gypsy_wind
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I know I'll need to augment this post with some additional pics tonights, but I thought I'd get the question out there and see if anyone has thoughts. 1995 K2500 Suburban which has/had 16" steel wheels with 235/75/16 BFG TKO2's. I got a set of H2 rims and had Continental TerrainContact AT's in 265/70/17 mounted. In preparation, I think I found most of the pics on the net of this combination of wheels/tires on GMT400's and no where did I see or read an indication that this combination would need any alterations for clearance. Lots of references to 285's needing a crank on the torsion bars or a little fender work to clear when turning.
Put the new rims/tires on last Friday and took it for a drive and heard a faint rubbing noise and limped back home to find the passenger front UCA had rubbed on the backside of the rim and even scrubbed off a few of the balancing weights.
Like I said, I'll get some more pics tonight, but would you guys expect this rim/tire combination to need any allowances for clearance on a "stock" setup? I put stock in quotes, because when I bought it last year, I was told the front end had been rebuilt, but the shocks were pretty well shot when I pulled them off this weekend to replace the incorrect-sized bolts they had used to mount them. They had used a metric bolt and there was a pretty mean clacking sound when going over rough roads. So, I'm not sure how well carried out this rebuild was. Maybe a simple alignment issue with currently too much toe-in? Or too much toe for the bigger tires?
Feedback is appreciated.
Put the new rims/tires on last Friday and took it for a drive and heard a faint rubbing noise and limped back home to find the passenger front UCA had rubbed on the backside of the rim and even scrubbed off a few of the balancing weights.
Like I said, I'll get some more pics tonight, but would you guys expect this rim/tire combination to need any allowances for clearance on a "stock" setup? I put stock in quotes, because when I bought it last year, I was told the front end had been rebuilt, but the shocks were pretty well shot when I pulled them off this weekend to replace the incorrect-sized bolts they had used to mount them. They had used a metric bolt and there was a pretty mean clacking sound when going over rough roads. So, I'm not sure how well carried out this rebuild was. Maybe a simple alignment issue with currently too much toe-in? Or too much toe for the bigger tires?
Feedback is appreciated.
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