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I have a 2007 Silverado Crew Cab 4x4 (Classic). I have P265-70R17's on the stock rims. I want to level the truck and get new rims and tires. After looking around I found the helo maxx rims I like but keep finding different offsets. Can anyone tell me the stock offset and what I might be looking for in an aftermarket rim offset? I plan to put P285-70R17's on it. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

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Factory wheels on the Z71s and I assume the other 4x4s too is 5.5" and mine measure 17x9 but everybody says they are actually listed as a 17x8. If I was going to buy a set of aftermarket wheels, I would buy a 17x9 wheel with 4.5-5.0" of backspace. That would be the best looking wheel and would still be close enough to stock spec. that it wouldn't kill your balljoints and suspension.

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So if it's 4.5" say that would be around 112.5mm? If I stay close to that I would assume all is safe? I have seen some aftermarket wheels like that and some with only 25mm of backspacing. Does this place the lugs farther in the rim to give a deeper look? Anyone have any thoughts on how aggressive you can get and still be safe?

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Yeah, the less backspacing, the more "deep" the wheels will be and the farther inside the wheel your lugnuts would be. Remember that you're dealing with the laws of physics here. And every inch increases the load on the ball joints, bearings, etc. exponentially. So personally, I would not use a wheel with less than 4.5" of backspacing if it's your daily driver and you expect lots of miles out of it.

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I have a 2007 Silverado Crew Cab 4x4 (Classic). I have P265-70R17's on the stock rims. I want to level the truck and get new rims and tires. After looking around I found the helo maxx rims I like but keep finding different offsets. Can anyone tell me the stock offset and what I might be looking for in an aftermarket rim offset? I plan to put P285-70R17's on it. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

 

 

 

If you want to level your truck you can turn up the torshon bars you get about two inch. of travel just dont bottom out the bolt, remember the more you turn them up the stiffer your ride will be and your joints and everything else will wear faster. Also if you are considering putting aftermarket wheels there are alot of aftermarket 17" wheels that will not fit because in 06 they made the front break rotors bigger so you may need to go with 18" wheels.

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