I'm going to make these guys fit

crunchy · November 13, 2004

I bought a set of hummer rims off ebay, cause they were cheap. I then went down to the local used tire dealer and got a used 315/70/17 hummer tire to use for fit testing and eventually for a spare.

On the back it fits just fine, no problems.

The front fits strait, but rubs when turned. Doesn't rub much. I'll move the front bumper forward and trim some of the wheel well.

I'll make it fit, without a lift.

some pics of the first trial test mount:

test fit

crunchy

moregrip · November 14, 2004

I bought a set of hummer rims off ebay, cause they were cheap. I then went down to the local used tire dealer and got a used 315/70/17 hummer tire to use for fit testing and eventually for a spare.
On the back it fits just fine, no problems.

The front fits strait, but rubs when turned. Doesn't rub much. I'll move the front bumper forward and trim some of the wheel well.

I'll make it fit, without a lift.

some pics of the first trial test mount:

test fit

crunchy

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what approx dia in inches are those wheels/tires?

On the back inner wheel well, does it only rub on the plastic inner fender?

crunchy · November 14, 2004

Those bad boys are 34.5 inches in diameter.

The tire rubs (hits) the front black plastic air dam (the part that hangs off the bumper). Easy to trim.

It also hits the front inner fender, which should be easy to move.

It hits the rear of the inner fender that is up against some sheet metal. This will be the only difficult part.

Rattlewagon · November 14, 2004

Try going over to dieselplace.com and doing a search, there is alot of info about fitting 315's under HD's

good luck!

dan

Chevy Tough · November 15, 2004

Did you crank the T-bars or is that stock hieght?

crunchy · November 16, 2004

I spent all day Sunday playing with my truck. I took the front bumper off, it later went back on with an extra inch worth of washers and some new metric bolts.

I put up some new pics of my progress. First new pic is the front of the passenger front wheel well after the bumper came off and the wheel well liner was moved out of the way. What you see is the blue piece of sheet metal that the liner 'bolts' to. All I had to do was bend it forward and drill a new hole in the liner. The next new pic is that blue piece of sheet metal after I bent it. Simplest of the four spots to fix.

The next pic is the driver side front front. You have that washer bottle to deal with, but it was the same idea of bending that one piece of sheet metal that the wheel well liner bolts to. I reversed the horn mounting bracket and cut off the two lower mounting ears fron the water bottle trying to get the bottle to move forward, not sure how much this helped. This pic is taken after I bent that one piece of sheet metal.

The rear of the front wheel wells I did not get pics of. There were two standing seams that I bent back and then reattached the liner to. A little hammer work was needed. I got maybe 3/4 inch of extra clearance.

I have not cranked the torsion bars yet, ned to see how she rides like this.

Now I just gotta get a full set of tires to go on these nice rims...

crunchy