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Toga, toga, toga. This Situation Absolutely Requires A Really Futile And Stupid Gesture Be Done On Somebody’s Part. 🤣
Some of us are showing our (old) age here..............
 

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Dang this was a good read! And having come from the Cummins forum yeah y'all are cool and nice as could be.

One question tho, what's wrong with a nighthawk? (Please forgive me I'm still new)
 

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I can understand that. 20s weren't my first choice but it got me everything else I wanted. Mainly the color in '41
Some people don't like 20s, but I bet you could sell them quicker than 17s or 18s if you wanted to.
 

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I can understand that. 20s weren't my first choice but it got me everything else I wanted. Mainly the color in '41
I prefer 20s with a tall sidewall to 17s with 40+ inch balloons, personally. Some look like the flotation or "tundra tires" used on aircraft in AK. Just looks so out of place on a vehicle driven at least partially on a highway. Reminds me of these - Tundra tires.

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I prefer 20s with a tall sidewall to 17s with 40+ inch balloons, personally. Some look like the flotation or "tundra tires" used on aircraft in AK. Just looks so out of place on a vehicle driven at least partially on a highway. Reminds me of these - Tundra tires.

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I think it depends on the size of the sidewall that you put on each of the wheels.
 

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I think it depends on the size of the sidewall that you put on each of the wheels.
Yes. For me, it's proportions.
A 20" wheel with a short tire - not great, but neither is a 17" wheel with a really tall sidewall, either.
These guys that put 21" wheels and 3" tires on an AMX - cover that ugly thing, please! But they are proud as hell and get mad if anyone disagrees that their wheels are totally beautiful on that classic muscle car.
So for me, both extremes just look out of place.
"it depends" is about right.
 

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Dang this was a good read! And having come from the Cummins forum yeah y'all are cool and nice as could be.

One question tho, what's wrong with a nighthawk? (Please forgive me I'm still new)
Nothing if you get smaller wheels. No Jeep should ever have 20's unless you run 40's and even then 20" wheels look weird. It's an easy fix though.
 

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Nothing if you get smaller wheels. No Jeep should ever have 20's unless you run 40's and even then 20" wheels look weird. It's an easy fix though.
If you really want to be cool, downsize your brakes and run 15s.
 
 







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