I have been looking for some bigger meats and wheels... i know i have a 2wd but i am planning on doing more work to it to an eventual sas4wd conversion but i want to build up my offroading skills first. but for now i'm looking at this combo
https://www.treadwright.com/p-36-245...dog-m-t-e.aspx
https://www.treadwright.com/p-17-215...ler-m-t-d.aspx
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/CRR-3997712/
i want to go the 16's just because i can get more tire sizes that will work as far as i can tell. but i am very open to 15s. so far the front end doesn't have anything but a slight tbar crank but the back has an aal and extended rear shackles... right now its not got too much rake just because i have so much crap in the back due to winter. i'm not worried about the back being able to handle this tire size but the fronts. i do want to get 4wd fenders and the bj spacer as well. any input or suggestions on what will most likely fit without really anycutting or banging.

 

Not another one of these

This comes up like once a month. What will happen is someone will pitch in and say just get a 4wd (which is a better choice btw), then an arguement will start, and the thread will get shut down.

 

I wouldn't buy tires new unless you absolutely plan on keeping them the full duration.
I mean, you'd be spending the money twice on tires.

 

i know a 4wd is better but i want to build up my truck to a 4wd solid axle crawler and i would plan on keeping them as to allow enough funds to accumulate to get the conversion done and do it right the first time. i want to be able to learn and grow with my truck instead of just hopping in a fully built 4wd and getting into trouble

 

Buying a 4wd doesnt mean buying a fully built rig. It means buying a stock 4x4 so you can actually wheel it.

And think about it, you want to keep them to allow funds. Yet you MIGHT be able to stuff some 31s on there. Then once you SAS it you will be driving around with miniature tires on a lifted truck.

If you want to do it, its your truck and no one is stopping you. But that choice is sure lacking some logic.

Now an option is to find a USED set of cheap ass tires, then you wont be wasting much money on a new set, that you will regret buying once you build your truck to how you want it to be.

But i still say sell the 2wd or keep it as a DD, and use the money from the truck, and that you were going to spend on tires, on buying a 4x4 with a good set of tires already on it.

 

yes i do know that everyone is saying that go buy a 4wd doesn't mean a fully built rig its a stock 4wd. but i am saying i would like to keep it 2wd for now and to work on getting the sas and the 4wd conversion it is going to be more like years till i get around to it because i don't have a place to do it and its my dd. so i am basically just asking what i could get in the meantime while i get my parts together and all the necessities for the sas. like axles and trans/transfer case currently my 2wd does what i need i am just trying to see if this is an option till i can get the sas. but maybe ill just keep the tires and setup ive got now and hope it lasts till i have enough cash

 

Id recommend getting stock sized all season tires..
Then start going from there..
Trans/xfer case..
Rear and front axle..
Springs..
Etc.

 

that sounds pretty decent ive got a set right now thats pretty decent they are just a generic all terrain but they dig pretty good they'd dig better if i had enough power to actually turn them better. off topic question now i've been looking at bushwacker fender flares and was wondering if they'd work on my truck... as far as i understand they would work on the back but not the front due to the mounting of the flare and it having to attatch on the flare of the 4wd fender? or would i be able to attach it to my stock 2wd

 

You really don't need flares on a stock 2wd, lol.
But to answer your question, no they won't. The 4wds actually have a 3" flare (guestimate) over the 2wd fenders

 

make a "pre runner"