Pizza Cutters Are Off

MotionMan · April 4, 2017

Finally ditched the stock tires. I tried to like them but now that they are gone I am much happier with the new tires. 285/65/20 Nitto Tera Grapplers on stock rims. I have a leveling kit (2") and I cut the bottom off the valance. There is a lot of room to move so nothing is close to rubbing. I had 4 different sizes that I was comparing, man the Internet is great, you can convert sizes and compare the 4 sizes I wanted, I wanted more sidewall and width, I gained 2"s in height and 1 1/2 in width, a much better sidewall too, the 295 would have worked but I like this size. I took some close pics to show the clearance Clarence? Also I am off 3mph based on GPS.

Buckshot556 · April 5, 2017

What are those 34.5"x11.3"? I'm looking to do the same size tire on my HD but don't know if I can run them on my stock 17" or need better offset wheels. Looks great though.

MotionMan · April 5, 2017

Thanks and yes, the site says 34.6-11.2-7.3 sidewall. I was looking for a lot more sidewall and this is perfect. I bet they will fit, the site tiresize.com has a great converter, then I went out and moved the tires a little bit at a time and measured. I could have gone much bigger but these look right, plus MPG is hit hard, these are off 1 MPG in the 50 miles I have on them from the DIC. I didn't need to cut the valance but it looks 1000% better, it's a free 2 inch lift visually.

shortnugly · April 8, 2017

Sorry for the ton of questions. Great to see someone sharing info.

Are those Terra Grappler G2?

Which 2” leveling kit did you use?

Did you crank the t-bars at all?

You mentioned the 295 would have worked. Which 295? The 295/65 (35.12 dia)?

I basically want to do the same thing, just want to go a bit wider.

I want to level just enough to stuff a 34-35” tire under there.

Your truck looks great. It’s proportionally right. Just about where I’m aiming for.

I’m considering keeping the stock Denali wheels but may not be able to if I go 295 width.

I’ve trimmed the valance on past trucks before. No big deal to me.

Post a pic looking down the side and your trimmed valance.

Cheers

MotionMan · April 9, 2017

Yes TG 2, I used a Rough Country leveling kit, it was new keys and shock spacers, the 295s were 295/65/20, just a bit wider than the 285s I have, your rims will work, my 285s on the Denali rim do not balloon at all and are just a bit wider than the rim. I'll have to take a pic of the valance, that was one of the best things I have done that was free, it looks so much better, I may take another inch off.

shortnugly · April 9, 2017

I just bought the 2015 Denali Dmax. Previous trucks I've had, I go with wider tire to protect the wheel rim. I hunt and offroad alot so the tire extending past the wheel lip is important or the wheels would get trashed quickly.

I put a Rough Country kit on my 05 2500 and I really liked the quality.

I'm going to try to fit the 295/65s with the same kit you used. Going from the 285s 34.6 to the 295s 35.12, how much more room do you think was available for the 295s? More than the half inch difference?

Do you think it'd require any trimming of the valance or bumper?

MotionMan · April 9, 2017

Maybe the valance but mine was cut on the bottom only, I wanted to keep the angle on the end to keep it stronger, no way you heed to trim the bumper, the 295 is so little of a difference, I can't imagine it would be more than 1/2 an inch, and from my pic you can see there is room. I have the thick mud flaps and they are never close at any turn angle and the same for the front valance. The pic I posted is only a 1.75" level, not really 2 but that

is easier to type I didn't use all the room I had, you can get 2"s but I go to Silver Lake sand dunes and with big bumps the upper arm hits a little, any more and it would hit hard. The nice part of new Keys is you can swap out the upper control arm and add the diffy spacer and get 3.5 total inches. Some say you need new shocks but some kits just use the shock extenders. Just the new UCA will get you 2.5"s without diffy spacers. I did not notice a ride change at all, the new tires did stiffen it a little but not bad.