WHAT DID HAFTA' DO TO GET YOUR 285's ON..?!

Seem's like a crap ton of us have done a lot of Modification(some not so much) to cram our big shoes in those wheel wells....what did you have to do to get em' on and rolling straight,
1) Nothing
2) Minor Plastic Trim
3) Plastic and Metal removal
4) Cab Mount Chop
5) Go Sawz-All Crazy

 

most people lift and use spacers I would imagine

 

when i had a small lift (icon 3.5 fronts, icon 2.5 rears, dakar leaf pack w/ overload), i was running a set of 16x8 weld stonecrusher with a 0 offset. the tires was 285/75/16 ans for me to clear and had to trim a very small part of the fender flares.

 

Billies @ 2.5" Progressive AAL and removal of the small air dam/ mud flap at the front of the front wheel well.

 

Cab mount chop, major plastic trimming, have to do even more now

 

You don't have to do anything if you get the right back spaced wheels, but if you want to stuff them - I'd say 3 & 4, and you don't need a sawzall, just a BFH.

 

Did you have no lift?

 

He has a lift, but I'm running 285s and flex the truck and lock to lock, here's what I did:

Cab mount chop
Removed mud flaps
Removed front flaps in front of wheel wells
Removed flares (2 of them on their own )
Trimmed plastic, a lot
Hammered pinch weld.. A few times and I still rub

 

Yes I do however..



This is my tire stuffed.. its hard to tell but its actually pushing in the fender flare.

Before I took this picture I had gone up the incline with the tire turned so it stuffed better, however if I had turned my tire into the flare it would have ripped off.

 

Wow, I want to move to 285's in the near future, but you guys are providing a great argument to stay with 265's. I know that's not your intent, but that much rubbing lessens my enthusiasm a little. I might be alright though, I don't intend to off roading this truck to that degree of stuffing the wheel well for a few more years. Pay her off first!