285/75r17 clearance

Correct! The sidewalls on any 285/75 tire will be the same height, regardless of rim size.

 

Haha I realized that right after I posted...I'm like wait a second....

I honestly didn't know such a size existed.

 

There's a few 285/75r18 tires floating around out there too. Which is a 35x11.5!

 

Nice tall and narrow, 18's are just not in my todo list










EVER

 

That's cool but this thread is about clearing 285/75/17's which is larger diameter than the tire you have.

 

Very informative to those that want to run 285/70/17's but this particular thread is about 285/75/17's which is an inch taller

 

@deeezy ya that just happened

 

I might not be totally opposed to a set of 18" Methods (as long as they were wrapped with 35s or bigger)

 

So what would you guys say about this size in comparison to a 295/70r17? Which one requires more trimming?

 

They will be pretty similar. The 295 is slightly wider but the 285/75/17 is slightly taller. No one will be able to tell you for sure, unless they had those same sizes mounted on the same truck to compare. Even then, every truck's alignment is different, so no definite answer.

 

So, most people with oversized tires dont pay to close attention to mpg, but I got 16.9mpg. That's with the 10.5% size difference added to the odometer reading / gals. That's mixed driving, half highway and around town, some idling with the AC on and yep I punched it a few times too. Before with my 265/70r16 I got 18.5-21mpg. I'm happy with a 1.5 mpg hit.

Did more flexing and trimming on the cab side of the front flares and on the inner fender up front by the bumper. Might have to bash the firewall/metal inner fender in some too but I haven't yet. A lot of electronics behind there so I will be careful as possible.

For the back I have not done any trimming and under hard on the bump stop stuff it contacts pretty much the entire way around. I need to read more about those who have extended their bump stop out back. Possibly that with the combination of U bolt flip.

Almost there. It kind of therapeutic chopping on the truck after work.

 

Here is my cab mount butchery needed to clear these tires. It doesn't look so bad with paint on it......

 

Grind down the welds to clean it up and no one will know.

Good job

 

I like these tires.




Still got stuck and had to call my wife to come pull me out with our F-150.......

 

So since you have been driving them for a little while, how does the stock gears do with this size?

 

Bump for the answer to this question^

 

Does fine for me , on hwy I'm cruzing around 1500 to 1800 Rpms 80 mph

 

I only ran these tires for a few days with stock gears, and I did not like it. Sluggish and constantly down-shifting on the highway. I installed 4.56 gears.

Tire size in this thread is 285/75r17

 

What the heck kind of gearing do those third gens have? My truck is on 265s right now and does 2500 RPMs at 70 mph