Just picked up Felix from the garage with the new rubber on. What a difference. I actually feel quite a bit higher when driving. I didn't think that from the inside it would be that noticeable. But adding 3 inches to the height made more difference than I woulda thought.

But the look of the truck has changed considerably. The holes on the fenders are now filled and look much more proportional than previously. It's more drastic than the pics show.

My RPM dropped from 3000 at 100kph to 2500 at 100kph. And in case you're wondering I used my GPS to pinpoint actual speed. It's accurate to within 1/10 kph. I suppose I could've actually done the math and figured that out but this is way more fun.

Here's some pics. Hard to take the pics with all this fresh snow, but you get the idea.

The top pic is the old General AT2 265 70 R15. Which, by the way, are Excellent tires. If they made them in a 33x10.5 I would now have those on. I highly recommend them for anyone looking for new tires.

The new tires in the bottom photo are Dunlop Radial Rover RVXT 33x10.5's. They'll look much better once the truck is clean. I forgot to tell the garage that I wanted the raised white lettering out so they put the black sidewall out. I may get them to flip them around yet. I like the look of the General's with the lettering out.

What do you guys think? Raised white lettering or Blackwall?

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Kelvin
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