Wheels Coming...thinking About Going With Slightly Bigger Tires...

[importkiller76]

 

Ok guys so I've been going back and forth on putting OEM 17's on my truck instead of the 17" moto metal 951's that I bought right after I got the truck. Well after almost a year of the moto metals with non-stock offset and bfg all terrain combo beating the body of my truck to death and looking at options to stop that I've decided to go back to stock wheels. I had the steel wheels on my truck when I bought it and just hated them so I rushed myself into making a decision on wheels and should have taken more time to find wheels that had an offset closer to stock but live and learn I guess. So now I am thinking that I'll go with a bigger tire (285/70/17) instead of the 265's I have now. Even with a level kit the 265's rubbed because of the wheel offset! But now that the tires will be back under the wheel wells fully I will probably go bigger because most guys here run 285's without issue on stock wheels. I really like the BFG's but I think that without the offset the 265's will look to small with the levelling kit....or not lol not sure. Just looking for some opinions. Thinking about a mud tire or one of the more aggressive A/T's. Any recommendations?

[AgDoctor]

as far as mud i have the cooper stt's now and like them in nearly every way, except the noise. they are long wearing and aggressive tires that arent too heavy. now i need to say that i just orderd a set of bfg at's last friday to replace the coops with, so that may not help you much. you could get 40,000 miles out of the coops with good rotations and balancing, but if you get behind on those things on any mud tire you can count it out. if they get out of balance bad and you try to put one on the front you cant hardly steer it, it will wobble and shake, so use good maintenance, and buy a good mud tire, not a cheap knockoff. the toyos are supposed to be a little quieter and last longer than the coops but i cant verify that.