Suburban rebuild questions

[MudBurban]

So any of you that spend much time on GMFS have probably seen my "Lifted OBS trade for 24's" thread. Well I'm not gettin much help over there so I figured I'd try here. There's a list of things that need doin on it and I've got a good start. It has a 6" lift and a 3" body on some ugly 20" street rims and all terrain tires, I found out the transmission is fine and the actual problem is the rear end and maybe the transfer case where the axle came loose from the U bolts at some point and wasn't re installed correctly, so it's at my mechanic's place right now.

Now that I have that spill layed out I wanna propose my first question. I found all these tires used and one set of wheels. Should I go with
1. 38" swampers for $275 with 16.5x9.75 wheels off summit for $265- total: $540
2. 35" mud graps for $250 and 18x9 wheels for $200- total: $450

I'm just a little worried about the swampers not fitting or being too big and heavy since I don't plan to re gear

 

[Mike]

I would get the 35" mud grapplers. The 38s are not the best for daily driving and will kill your whole truck slowly.

 

[MudBurban]

Well I'm definitly not daily driving it, I'll only have it a few months probably and it'll just be a weekend toy. But the wheels I was going to get for the 35's just sold so would 18x8 titan wheels work? Tryin to keep a very low budget

 

[tattooed4life]

I agree with Mike on not getting the swampers. I had a set of thornbirds and don't get me wrong the did the job but they were not a daily driver tire. Extremely heavy and take a huge amount of weight to balance them. You will get more for your money out of the mud graps. Mileage that is. IMO.

 

[Cajun4x4]

ill drive to where ever you live and slap you if you dont put the 38s on that truck... not only will it look like **** with 6+3 and 35s but mud grapplers suck ass offroad are just as loud on the road as the much more aggressive interco tires.

i have been a avid interco customer for years and i will vouch for their products, my bias TSLs balanced out perfectly and i never even got my boggers balanced because they rode so good

 

[MudBurban]

ill drive to where ever you live and slap you if you dont put the 38s on that truck... not only will it look like **** with 6+3 and 35s but mud grapplers suck ass offroad are just as loud on the road as the much more aggressive interco tires.

i have been a avid interco customer for years and i will vouch for their products, my bias TSLs balanced out perfectly and i never even got my boggers balanced because they rode so good

Now that's a response lol I really wanna do the 38's but idk if I'll be able to turn too well with em

 

[6chevy9]

im pretty sure they wont clear without cutting the **** out of your truck. not only that but what gears are you planning to run ?

 

[MudBurban]

im pretty sure they wont clear without cutting the **** out of your truck. not only that but what gears are you planning to run ?

I don't mind cuttin a little. I'm installing some keys to lift the front about 2 or 3 more inches too. And as for the gears idk. It comes with 3.73's stock but from driving it a little when it's not ****** up it feels like it turns those 35's over with ease so I'm thinkin it's re geared.

 

[Cajun4x4]

i know for a fact they will fit with damn near level CV angles and no triming... bubba is running this exact setup on x10s with no rubbing, so did the_law before him and thousands of trucks from around here

the_law ran stock gears for a few years with no problems, since it wont be a dd you wont have to realy worry about trans life due to lack of deep gears... and ive seen a 96 with 6+3 with 38 TSLs and 3.42 gears in 4lo sling the **** out of the tires in the mud. it actually impressed the **** out of me. im not saying gears arent a reaaaaaaaaally good idea im just saying you can make do without them for the time being

 

[6chevy9]

idk it just dont seem very wize to run a 38 on an ifs truck with stock gears that you plan to beat on. i see alot of broken **** in its future lol