Hello everyone. First, I don‘t like and never have liked to work on cars. I guess that is the reason I don‘t know anything about them. I have a 2002 Chevy Avalanche North Face edition. I want to lift it between 6-8. I want some really bad *** tires, mud-like, with black rims. What size of rims would I need as well with what size of tires? I want to be able to buy the rims and tires before I get the lift. What ever answer you all give me, I would like to know why, so that way I learn little. Thank you all.
Man, be really careful. Lifted cars flip a heck of a lot easier than non-lifted. As for the size of the tires I am no expert in this, but I believe it is whatever size you can fit on there while not affecting the fender well. If you have too big of a tire, you will create an issue in the fender well when turning. That will tear the fenders up. No bueno. You should get it lifted before you buy stuff for it, because it will depend on how it fits in your fender wells. Sometimes, after a lift, the fender wells have to be redone because they are too narrow and the car looks ridiculous really high up with smaller tires. Honestly, coming from someone who works on cars, I do not recommend you lifting it. You can get bad tires and rims without posing a threat to your safety. You will also need to have your speedometer and odometer re-calibrated once you lift the car. Bigger tires make both of those inaccurate. That will cause a lot of problems down the line especially if you decide to sell. If I am correct, it can be considered odometer fraud for not having them re-calibrated and selling the car as a 70,000 mile car when really it has 120,000 because you didn't recalibrate.
Just visit the tire shop. It would be wise to do the LIFT FIRST!!!!!!!! The wheels/tire combo may not fit due to either getting a cheap low end lift kit the tires you already bought dont fit. I suggest you take it to a Off Road shop in your area but the tires come after the lift since you have to make sure what you get fits after the lift is done or go to a off road joint that knows what they are doing they can recommend the wheels as well as the lift kit
