Put 255/85/16s on stock OR wheels and suspension

Alright boys I went somewhere else and they said a 1.5" spacer will make these tires fit. I know spacers aren't good, but 1.5" doesn't seem like alot. Am I going to fuck myself by doing this?

 

Wheel spacers or spacers to lift the truck? Either way it won't help. If you're talking about lifting the truck, all it'll do is help at ride height. As soon as you hit a bump, you'll rub. Honestly if I were you, I'd find a place to get them mounted, then just make the fuckers fit. If you have to do a CMC, so be it. It's not a huge deal.

 

This rub is only at full turn. I'm not sure how many bumps I'll be hitting at full turn and after the tires wear a little it'll be gone. I'm more concerned for my shocks.

 

Oh, then don't be. The only concern with top plate spacers arises when you go off-road. Do you plan on off roading?

 

This. After these tires wear I'll probably go with a wider tire because I have a lift as of now. I'll chop that cab mount, hammer pinch welds etc. No one will ever see it anyway.

 

I don't rock crawl by any means but I do drive off road. Sometimes faster than I should.

 

Then I 100% would not get a top plate spacer. You'd have a good chance of bottoming out your shock before you hit your bumpstop, and breaking your shock potentially causing more damage.

 

So... 5100s? Lol. Man I have put myself in a special situation.

 

So do you have your new tires mounted right now and you know exactly where it's rubbing?

 

No they refused to let me leave with them mounted. It was the inside back portion of wheelwell.

 

This part?

 

I think it was further up?

 

That's the cab mount, and the most common area of rubbing. The first step is to get them mounted and see where it actually rubs. Driving around for a little bit with occasional rubbing won't affect anything. Then you can really assess what's going on and take action accordingly, whether that be lifting your truck or cutting stuff out of the way. Until then it's just guesswork.

 

Something wrong with your alignment or PSI? My stock ones look brand new at 5k miles.

 

looks can be deceiving, i thought mine looked great too, look harder and measure. I had dealer check alignment and pressure, and i double checked pressure while doing a chalk test too. I do live in CO which is hard on tires with all the mountains ups, downs and turns. i have my 10k checkup in 2-3 weeks, i can update then.

 

I'm at 27k and the stock wranglers are almost toast. Alignment was checked at 15k and they have been rotated every 5k miles. I drive 95% highway and about 80mi/day.

They do NOT wear well. Hoping the 255/85/16 S/T Maxx will last at least 35k, cause that will be the next set of tires I put on.

 

These did great on some of the more difficult trails we went on the other day. Highly recommend if you're looking for some MT tires in this size.

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My experience with the KM2s on trails has been really good as well. Haven't spun them in mud once yet, whereas the wranglers would eventually turn into racing slicks. In other news, what is happening to that dog?

 

There was zero mud up here in the cascades; bone dry for a long time now. But the big lugs grabbed the roots/loose rocks really well when aired down. I only got stuck on a really steep hill crawl and actually crawl control pulled me right out.

Buddy was holding my trail dog for scale to show how deep the rut was...didn't' quite work lol.

 

Little update- had my KM2s on for 8k miles now. Had them on some quality trail trips and drive them almost-daily (truck shares time with the Ducati for commuting)

Wear seems alright, and they seem to have actually gotten a little bit quieter. More than likely I've just gotten more used to the noise. Driving about 60 hours to the mountains and back for vacation probably helped get used to the noise lol.

I've had them out in heavy rain and they do better than some people would have you believe mud tires do, but they certainly aren't the best. I can make them squeal like 10-ply piggies on dry roads fairly easily, but they hold grip. I wouldn't attempt some of those maneuvers on wet roads without expecting to lose the back end. The truck drifts a little bit on the highway but its not maddening and one handed steering is easy enough.

Can't speak much to tranny things because I have a manual. In *that* case, I do think the gearbox is well sorted for this size. The only common driving activity that I feel falls 'between' gears is making right angle turns at intersections, where 3rd results in a half second of lug coming out of the turn, and 2nd seems too enthusiastic. Other than that, everything feels good. I dunno alot of technical transmission/gearing terms to talk about, but it *feels* right. I'm sure some of you that have been driving sticks a while can understand what I mean.

Hoping for some snow this year (we had a practically snow-free winter last year, much to the chagrin of my neglected snowboard) to see how they do in that. Have a few more big trips planned this year that I'm looking forward to. Definitely still very happy with the choice.