Can you give me some insight on the comments about lack of power and breaks since you have a bobbed deuce with 53s? I know you lifted yours but I talked with a guy near Flint that is finishing up a truck with 53s and no lift. He hasn't seen any interference Issues but wasn't planning on any off road use.
The biggest thing I noticed with putting the 53's on the Deuce was, I now use first gear when taking off from a dead stop. It turns first gear into a normal usable gear, instead of being such a "creeper gear" It works out quite well in that manner.
Fith gear is more slugish with the 53's compaited to the stock 40" NDT's. On flat ground, you'll have no problem running fith, and maintaining speed. On an incline, you'll drop it a gear to make up the difference in gearing, compared to before, fith would pull up the same incline.
My IP is not turned up on the truck. So if you turned up the fuel, performance might come back some, to where it was with stock tires? I never messed with the IP, because I drive my truck for the fun of it, not because I want to get some place fast.
As for the brakes, I stops better than I thought it would with the 53's mounted. I don't have any issues or concerns with the way it stops, other than the single master cylinder issue, that every other Deuce owner has. My Deuce does have all new brakes and hardware on it, so yours may very from mine.
Your J-pipe will definetly rub with the bigger 53" tires, and a good chance that contact will happen with the fenders in a full turn. Either re-route the exaust, or lift the truck. A 4" lift would be sufficient for clearance, and you wouldn't have to change/modify your steering, brake lines or driveshafts.
I think the 46's would complement the truck best, looks wise, if you are not up for lifting the truck. The 53's just don't look proportionate to me, when stuffed under a stock Deuce.
These are all my opinions, so take it for what it's worth.
I live just a few miles from where you got your tires in Zeeland. So If you make it over this way again and want to stop by to see my truck, and what I did it to it to fit the 53's, just let me know.
-Paul