Rub...no rub, that is the question

So I have searched the forum quite a lot for threads about tire rub when going up a size on stock suspension. I have a '17 dc TRD Sport with 265 65 17 on stock wheels. I am putting on Grabber AT2 in 265 70 17 and get mixed answers depending what thread I have found, some saying it will rub, others say not at all. Has anyone here put the AT2 on a stock '17 TRD Sport with stock wheels and could share their experiences? From ones that have had rub, what areas will I need to cut out ?

 

Should be fine to run that size on stock suspension

 

You won't rub if your running stock size and just changing out the OEM tires for grabbers!

 

The issues that arise with rubbing from going up +1" is when it's paired with aftermarket wheels. That pushes it out farther, and then contacts the mud flaps when turning. If you're going to stick with oem wheels, you should be fine. At the MOST you'll need to remove your front mud flaps, but no actual cutting will be needed.

 

I am feeling better going from a 65 to 70 as my tire guy said that it is getting harder to get 265 65 17 tires as they are typically only found on Toyota. He said he gets better pricing on the 265 70 17 as that is what he puts on all the chevy/fords he gets in, which passes the savings down to me as well. I was going to go with K02's but two things steered me away, 1 was the price, and second was him telling me they have a very difficult time with balancing K02's and he has seen quite a few warranty claims for out of round tires. Apparently Michelin bought BFG a while back and ever since the qc has dropped, and they don't really care about their sub-brands anymore. The grabbers look the same, wear better and are less expensive

 

I had the grabbers in 265/70r17 on my last truck, and they were awesome tires! You won't be disappointed.

 

I am going to assume handling is a bit better? Road noise I would expect to be slightly higher due to the style of tread etc. After putting the ones beside the the old yesterday I actually started to laugh at how silly the factory Toyo's look by comparison. I will take the 1-3 mpg hit to have a tire that actually looks like it can get me through more than 1 cm of snow.

 

Handling on road was fine, off road was obviously better. They were surprisingly quiet for how aggressive they are. And are you getting SL (standard load) or load E?

 

I am getting the SL as the E load is overkill for my purposes. I forgot to ask earlier, should I be getting the spare mounted with the same tire, and will that fit still? I figure that if ever I destroy a tire I should really be replacing two of the same as running two different size tires can cause damage to the diff/transfer case. I know removing the spare would save me about 60 lbs of weight, and if ever I get a flat that can't be patched at the side of the road I would probably have the truck flatbedded home.

 

In SL you won't even notice an MPG hit. Maybe 1 at most, but those aren't heavy tires at all. As far as spare, it wouldn't hurt to get a full sized one if you can afford it, and yes it'll fit underneath in the stock location.

 

I got all 4 tires going on tonight for $1005 CDN including tax, thats mounted and balanced for that price, so I think I can afford another $208 for the spare I was going to order that last night but we were not sure if it would fit in the spare location.

 

Yeah it definitely will! It'll be a little snug, but it won't go anywhere.

 

@EatSleepTacos is right, I went +1 with aftermarket wheels on my TRD Sport stock suspension. I put on Method 18x9s with -12 offset with 265/65R18 Falken Wildpeak ATW tires and i was slightly rubbing the front mudflaps. I cut out some of the mudflap and most of the rubbing went away. Once I complete the front lift there should be no more rubbing.