Biggest Tire On 17" Rim

Dano07 · April 9, 2009

I have stock 17" rims on my NBS 2007 Silverado 2wd with leveling kit. I was wondering what the biggest tire I can run.

JoshRDavis.84 · April 9, 2009

285s for sure. check tire manufacturer recommended wheel width you may be able to do 295s on the stockers.

mikystyle · April 10, 2009

Its only the width thats the problem. Anything over 12" wide is gonna be a problem. Most 285s are around 11.6", 11.7" so you should be good. Any tire shop will give you the facts.

Dano07 · April 10, 2009

I found the info i needed for the factory rims.

They are 17" x 7.5" with a 31mm offset.

The fatory tire size that have have is

245/70/17 which relates to a 9.6" width/30.6 height

I am looking at a couple diffet tire sizes.

285/70/17 which relates to 11.2" width/32.8 heigth

285/75/17 11.2" width/33.9 heigth

or

295/70/17 which relates to 11.6" width/33.3" heigth

295/75/17 11.6" width/34.4" heigth

i have a rough country leveling kit on and i am looking to fill in the wheel wells more. I am going to go with an AT tire either bridgestone, Nitts or cooper not sure yet. i know thw ones with the 70 rating will give me a litte wider tire.

I am looking for opinions on which one you would go with.

Thanks,

matt3 · April 11, 2009

I have a 2" RC level on mine with BFG AT 285/70/17. I wouldn't go any bigger than that. This size tires fills the wheel well very well, any bigger and your probably looking at some trimming. Plus the stock wheel is only 7.5" wide. I believe that 285 is the max for that size wheel.

03blackz71 · April 11, 2009

I would stick with the 285/70/17 tires with the RC 2" kit. See pic below and you will see how it looks.

mikystyle · April 11, 2009

Yeah, ditto to the above. Anything larger than a 285/70 will have low milage and wear wierd on the stock rim.

Dano07 · April 11, 2009

I would stick with the 285/70/17 tires with the RC 2" kit. See pic below and you will see how it looks.

Do you have any side veiw of your truck to see how well the tirs fill the wheel well.

Thanks,

cbrown4390 · April 11, 2009

I have Goodyear wrangler duratracs 285/70/R17. They look amazing and I barely have room in the front with wheels turned all the way. I also have the Rough Country 2" leveling kit. It looks great I will get pics up in the morning as soon as I wake up.

03blackz71 · April 11, 2009

here is a side view for you. This is the best I could find that I have on my computer at the moment. This is when I first put them on.

BurroWDMS · April 11, 2009

285/70/17 which relates to 11.2" width/32.8 heigth
285/75/17 11.2" width/33.9 heigth

295/70/17 which relates to 11.6" width/33.3" heigth

295/75/17 11.6" width/34.4" heigth

Food for thought. 285/70/17 is a very common size, and I've found that most tire shops stock a variety of brands in this size, or can get them within one day. Something to think about.

Get a wierd size, get a flat tire, the odds of finding a replacement in a short amount of time go way down.