I thought you wanted a 315/70/17? which is why I said 305.
Okay, did some math. Looks like 295/75/17 is a winner size if you can find anything in that size..lol That's 11.6" wide which is enough to be beefy and 34.4" tall so essentially shy of 35"
PM me if you need more help RH

 

295 will wear fast

 

your reasoning behind this

 

It'll cup, 295 isn't much narrower than a 305. I'd go with a 265 or 275, unless you spend the coin on wider rims.

 

already have brand new 265's now with the lift they might look small reason for looking at bigger tires i would do different rim but i like these

 

well it looks like small tires or new rims... rims look like the obvious choice. just sell your wheel tire package on cl

 

I once put a set of N50's (12.65" wide) on a set of 7" Chrysler ralleys and tucked them under a 68 Coronet Had to run about 12psi to keep them flat, but it hooked good!!!!

Yeah, the tire manufacturer will give you a chart with recommended rim size for their tires.

For example, the BFG All/terrain KO in a 17" with a 8" wheel, the largest recommended tire is a 285/70R17/E

Size Rec rim size Overall width Diameter rev per mile
LT285/70R17/E RWL 7.5 - 9 11.5 on 8.5 rim 32.76 635
max weight
3195@80psi

 

Like pyro said, they'll cup. I'm sure you want to get the longest use out of your tires. I asked my dad (selling tires 30+ years and ohios largest distributor) and he said he wouldn't go wider than a 265.

The width isn't really going to play that much into the look. Like i said earlier, you have a 35" tire on 17s the sidewall and tread are going to make them look beefy.

 

265/70/17 on stock with no lift except a 2" leveling kit on a 2500 will look dinky, thats what I am running and they look real small, just bought them for mine. I had 315/70/17 and they looked real good, just can not afford the coin to get the 315's back. As for 315/70/17 on an 8" rim....I had no troubles at all and took them for some extream off-road with around 10psi in them all the time.

 

thoughts on 285-75-17's on the stockers thats a 34x11.5-17 ??
and thoughts on the look with a 4.5 lift
tires are going to be terra graps