285/75/16

[mikebsilvey]

I've had it with the stock tires on my new truck (2004 silverado 4x4 2500 hd crew cab). I only have 4000 km's on it and already have ripped the s**t outa the aluminum skid plates that were part of the off-road package. THere is zero clearance under this thing. Any ideas? I was thinking some BFG 285/75/16 and putting 2 inch blocks in the back and cranking up the torsion bars? Any other thoughts would be appreciated.

 

Thanks Mike

[txpkup]

sorry about your luck there. yeah definetely do something with the t bars. Maybe look into getting Ford Keys.

[Wingnut]

You might want to consider changing out the torsion bar keys instead of cranking them.

 

Get a set of keys off of a 1500, and put them in there. They have a slightly different index, and will give you a bit more height without having to tighten up the bars....This is NOT from experience, just from what I've read here.

 

Either way, when you crank those torsion bars up, you will lose most, if not all of your downtravel in your front shocks. This will result in a very, very harsh ride. The easiest way to remedy this, is to get longer shocks. This IS from personal experience.

 

$0.02

[Valsport]

Getting a key thats indexed differently is completely pointless if you have a lot of thread left on the adjustment bolt. What do you think putting in different keys does? It puts more twist on the torsion bar, exactly the same as turning that adjustment bolt! You will still have plenty of downtravel if you stay within 2 inches above stock. Just jack up your front end by the frame and measure how much downtravel you have compared to how much shock rod length you've got.

[sub5]

Cranking the torsion bars doesn't twist them, all it does is turn them in a different position. When you screw in that bolt for the t-bar key, it's just rotating the torsion bar and allowing your suspension table to move down. This was already explained with diagrams last week by someone else. And very well explained I might add.