285-70-17 NTG's installed on stock 17s

[TheFuzz]

This is the result of me taking a few measurements and answering my own question about the largest tire we could stick on the stock wheels with no lift. When I bought the truck, the dealership had gone the cheap route and only replaced two of the tires. The problem was that the truck had Firestone Destination LE's on it before, which have been discontinued. Rather than replacing all four tires so they'd match, they just stuck a pair of the new Destination LE2's on the rear axle. Firestone's aren't my cup of tea anyway so I opted to replace them all and get them matching again.

Heres the before pic, with the mix-n-match Firestone's (stock size, 265-70-17):



And with the 285-70-17 Nittos installed:





Not the best pics but you get the idea. The manager at Discount Tire was certain they'd rub like crazy, but I was a little more confident. As I thought, no rubbing and the extra inch or so of total height looks great. I also had them put the wheel weights on the inner barrel of the wheel so the face is clean - wheels will be black soon. I was going to leave it stock, but since the Rough Country 2" leveling kit is only $65, it's on the way too.

 

[Neil Layne]

looks great man. good choice in tire. i love mine.

 

[TheFuzz]

Thanks man. I was running the NTG's on my Yukon, but when I sold it and bought my Toyota I wanted something a little more aggressive so I went with Goodyear DuraTracs. Awesome tires but they were almost as noisy as a mud tire and hard to get balanced. Much happier with the Nittos, glad to be running them again. These are essentially silent running on the street, and aren't much heavier than the firestones.

 

[Neil Layne]

so do you have any picture of your tahoe with that 2" RC level? there isn't a lot of hoes on here that have a level with terra grapplers and ive always been curious to see what it would look like. my dad picked out my yukon when he got it but he could have got a tahoe.. always wondered what my upgrades would look like on a tahoe. hahaha always felt like tahoes look better up.

 

[TheFuzz]

Sorry man didn't see your post until now. Here are a few pics of it after the lift and plastidipping the wheels. I still have 3/4" coil spacers to add to the rear, but I like the stance so much as-is I've left it alone.