max tire size with z71 17s and 3in lift?

[BigDaddy13440]

https://saginaw.craigslist.org/cto/5929019429.html

I like the way this Denali on 20x12 with 305/55/20 looks.

While I, on the other hand, despise the way the tires are stretched out. On 20x10's, they might look ok. On a 12" wide rim, I'd at least go to a 325/50/20.

I've got some 20x8.5 GMC sierra wheels, and I'm debating on going tall and skinny (295/65/20 - 35.4" x 11.6"), a little wider (325/60/20 - 35.4" x 12.8") or running 35x12.5x20 (about 34.6" x 12.5", comparable to a 315/60/20), or a little wider 35x13.50x20 (34.6" x 13.5" - close to a 345/50/20).



From Coopertire.com:

Sizes & Specs
Discoverer STT PRO™
Tire Size Service Description UTQG
Load Range Sidewall Approved Rim Width Measured Rim Width Section Width Overall Diameter Tread Width Max Load Tread Depth (1/32")


LT295/65R20 129\126Q
E BLK 8 - 10 8.5 11.7 35.43 9.65 4080 19.5


35X12.50R20LT 121Q
E BLK 8.5-11 10 12.4 34.69 10.2 3195 21


35X13.50R20LT 122Q
E BLK 8.5-11 11 13.2 34.57 11.1 3305 21


Sizes & Specs
Discoverer A/T3™

LT325/60R20 126/123R
E OWL 9-12 9.5 13 35.35 10.59 3750 16.5



I think any of them would look f'ing great on these!
(The tires are 305/50/20 General Grabber ATII's, about 32")

 

[massivespl]

While I, on the other hand, despise the way the tires are stretched out. On 20x10's, they might look ok. On a 12" wide rim, I'd at least go to a 325/50/20.

I've got some 20x8.5 GMC sierra wheels, and I'm debating on going tall and skinny (295/65/20 - 35.4" x 11.6"), a little wider (325/60/20 - 35.4" x 12.8") or running 35x12.5x20 (about 34.6" x 12.5", comparable to a 315/60/20), or a little wider 35x13.50x20 (34.6" x 13.5" - close to a 345/50/20).



From Coopertire.com:

Sizes & Specs
Discoverer STT PRO™
Tire Size Service Description UTQG
Load Range Sidewall Approved Rim Width Measured Rim Width Section Width Overall Diameter Tread Width Max Load Tread Depth (1/32")


LT295/65R20 129\126Q
E BLK 8 - 10 8.5 11.7 35.43 9.65 4080 19.5


35X12.50R20LT 121Q
E BLK 8.5-11 10 12.4 34.69 10.2 3195 21


35X13.50R20LT 122Q
E BLK 8.5-11 11 13.2 34.57 11.1 3305 21


Sizes & Specs
Discoverer A/T3™

LT325/60R20 126/123R
E OWL 9-12 9.5 13 35.35 10.59 3750 16.5



I think any of them would look f'ing great on these!
(The tires are 305/50/20 General Grabber ATII's, about 32")

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Not sure what stretched your talking about. Tires look fine to me, 12" wide rim with 12.5" tires... no stretching

The pic u posted, Those rims n 305/50/20 tires looks goofy on a skinny 8.5" wheel if u ask me.like you had to squeeze them on the rim and they could pop off.

 

[BigDaddy13440]

Most tires are typically about 2-3" wider than the rim they are put on. that's why if you look on ANY tire, there is a bead around the inside of the tire, edge of that bead is designed to extend over the lip of the wheel, and to protect it. If you look at almost any tire from any manufacturer, it clearly states the recommended wheel width. In the case of the Cooper STT Pros above, all three tires should be used on wheels from 8.5-11" wide. They show what width wheel they were installed on when the spec measurements were taken.

I'm pretty sure installing tires on wheel widths outside the recommended would void any type of warranty you might have. Shops may do it, and the shop may warranty the tire in-house, but the stretched look isn't for me. A 12" wide tire on a 10" wheel, that's about as far as I'd go. I'd have to run something like 38x15.5's for a tire to look good (to me) on a 12" wide wheel.

 

[Countryboy07]

https://saginaw.craigslist.org/cto/5929019429.html

I like the way this Denali on 20x12 with 305/55/20 looks.

Seen this one for sale before. Like the "stance" but don't really care for the wheels themselves.