Originally Posted by dwightdmagee
Unless somebody has these and makes you feel comfortable, you'll need to study the spec's of the tires you've selected. It's called doing your homework.
When you look at the spec's, take note of the overall section width, and most importantly the tread width and the overall diameter. These dimensions can vary slightly, depending upon the rim width. Again, the tire/wheel combo up front should be no larger than 25.5" tall and 9.5" wide. Also take a hard look at the "sticky" under wheels/brakes/tires/suspension forum called "Biggest tires on OEM wheels" for a lot of good poop.
Hopefully, you'll hear back from somebody. If not, do your homework and watch those U-turns.
Homework? Heck if you ask Dan he will tell you that I am spending too much time on doing my homework just get it done already.
I have done my homeowrk on this and hence looking for real life experiences. THere is no need to reinvent the wheel (good pun) and I also want to get a real life and practical application. Sometimes even the best researched situations have a misstep so lets call this covering my bases entirely.
I am pushing the envelope on these sizes and while I think that they should work I have been talking with my tire guy that says there may be some rubbing. I want to know where these issues may occur and if there are options to address.
Thanks for your input and I appreciate it but the net on the move from the 275's to the 285's appears to be negligible but, if I am going to have issues with the changes I just want to be aware as I can before I take the plunge.
Thnx, and BTW this is a part of my homework, getting great input from the forum team!
Nate