285/75 R16 questions.

Guys,

I just picked up some 285/75 R16's. They are on the truck and I have to trim a bit tomorrow. So far it only rubs on the front bumper at the edge on a turn when the body leans. I will find out how much more I have to trim tomorrow when I flex it a bit.

2 questions

1) anyone with 285/75's. How much did you have to trim?

2) my tires, under load, only sit at 32". I am just thinking that it is a small 285/75. But how how are your 285/75 under the weight of the vehicle?

FYI, ome 913's in the back and a torsion crank to almost level. Rocker panels are now sitting 18.25 inches off the ground.

Can you post some PICS with the 285/75/16, I just put 265/75/16 Nitto Grappler A/T on my 99 and had to do a little trimming on the inter front cladding. I thought this was as large as I could go on a stock rim and not rub with a little trimming.

Rock Sliders get welded on tomorrow, so Wednesday should be a beautiful day for picture taking.

i had 265/70/16 on my vehicross.. i put 265/75/16 on it and my fuel economy has gone thru the roof !!!!!! i was getting 400km per tank around town... now im only getting 300.. just !!!! and my pick up off the line has dropped also.... im wishing i had gotten bigger tyres now :(

All highway driving I was getting anywhere between 12-15MPG depending on hills. I was also having a drag increasing lights and roof rack, so I wasn't unhappy. But thankfully gas is cheap this week.

Pics are up in my gallery of the VX with 285/65 R16's on. Also there is a side pic of how much I had to trim to get the 285's to clear without rubbing. The VX made it through Uwharrie this weekend without a rubbing, so I did more then enough trimming on the front of the front tires. The backs, well I didn't trim. I justed used the BFH and gave it a couple good whacks. No issues. I do think that my 285/75 R16's are a bit on the small side. Inflated and with vehicle weight on them, they are only standing right at 32" tall. I think they are about a quarter to half inch smaller than other smiliar sized tires.
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/sh...25/ppuser/1232

Just to bump up the thread.

Im due for new tires, come down to either 265/75/16, 275/75/16 or 285/75/16.

Im running a 16x8 0 offset wheel and a 2.5 lift, (ome912) tb crank and front bj flip.

Is it possible to run the 275/16/75 or 285/75/16 on the 0 offset wheel. without modding the wheel wells or alot of trimming ?

I know ill have to do some trimming how much would need to be done?.

So far im leaning towards to the 265/75/16s.

Cheers guys

Ignore what i wrote above please if you can answer do so :p. ive decided to go with the 265/75/16s. For a better price than the larger tyres and the ease of fitting them versus the 285 75s.

You can see from my gallery trimming wasn't really that bad, and it is only noticable on the car if you know what you are looking for.

when having to "trim".. what tool are you guys using..
looks like some rough edges in some pics..
any advice to reduce the rough look?
thanks
Haggis

i was gonna use a router i think that call it ? lol i just know the tool by sight its like a little drill that you can put attachments on. prob use that to cut mine or ill find something else.

Haggis,

When I trimmed my cladding for my tires I used a Dremmel tool with a cut off wheel attached to it. After the initial cut I used some sandpaper to smooth out and ease the edges for a "stock" look. If you didn't know it, you would never know that the cladding has been trimmed.

Ended up using a air hacksaw thing. did the job was ease :D on the front now just have to do the back bits of the wells.