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Sep 12, 2010 | 04:46 PM

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coolatc

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Ooops, I didn't read the original question that close. You are right mine is a 4wd not 2wd. Disregard what I said. I do find it interesting that some folks can run the 305/55/20s with no rubbing, but mine of the stock 20" wheels rubbed a lot. Since I put the 1/4" spacers on, no rubbing at all.

Beautiful trick HPC3! How you get those pictures attached is genius. I wish I could post mine.

Sep 12, 2010 | 10:04 PM

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DIVERMAN

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Originally Posted by hpc3

The tight spot is on the upper A arm against the inside of the tire(on 20" wheels) but there is clearance for these at stock height and leveled fwiw. No rubbing under any conditions so far.

Here's mine with KO 305/55/20 and Bilstein leveling struts on the 4th clip(2.1" lift)...

sweet ride!

Sep 12, 2010 | 10:05 PM

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hpc3

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Thanks, yes they are the same height. I like the 33"s the best...

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Originally Posted by pdavis53

Hal,
It is nice to see a wider tire being put on the 20" rim it looks real nice on your truck. I did notice that your tires are essentially the same height as stock and about 2 inches wider. This may have something to do with the A-arm being hit I do not know. To me it seems like there have been people on here that when the go larger then 285's in a 35" tall tire they rub. I do not know because I have 275's and a 34" tire and went with this combo because of some of the issues I read about on this forum but anyway that is where I got my information from.

I think when anyone is looking to go to a different tire size the need to research Tire Size calculator's on line and figure out what works best for them for there situation. What might work on one truck moght not work on another truck because of the setup. Just my two cents.

I've run 35" KOs on my 2500 and they were a lot of tire for a street driven truck, plus I didn't want to affect my gearing too much. My diesel had some little issues with the 35s, they fit fine(17" wheels) but the trans/overdrive didn't like the extra radius as much.

We test fit these 305s on the front passenger side before mounting all the others and the 305/55/20s fit without issue, stock or lifted, minus the tight spacing on the A arm. I do think you could run into a little rubbing if you went larger and kept the same width as these are very close to the liners at lock(~1" front and back or less). The offsets on the stock 20" weels don't give you much room.

Jun 24, 2012 | 10:18 PM

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BgHrn

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Anybody have any pictures of their trucks with the 285's? Or the 305's? I've heard if you run a 1/4" spacer with the 305's, that you wont rub the A-arm. I guess that spacer is JUST enough, that it wont touch.

Jun 25, 2012 | 05:14 PM

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War Horse

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I'm getting the Daystar 2 1/2 kit with 305/55/20s installed tomorrow. I'll get some pics as soon as I get her cleaned up.

Jun 29, 2012 | 08:10 AM

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ranger3

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I have a 2010 1500 Big Horn with 275/60/20 tires and just had a Daystar 2.5 leveling kit and 1in block in back installed. I would like to put 35in tires and new rims. I do not know what would be the best combination tire and rim size with no rubbing. I do like the AT Nitto Terra Grappler tires with all black MB TKO rims.

this is my first time ever upgrading anything

any help would be great
thanks
BA