Why are tires at such an outrageous price i was going to lift my truck and put 44's on it but now that the lift is cheaper than the tires I dont know if i wanna do it its a 2wd but i want it for looks stupid yes i know but i like lifted trucks and am keeping this one until shes junked the lift was like $1500 and the tires that are super swamper boggers were like $2500 almost 2 lifts whats going on here?

 

I hear ya, its even worse in Canada. I priced a set of tires from tirerack, $96 ea. Exact same tire locally, $187 ea. WTF!!!

 

the price of my tires fluctuate by about $100

 

there 44" it mud tires, what do you expect honestly! lifting a truck with 44's that is 2wd is plain silly, IMO. not to mention your buying the most aggressive DOT legal tire made. you want cheap tires, get some 46" michelins, i can get them for 600 bucks a set used from military surplus and they are regroovable.

 

yea i know but im just going for looks it does seem silly but 2wd is all i got for now and aint selling this truck im 15 and put $2000 in it last summer and now im working for this summer im waiting to get my new truck its gone be 4wd though i just want the lift for looks it hardly ever sees mud so it dont matter really

 

WOW 44'' on 2wd that kinda defeats the purpose of haveing such a big mud tire and not 4 wheel drive, hope you dont play on going mudding. Talk about power loss .

 

i was going to do some motor mods and change the gears in my rearend to gain some of that power back

 

Your 15. I wish I had a truck to lift at 15. The only thing I saw lifted were wallets on the subway in NYC when I was 15. If you want to lift it go ahead. No big deal. So what if its a 2 wheel drive. All those young and older chicks will still want to ride in your lifted truck!! Tires are expensive. Maybe you can get some smaller tires. Check Craigslist for a deal. Good luck and post pics when your done of the older chicks no jail bait.

 

Have you bought tires before? They haven't been cheap for a while.

 

that's what i was thinking tires are not cheap anymore, the days of burning tires off and getting new rear tires for a bill are long gone, unless your running 14's/15's. tire makers know as well as we do that a tire can make or break the look of your truck and they know you will pay whatever price to have the look

 

the last time i got tires was to replace the tires on my truck about 2 years ago the owner before us had small car tires on the truck so we went and got a set of all terrains that fit right and it made it look alot better i guess your right a 44 inch tires is really big and that means its going to be made out of alot of rubber i just wanna lift it for looks ya know ill get a 4X4 later to lift

 

Wow.. you're only 15? Sure 44s would be fun.. but if you're lookin to get chicks.. you're better off hittin the gym.. go get yourself a 6 pack..

 

ha Whats up with everybody sayin you only 15?

 

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Have you though about looking into a less aggressive tire that possibly costs less? Or maybe go down in size a little? Swampers wont get you too great of mileage and wont last too long to begin with so your going to have to replace them sooner as well.

 

What about the Super Swamper TSL tires there even cheaper also and my buddy has a set that are 38's and they aren't even wore down yet and hes had them for a while