How do you get the shops to mount a 285

scottlambson · August 9, 2005

The local BFG shop would not mount a 285 on the OEM Z71 7" wide wheel so I called around and found one that would but once they saw my 99 Z-71 they said they would not mount the tire due to rubbing issues with the truck. How do you guys get around this?

Has anyone run 285's long term on the 7" wheel and does the center wear more?

cokedrvrbjw · August 9, 2005

If tire shops told me that, i would move...because youre obviously surrounded by retards.

mjgjr72 · August 10, 2005

2k silverado, ran 285/75 16 on my stock rims for about 15k before i did lift and 315's, had no rubbibg and they looked almost new when i sold them to a buddy

GF7PE · August 10, 2005

any sears or NTB will do it no questions asked

Jacqson · August 10, 2005

If tire shops told me that, i would move...because youre obviously surrounded by retards.

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It's called Liability. If a tire shop mounts any manufacturers tire on a rim that is not recommended by that tire manufacturer and there is an accident or problem caused by the tire not being mounted on the recommened rim then the tire company cannot be sued by you,yours or anyone else who would happen to be in that vehicle at the time of the accident. In other words, if you have a problem with say a BFG tire mounted on a rim width that BFG does not recommmend for that size of tire then the only person that can be litigated is the retard that mounted the tire in the first place if it can be proved that mounting that tire on the non recommended rim caused the problem(Blowout, Body Damage, Excessive tire wear and so on). I know a lot of people do it without any problems happening, but there are a lot of places that won't because of the liability issue or they just want to sell you new rims.

Wingnut · August 10, 2005

I've never had a tire shop even bring it up with me. Most of them have even suggested 285s (when I had stock rims).

I would just call around. You'll find a place.

cokedrvrbjw · August 10, 2005

i know 305's are rated for a 8-10" rim but i didnt think 285's were.

scottlambson · August 10, 2005

From Tire Rack:

For the BFG AT KO:

Rim

Width

Range

7.5-9"

And for the other favorite

Revo:

Rim

Width

Range

7.5-9"

I did a bit of browsing around and I don't see a single manufacturer that recommends a 285/75-16 on a 7" rim width.

The narrower rim could cause crowning of the tire causing excessive treadwear near the center. Tire pressure adjustments could mitigate this a bit. For you guys that run the 285 on the OEM wheel what tire pressures do you run?

GF7PE · August 11, 2005

I was running 40 psi front and 30 psi rear when I had them on my 01 Z71

3500in nc · August 11, 2005

ok i just have to put my 2cents in im running 285/75 16s on my dually with the 6.5in wide rims an have had no probs so i guess i have good luck

but i just wanted to say that a waiver can be signed if you cant find a shop who will put them on just make up a nice waiver and persent it to them so there butt is covered

when i went to get my tires put on the shop tried to get me to try out a 6pac of 305s

which even i thought was to much for my lil dually wheels