18 or 20's

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Cool thank you. What front tire are you planning?
I'm running a Mickey Tompson sportsman all the way around 26x6/17 up front because of the fender well headers I needed a narrower wheel to clear while turning, If they would have had a 4-inch front in a 15 I would have ran that instead of the 17, the rears are 28x12/15s
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No mods or spacers they fit fine also the 20s were 5.75BS and they didn't rub either.

I got some work to do on it tomorrow, while I'm out there I'll take some pics of the fit on the backside of the tire to wheel wells and to the wheel arch.

I'm running a Mickey Tompson sportsman all the way around 26x6/17 up front because of the fender well headers I needed a narrower wheel to clear while turning, If they would have had a 4-inch front in a 15 I would have ran that instead of the 17, the rears are 28x12/15s
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Looks good. I just looked under my truck, it had been a while and I remembered wrong. 5.5BS will fit fine.
 

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Ya should be plenty of room. I think the MTs section with is 12.1, The 20s had a section width of 12.6 but had 1/4 more BS and was 32" tall they fit pretty tight.
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Do they measure true to size on the height? How are they doing as far as traction compared to the other tires? MT quit making the ET street SS in a 315, so I've been looking at other options
 

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Beach pic has 245/45 20 front 275/45 20 rear, other pic is 255/45 20 front, 295/45 20
Those are another on my hot list. I think they’re boulevards? I also like Salt Flat 20” on these trucks.
 

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Do they measure true to size on the height? How are they doing as far as traction compared to the other tires? MT quit making the ET street SS in a 315, so I've been looking at other options
Haven't measured them but they appear to be close when compared to the old tires. I did measure those at roughly 32 so the 28 seems about right.

As far as traction not bad for a DOT tire they are not as sticky as the Nitto R2 drag radials but that's to be expected.
 
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