires. If you’re running the billstiens and willing to do the work you could go higher in the front and if you don’t like it just bring it down to the 1:5. But I believe the 285s are going to force you to do more modifications, and thus dollars OR just drive straight 😉