Anyone Running 305/70/17's

Anyone running 305/70/17's or 295's ?? If so what shocks and amount of lift are you using, any cutting etc...

 

Lurking...

 

I have 295/70/17s. I wanted 305/70/17, but the tires I wanted (STT Pros) didn’t come in that size. Even thought about 285/75/17, but you can’t get them in that size either.

Truck is lifted ~2”.
CMC, beat pinch weld, trimmed the lower part of the fender and fender flare.
I heated up the fender lines, but they eventually went back almost to their original shape and it was rubbing when I was off road. I ended up slicing out the part that was rubbing with a razor.

 

Nice looking truck, especially the pelfrey - do you notice any difference in front end handling from bumper weight

 

Thanks!
When I installed the bumper, I had stock springs and 5100s. You could tell there was some added weight, but it wasn’t that drastic.
Not even a week after I put the bumper on, I changed to OME 886 springs and Nitrochargers. That stiffened it up a bit. To me, it handles just fine, and I’m not running a sway bar.

 

The same requirements as always, CMC, pinch weld fender molding, decent offset wheels, new UCA for alignments and a partridge and a pear tree.

 

Correct me if I’m wrong but doesn’t a negative offset make it harder to fit a larger tire?? I’m trying to piece it together myself right now.. 285/75/17 with a -38 offset would be harder than a -11 or 0 offset??

 

You are correct. -38mm pushes the tire outward, thus causing more rubbing and possibly restricting your turning radius.

 

Ok so i might be better off with an offset closer to 0? And a positive offset keeps it under the fender more? (and closer to control arm)

 

It depends on different factors, but generally yes, 0 offset will clear better than negative offset. Here are a couple comparison pics. Don’t mind the different angles but see the general difference.

KM3’s on 0 offset Methods:


KM3’s on -25mm SCS:

 

Yea the SCS look sexy!! What size tire is that??

I was looking at the 17x9 F5s with the -38 and running a 285/75/17 Nitto RG (cmc for sure).. but who knows maybe too much offset for a 34” tire

 

It’s 315/75/16. I downgraded my wheels from the 17x9 -38mm to 16x8 -25mm to reduce the rubbing.

 

Ahh hah.. is that a long travel?? 35s!! With 3” up front i assume?? so perhaps the -10 17x8.5 is the smarter way to go.. not like any of this is ‘smart’ by any means but you know what i mean..

 

No LT. It’s just Kings Extended with a little more than stock preload and +4 degrees caster

 

Nice rig
But what really caught my eye was the LC! Damn that thing is tall! Nice Toyota’s

 

By the looks of it.. not many run this size.. they just jump to 35s or 315/70/17. I know it’s an older thread. But i woulda expected a few more posts.. here