285 Tires

Will I experience any rubbing with a 3 inch lift and 285/70/17s?

 

Most likely.

depends on you wheels (back spacing), suspension, and alignment.

Most likely you'll run on the bottom parts of your fender flares. I had to trim a considerable amount for 285's. There is also a possibility that you'll need to chop your cab mount (again depends on the factors listed above).

A quick search in this forum should help a lot.

This is a good start:

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...sion-stock-wheels.415494/page-2#post-11781480

 

This has been cover 10000 times. Try searching.

 

I just had a procomp 3" lift with nitto terra grappler 285/70/17 on fuel 17x9 wheels. Have not noticed any rubbing yet driving to and from work

 

What's a good wheel size for the 285/70/17 to limit rubbing? What do you have to do to trim? And is the actual diameter of 285 any different than 265? I saw that both were 31.6 in diameter online, I guess 285 is just wider? How much of a difference does it make stance-wise? Because if they're the same diameter I might as well just go with 265 and avoid rubbing. I just like the look of a bigger tire, unless the width of the 265 just looks that much smaller.

 

Go to the site below, it will help you in your quest to determine tire size

 

I'm on 285/75R16.

I rubbed at the "back" of the front wheel wells on a 3in lift with the mud flaps removed. I ended up cutting up the fender flares pretty good to make room for the tires.

If you have stock wheels on that wide of a tire you'll probably rub the upper arm/springs, and you'll need a cab mount chop if you hope to turn your wheels.

 

I have 285/70/17's on my stock trd sport wheels, with a 1.25in wheel spacer, and 3in lift. Theres no rubbing on the upper control arm, or cab mount area. I did need to cut some plastic from the fender well, and remove the mud flaps.

 

Your stock wheels with that 1.25" spacer will give you the same backspacing as my Method Standards. Essentially our shape is the same.

 

How did you go about cutting the wheel wells?

 

The lip of fiberglass that you clip the mud flap onto and the back plastic wheel well liner. I cut 8~12" up and across. Basically exposed the pinch weld that high. I can post a picture if that isn't very clear?

 

If you could post a picture that would be great haha

 

and what exact spec are your wheels? @digitaLbraVo

 

Method Standards mine are the 16x8" 6 on 5.5 4.5" backspacing. This link has stock wheel specs for reference: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/wheel-specs.30754/

Here's some pics, I hope they're clear enough. It's maybe 8" high, I used a regular ol box cutter-type razor blade. Work slow with the plastic/fiber and dig a shallow line first then slowly run it over and over until you get through.

 

Dur one of the ones I wanted to post I missed...

 

Did you cut the wheel wells after installing the tires? And was the process hard or just boring and time consuming?

 

To run 285s, you either need a wheel with 4.5" backspacing or run spacers to clear the UCAs. Mudflaps must be removed in the front as well as the little mudflaps under the bumper. If you plan on mainly driving on pavement, just turn your wheel as far as you can and look at where you need to trim on both sides. If you plan on doing off roading, you'll need to do the cab mount chop and cut some more plastic.

I am running a 3" lift with 285/75/16 on Mickey Thompson Classic iii's and have the CMC, folded and flattened the pinch weld, and some plastic trimming since I actually hit the trails frequently.

 

I did, they started to catch very soon after and once they started to bite the fender flare it got worse and worse. Eventually the plastic liner was getting eaten up, too.

The wheel well liner is SUPER easy. Almost easy to accidentally screw up. The fender flares were neither difficult, nor boring or time consuming. I just moved slow with a nice fresh blade and took off bits until it looked good then I'd drive it a bit and see if I get any more rubbing. If I do? I trim the area that looks like it's getting bit.

@hmcclung the pinch weld "mod" was on my list previously and I haven't done it (as you can see in the pics) what did you use to do it? Any pics?

 

I did not take pics during install. I used a "duck bill" flat vise grip to start to bend it over, then just used a rubber mallet to flatten it. Ran a few coats of black over the CMC and up the pinch to protect everything. It turned out nice. People don't even notice it because the paint makes it fit right in.

 

A large pair of these is what I used:
http://www.landmsupply.com/departme...=google_base&gclid=COqet4LygssCFYk9gQodS0wLsQ