Do you really think the truck would look goofy with the smaller diameter tires? The set of 8R19.5 tires I was looking at are 33.5 inch diameter. Still smaller than the 35? that is stock, but I thought that would get pretty close. I have a brownie transmission to overdrive the truck, so the slight loss in mph/rpm doesn't bother me.
I saw a guy on eBay that did this very conversion, only to a 56 model. Granted the front fenders are slightly wider on the next series truck, but I thought it looked really sharp. I've honestly always thought that the 47.5-55 1.5 and 2 tons front ends looked way too narrow anyway. With the smaller diameter tires and a bit of a lift for the 4x4 axle, I thought I could get away with the wider 3500HD Dana 70 front axle. Your thoughts?
