Matthew Jeschke
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I am going to give away one of my best kept secrets. I got $370 for four used KO2 tires mounted and balanced. They look snazzy, have around 1/3 ~ 1/2 the tread left. Not too bad as is a little over the price of ONE tire new NOT mounted. Only thing is I try to get them w/in 3 or 4 years of age. The ones I got are about three years old. Last set of used tires I scored 10 ply off road tread (forgot brand but was a good brand) for $150 w/ wheels.
This time I wanted larger tires I went with 285/70R17 which is a touch bigger than factory at 265/70R17. All my test fitments are good so far, no rubbing. I think there might be some rubbing on the plastic fender liner on the back when I get off road and test full articulation... Not sure this would be an issue on a truck chassis / bed as they don't have those plastic liners. I don't think front wheel wells will be any issue. I have stock geometry suspension w/ 1" lift in front / leveling kit. I didn't want full 2" lift as I wanted to maintain some rake and stay reasonably within factory control arm spec. I also tested to see if the tires would fit in the spare tire well and zero issues there. Other than I had to buy a 17" spare tire rim off a GMT900 and 5th tire for another $100. So add $230 to price above for complete set of 5 tires, making it $500 w/ spare tire and rim.
I made SURE my spare tire was a Load E 10 ply K02. However, I didn't realize when I bought the other KO2 tires they were Load C 6-Ply / 116 Load Index. The 116 Load index is fine, however, I've never run 6 Ply tires off road. I run over rocks and all sorts of gnarly stuff. Anybody else had experience with Load C tires? This has me a touch concerned.
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This time I wanted larger tires I went with 285/70R17 which is a touch bigger than factory at 265/70R17. All my test fitments are good so far, no rubbing. I think there might be some rubbing on the plastic fender liner on the back when I get off road and test full articulation... Not sure this would be an issue on a truck chassis / bed as they don't have those plastic liners. I don't think front wheel wells will be any issue. I have stock geometry suspension w/ 1" lift in front / leveling kit. I didn't want full 2" lift as I wanted to maintain some rake and stay reasonably within factory control arm spec. I also tested to see if the tires would fit in the spare tire well and zero issues there. Other than I had to buy a 17" spare tire rim off a GMT900 and 5th tire for another $100. So add $230 to price above for complete set of 5 tires, making it $500 w/ spare tire and rim.
I made SURE my spare tire was a Load E 10 ply K02. However, I didn't realize when I bought the other KO2 tires they were Load C 6-Ply / 116 Load Index. The 116 Load index is fine, however, I've never run 6 Ply tires off road. I run over rocks and all sorts of gnarly stuff. Anybody else had experience with Load C tires? This has me a touch concerned.
16" Factory spinners truck came with
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17" 265/70R17 w/ factory snowflake wheels I pulled off GMT800 Z71 Suburban I found in junkyard
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Those 17" Snowflake wheels with 285/70R17 KO2 tires
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