Why Aftermarket Wheels With Small Lift?

[Spider8408]

I am in the research phase of getting a small lift on my truck from either thuren or carli.

My question is, why do they say you have to get new rims when doing a small lift?

I actually really like the 18" Laramie rims on my 2018.

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[cumminsdieselfreak]

I am in the research phase of getting a small lift on my truck from either thuren or carli.

My question is, why do they say you have to get new rims when doing a small lift?

I actually really like the 18" Laramie rims on my 2018.

I'm a Carli & Thuren dealer and we have a ton of customers that stick with factory wheels on 3" or less lifts.

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[Bud2723]

I have a Thuren leveling kit on my truck along with some other goodies that Don recommended.

Its my second suspension kit from Thuren that I've purchased and absolutely love it.

Its a night and day difference!

With Thuren you can use your factory wheels or wheels with a factory offset and fit 37" tires.

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[Crshanta]

It depends on the tires you want to run.

Leveling does not increase the ability to run a larger tire, the same tire will fit at stock height, until you install drop bump stops.

Factory wheels limit how wide of a tire you can run, by contacting or rubbing the sway bar or radius arm.

There are variations and contradictions out there but seems like max width on a factory wheel is 12.5”.

I would recommend reading the information on Thuren, Carli and synergy suspensions.

CJC has some pretty good YouTube videos also.

Personally, I am looking at two options when my factory tires wear out.

285/75/18 on stock wheels or 37x12.5x17 on a wheel that has an offset around 20mm.

The offset of the aftermarket wheel will keep the wider tires away from rubbing the sway bar and radius arm, while not require getting into the sheet metal of the truck on the fender.

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[Spider8408]

Thank you so much for the info.

I do not want rubbing and do not want to trim. Right now my truck has 295 70R18 Ridge Grapplers.with a leveling kit and factory tires. I like the look, but the tires shake at highway speeds. I already had them balanced and the tire shop told me the tires are a little off and nothing they can do about it.

The harshness of the ride of the truck has me wanting to go the thuren route and maybe some cooper at3 in the largest size I can get.

But I actually like the factory rims.

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[RATLIN'HP]

Factory wheels hold everything in tight. Some lifted trucks might require a little bit of offset to run bigger tires. Good luck on the research with this. I've found it seems to be different for everyone. My truck, which is not a ram by the way, ran 35x12.5 tires just fine leveled on stock wheels. Just the slightest rub on frame cranked hard to left. I switched to fuel wheels with just a hair more offset and my frame rub is gone, I can turn left and right in forward gears with no rub, but in reverse with wheels turned mid way I rub the bottom back side of fender trim. Wheels cranked fully or straight in reverse so fine. My next tires will be down sized a tad. Just an example why you may or may not need aftermarket wheels

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[Crshanta]

Thank you so much for the info.

I do not want rubbing and do not want to trim. Right now my truck has 295 70R18 Ridge Grapplers.with a leveling kit and factory tires. I like the look, but the tires shake at highway speeds. I already had them balanced and the tire shop told me the tires are a little off and nothing they can do about it.



The harshness of the ride of the truck has me wanting to go the thuren route and maybe some cooper at3 in the largest size I can get.

But I actually like the factory rims.

I also like the split spoke factory 18’s. You may want to consider road force balancing or balancing beads. Or try cleaning the mounting faces between the wheels and hubs. It may just be one tire that is giving you problems and you can switch them front to back or side to side to rule out a hard part problem like a bearing or a wheel problem.

another variable is tire pressure, could drop it some to match the tire load curve or until the tire contact pattern is flat at the lowest air pressure.

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[watersupply189]

I have 35x12.50 on fuel vapors wheels with -12mm offset and a 2” Rough Country leveling added.




2016 Ram 3500 CC 4x4, G56, Dr. DRD medically cured!

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[DIESELWRKS]

Thank you so much for the info.

I do not want rubbing and do not want to trim. Right now my truck has 295 70R18 Ridge Grapplers.with a leveling kit and factory tires. I like the look, but the tires shake at highway speeds. I already had them balanced and the tire shop told me the tires are a little off and nothing they can do about it.

The harshness of the ride of the truck has me wanting to go the thuren route and maybe some cooper at3 in the largest size I can get.

But I actually like the factory rims.

I had the same issue with my nittos but I had the tires road force balanced.

They flipped the tires almost 180 degrees and remounted.

now I have no vib, no shake when i hit 67-75 mph.

Posted this before I saw the comment which i agree with from CRSHANTA

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[allbizns]

I to have fought with the 35x12.50 Ridge Grapplers.

I even run some reduced pressure.

I have them road force balanced life is great smooth as silk.

Then when I rotate them at each service usually no more than 6,500 miles the vibration returns.

Not sure if it's a wear problem which they seem fairly even and no real cupping.

I have about 28,000 miles on them and should easily go 45 or 50,000.

I'm mostly highway driving. So it hard to justify swapping them now just tired of constantly paying to have them balanced.

If I would have know at the time I purchased them I would have just purchased them thru Discount tire this way they would take care of the rotation and balance for free each time LOL.

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