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Need new tires soon, looking at 265/70-18 or 275/65-18

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Truck came with Bridgestone Dueller A/T RH-S 265/65-18. 32,000 miles, still have decent amount of tread left, but much of the siping is gone and getting slipping on wet roads. Going to stay with a P rated tire, seriously thinking of going with a 265/70-18 which is what comes stock on the 2500, taller at 32.5", the added 1" tire height combined with the 1" lift already installed might look good. Have seen where guys have installed 275/70-18's which looks good at 33" tall, kinda doubt you'd be able to tell the difference between a 32.5" and 33" tall tire. Section width is only difference of 3/8". I compared 265/65-18 and 275/65-18, side by side there's very little difference. I think to make a difference, change in profile from 65 series to 70 series is necessary.

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You will want to take your 3.08 gear ratio into account when picking tires. But since you said you'll stay with a P rated tire you should be fine. You just wouldn't want a tall heavy tire. Ive been looking at tires ALL WEEK. Hell I picked this truck out in less than 30 minutes. But I just can't seem to make up my mind over tires.

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The tire on the left is a 265/70/18 Cooper AT3 on an 8" wheel. On the right is a 275/65/18 Mastercraft AXT on a 9" wheel. Both are standard load tires, not P-metric or LT.

 

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dirtfan21 Senior Enthusiast

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Really all about personal preference. I like a wider tire vs a taller tire which is why I went with a 285/65/18 instead of 275/70/18. I guess the question for you is do you want a bit wider tire or a bit taller tire, both sizes aren't going to be real noticeable changes over stock height.

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Looking to change tire wheel combo and cant figure out how i would choose the offset of the wheel, trying to run either toyo open country AT2 or cooper stt pro both in 285/65r18 on 18x9 undecided wheels. Currently have 285/45r22 on my 16 ltz

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You will want to take your 3.08 gear ratio into account when picking tires. But since you said you'll stay with a P rated tire you should be fine. You just wouldn't want a tall heavy tire. Ive been looking at tires ALL WEEK. Hell I picked this truck out in less than 30 minutes. But I just can't seem to make up my mind over tires.

 

Hashed this out before, did a lot of research and decided for my use it's just not worth it. To be honest, I run mine in M5 75-80% of the time on the highway and M4 (which is the equivalent to running T400 with a 3.55 gear) at speeds of 45mph or less. Most my truck ever gets driven on a straight highway run is about 20 - 30 miles at a time. Rest is rural driving.

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