too cut or not to cut???

[warmpancakes]

I have to redo the frame and Marty is trying to convince me to cut the frame to put 335 tires on the rear. 335-30-18 on the rear.

 

[420]

Re: too cut or not to cut???

Why not? Plenty of Buick guys notch their frame to fit bigger tires. I say go for it.

 

[MikeRenz]

Re: too cut or not to cut???

if you really intend on selling it, i wouldn't cut it. Otherwise, do whatever is needed.

 

[warmpancakes]

Re: too cut or not to cut???

Why not? Plenty of Buick guys notch their frame to fit bigger tires. I say go for it.

Im probably going to but they BFG make a 355 30 18 that will fit to but ill have to cut more frame :squint:

 

[sy2675]

Re: too cut or not to cut???

what size rears were on the bedless sy at nats? just wondering since they looked huge and didnt appear to have the frame notched.

Rich

 

[warmpancakes]

Re: too cut or not to cut???

if you really intend on selling it, i wouldn't cut it. Otherwise, do whatever is needed.

selling what the truck? like could even get 1/5 of what I have into it :rant:

 

[420]

Re: too cut or not to cut???

Im probably going to but they BFG make a 355 30 18 that will fit to but ill have to cut more frame :squint:

What tire are you going with up front? A bit of stagger in tire width looks nice, but you'd have to go awfully wide up front to look right with the 355's...

and if you want to go that crazy, M&H makes a 375 drag radial

 

[MikeRenz]

Re: too cut or not to cut???

selling what the truck? like could even get 1/5 of what I have into it :rant:

selling the frame.

don't you have another thread saying the future owner can choose the finish

 

[MikeRenz]

Re: too cut or not to cut???

what size rears were on the bedless sy at nats? just wondering since they looked huge and didnt appear to have the frame notched.

Rich

those are 18"x 12" wheels. i THINK they were 335s, but if you looked close at the frame there were rub marks.

 

[warmpancakes]

Re: too cut or not to cut???

what size rears were on the bedless sy at nats? just wondering since they looked huge and didnt appear to have the frame notched.

Rich

315 is the widest you can go and have the wheels look correct if you move the rim "out" you can do a 335 but it has the low rider look

 

[warmpancakes]

Re: too cut or not to cut???

selling the frame.

don't you have another thread saying the future owner can choose the finish

Yep But I have 3-4 frames for the darn trucks they are way to easy to part out :squint:

 

[AUSyTyIN]

Re: too cut or not to cut???

those are 18"x 12" wheels. i THINK they were 335s, but if you looked close at the frame there were rub marks.

They were 335's, and the frame did have some rub marks, but I was suprised that the marks were so little.

 

[warmpancakes]

Re: too cut or not to cut???

They were 335's, and the frame did have some rub marks, but I was suprised that the marks were so little.

Must have moved the wheel out Ill give odds that the wheels hane out of the wheel well

 

[AUSyTyIN]

Re: too cut or not to cut???

Must have moved the wheel out Ill give odds that the wheels hane out of the wheel well

Probably, but since there were no wheel wells, it's kinda hard to tell

 

[wantingasy]

Re: too cut or not to cut???

Heck yeah!!! Cut it up and put the big meats on!!! That would look so bad. I want to do it on my TY.....Someday

 

[Syborg Twin Turbo]

Re: too cut or not to cut???

sissy - cut the frame

 

[warmpancakes]

Re: too cut or not to cut???

sissy - cut the frame

Gonna but were going all the way 355s in the rear My trucks gonna be like Renz 15 inches in the rear :roll:

 

[NOJIMMY]

Re: too cut or not to cut???

<I may be all wrong, but wasnt Hideakimura`s Typhoon running rears larger than 315s?>

I actually like the look of the pike`s peak sy, but dont know the tire/wheel combo on it.
Getting the correct "stance" - as in wheel opening clearance, front/rear balanced look,
sideway height, centered within wheelwell, and such on SyTys is tricky. SoGts have
a bit of an advantage without the cladding arch.

But I agree with Marty, its time someone did something different than the normal
routine sizes. I have an old pic <somewhere> of Deans/Howies truck, with the monster
15 x 10.5 wrinkle walls that kinda cool. But thats probably not the look your going for.
Just stay away for 13" rims please....

Larry

 

[warmpancakes]

Re: too cut or not to cut???

The pikes peak truck was widened front and rear.

 

[GM TURBO]

Re: too cut or not to cut???

Cut it. No sense not to. With all the other things you have going for this truck - why not?