Another tyre? (forgive the noob)

[1leg]

Guys I got it bad, I haven’t even bought the truck yet (hopefully today) and I’m already thinking about upgrades. This truck will see the desert (Anza Borrego) a lot and soon. I know it needs new tires anyways. It has 235/85-16s road tires now. I know I will be getting Cooper ATRs or STs, D or E rated. What I don’t know is size. I don’t want to have to lift it right away and I want to run the stock rims. (I know I’m sick but I love stock rim even hub caps)
Do you guys think a 285/75-16 or 255/85-16 will fit this truck without a lift?
Bone stock 89 3/4ton suburban.

Jerry

 

[AJMBLAZER]

Yes, those tires will fit stock. Since you'll be in the desert you want the 285/75R16's. Good luck...but loose the running boards.

 

[1leg]

I'm sure the running boards will remove them selves soon enough. My wife is only 4'8 so she likes the boards. So when they self eject on a rock i didn't see she won't want to spend the 500+ to replace them.

 

[AJMBLAZER]

There's always rock rails.

 

[dhcomp]

Both will fit on teh stock rim, w/o lift. I like teh hub caps too, but only on the stock size tire.

Personally, i'd search craigslist and find a set of newer 8 lug chevy or dodge stock wheels. The common nice dodge stocks's are 17's with 265/7017's. There are some stock 17" chevy ones, but they are rare in teh same tire size.

I ran some chevy ones i paid $250 for for a while. If you are patient, you can save a boat load of $$$ over buying new tires.

 

[AJMBLAZER]

I believe the newer Dodge ones have a decent bit more backspacing than our older 8 lug GM trucks need. Not to mention no hole for the front hubs.

 

[dhcomp]

I believe the newer Dodge ones have a decent bit more backspacing than our older 8 lug GM trucks need. Not to mention no hole for the front hubs.

Possibly, but i've seen them run on 90's 3/4 ton's w/o problems. Also, you can either not run the front cap, or cut a hole in it.

 

[OffRoad]

these would great in 285 on stock wheels.

 

[AJMBLAZER]

90's are IFS don't forget...remember you owned one. No locking hub sticking out of the front.

The last Dodge 16" 8 lug wheel I measured had over 5" of backspacing, that would definitely cause troubles. At the very least he'd have to adjust his steering stops to keep the d-side tire off the drag link like I did with Big Ugly. Frankly not worth it in his situation.

 

[dhcomp]

90's are IFS don't forget...remember you owned one. No locking hub sticking out of the front.

The last Dodge 16" 8 lug wheel I measured had over 5" of backspacing, that would definitely cause troubles. At the very least he'd have to adjust his steering stops to keep the d-side tire off the drag link like I did with Big Ugly. Frankly not worth it in his situation.

What? If its 2wd, its IFS, correct. But i see auto hubs sticking out in the front. And 4x4 burbs, including my 91, were SFA through 91.

 

[AJMBLAZER]

I think we're confusing each other here, I thought you meant 90's as in 92-99 body style burbs like our Blazers and your Suburban.

At any rate I wouldn't recommend the Dodge wheels for what he wants to do unless someone has some with 4-5" of backspacing and a hole big enough for the hub to fit through. All that I've seen wouldn't fit that criteria.

 

[dhcomp]

I think we're confusing each other here, I thought you meant 90's as in 92-99 body style burbs like our Blazers and your Suburban.

At any rate I wouldn't recommend the Dodge wheels for what he wants to do unless someone has some with 4-5" of backspacing and a hole big enough for the hub to fit through. All that I've seen wouldn't fit that criteria.

Got it. When i said 90's i meant the IFS ones.....but meaning that the backspacing from the IFS to SFA trucks seems to be similar, as i've run 8 lug wheels from IFS trucks before.

 

[AJMBLAZER]

Yep, I have 2007 GMC van steelies on Big Ugly.

However the Dodges have higher backspacing than GM's. All GM 3/4+ trucks have 4-5" or so of backspacing. Dodge seems to have around 5" at a minimum and the last set I saw was over 5.5". I want to say 5.75"? WAY too much.