Tire and wheel change

[Ron Sebastian]

Ron I'm worried about your tire clearance. I don't see any. Do your rims have less than 4.5 offset?

And something else... it looks like stock front springs at half mast.. I mean negative arch. Yet your truck looks lifted? Illusion?

The 33's on 16" rim clear fine been driving it like this for years. My problem is I want that lifted look but with the 15" stock rims. Can't find a tire bigger than 30X9.5. I'm afraid they would look too small. The truck drives great with the 33's.

 

[WebMonkey]

The 33's on 16" rim clear fine been driving it like this for years. My problem is I want that lifted look but with the 15" stock rims. Can't find a tire bigger than 30X9.5. I'm afraid they would look too small. The truck drives great with the 33's.

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35x12.50 on 15" rims

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245/75R16

good luck

 

[Ron Sebastian]

For clarification, my stock rims are 15x6. Very limited width choices. Hoping the 16" rims are good.

 

[shiftpro]

The 33's on 16" rim clear fine been driving it like this for years. My problem is I want that lifted look but with the 15" stock rims. Can't find a tire bigger than 30X9.5. I'm afraid they would look too small. The truck drives great with the 33's.

So you're obviously not offroading then.

 

[Frankenchevy]

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They make this in a 33x10.5x15

Grabber X3

An extreme, all-season mud-terrain tire for light trucks and SUVs. Developed to balance superior off-road performance with a quiet ride on-road and bold styling, this tire comes complete with Duragen Technology, which provides race-proven strength and durability.

generaltire.com

 

[Grit dog]

So you're obviously not offroading then.

Probably fair assumption with a truck that pristine.

 

[Ron Sebastian]

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They make this in a 33x10.5x15

Grabber X3

An extreme, all-season mud-terrain tire for light trucks and SUVs. Developed to balance superior off-road performance with a quiet ride on-road and bold styling, this tire comes complete with Duragen Technology, which provides race-proven strength and durability.

generaltire.com

10.5 is a problem with 6" wide rim.

 

[Ron Sebastian]

Probably fair assumption with a truck that pristine.

I don't even like driving her on a short dirt road!

 

[Grit dog]

What is puzzling, 6 year old tire/rim setup. Did they run out fine until recently? In many years, many vechiles and many sets of tires, I’ve never had a tire just go bad or lop sided after however long….
Except for 1 Firestone Destination MT, maybe coincidentally. And it wasn’t bouncing or “out of balance”.
It caused the truck to pull to one side. Ruled out alignment. Swapped front tires back to the rear axle. Problem solved. Rotated back to the front again later and no more issue. Dunno if it slipped a belt and then corrected itself or what , but tires don’t just go out of balance sitting there.
Something to think about?
And it’s even more unlikely that the issue is the rims.

 

[Grit dog]

10.5 is a problem with 6" wide rim.

You can get by just fine with that combo especially tall tire with lots of sidewall height. Have run many 12.50 tires on 8” rims. Same thing.
Personally, not my favorite “look”, but not obtrusively ballooned.
And not ideal for hauling heavy loads but not prohibitive.
Truck to the left is 315s on 8” wheels.

 

[bucket]

10.5 is a problem with 6" wide rim.

According to who? 10.5" section width works nicely with a 6.5" factory rim.

 

[Frankenchevy]

10.5 is a problem with 6" wide rim.

I don’t know if it is or isn’t, but many folks (myself included) have run 11.25” wide 285s on a 6.5” rim without issue. I have a set of Yokohama geolanders on stock 16x6.5” wheels right now.

 

[Ron Sebastian]

What is puzzling, 6 year old tire/rim setup. Did they run out fine until recently? In many years, many vechiles and many sets of tires, I’ve never had a tire just go bad or lop sided after however long….
Except for 1 Firestone Destination MT, maybe coincidentally. And it wasn’t bouncing or “out of balance”.
It caused the truck to pull to one side. Ruled out alignment. Swapped front tires back to the rear axle. Problem solved. Rotated back to the front again later and no more issue. Dunno if it slipped a belt and then corrected itself or what , but tires don’t just go out of balance sitting there.
Something to think about?
And it’s even more unlikely that the issue is the rims.

Grit, I thought the wheels were ok, not the best ride but I figured MTs what do you want. When I rotated fronts to back, the vibration started. I'm sure I could drive it a few thousand miles and they would round out, but I only drive it about 3K miles a year. I could rotate them back sure but the cupping won't get better.

 

[Ron Sebastian]

There's about 15k miles on these Firestones.

 

[Ron Sebastian]

According to who? 10.5" section width works nicely with a 6.5" factory rim.

Bucket, reading the data on the manufacturer site. Maybe it just a suggestion, I don't know if it's gospel and very bad things could happen. I don't mind pushing the envelope when I have to, not sure I need to in this case.