68+ Step Side Owners I Have a Tire Question

[chaztruett]

Yes, yet another wheel tire question. I have reviewed and looked at every possible picture, comment, note, anything I could find for weeks now about tire sizes that will fit under a step side. My eyes are bleeding.

Using a 20x10 Boss Wheel, 5inch BS. Will a 295 45 20 fit? Or is a 275 best we can do? Minor modification are ok. Truck has minor drop if any at all.

THANKS! In advance!

tt

[chaztruett]

Originally Posted by chaztruett

Yes, yet another wheel tire question. I have reviewed and looked at every possible picture, comment, note, anything I could find for weeks now about tire sizes that will fit under a step side. My eyes are bleeding.

Using a 20x10 Boss Wheel, 5inch BS. Will a 295 45 20 fit? Or is a 275 best we can do? Minor modification are ok. Truck has minor drop if any at all.

THANKS! In advance!

tt

FWIW

Here is side and rear view of 18 inch wheels with a 275 on rear. Using 1.25 adapters to fit wheels.

[ultrahd4me]

How close are you to rubbing the inside part of the bed right now? A 275 is 10.82" wide and a 295 is 11.62" wide. So take the 3/4" difference divide by 2 is 3/8", and look to see if that will work without rubbing. I would only be worried about the tire width, not about going from 18" to 20" on that drop.
I did my stepside a little different but I wanted a tire and wheel combo that would work with a static drop or bagged. So I wanted to stay inside the rear fenders. I'm running a 20x8.5 / 22x9 combo with 265/40/22 rear tire with a 7" drop. I hope some of this may help.

[chaztruett]

Originally Posted by ultrahd4me

How close are you to rubbing the inside part of the bed right now? A 275 is 10.82" wide and a 295 is 11.62" wide. So take the 3/4" difference divide by 2 is 3/8", and look to see if that will work without rubbing. I would only be worried about the tire width, not about going from 18" to 20" on that drop.
I did my stepside a little different but I wanted a tire and wheel combo that would work with a static drop or bagged. So I wanted to stay inside the rear fenders. I'm running a 20x8.5 / 22x9 combo with 265/40/22 rear tire with a 7" drop. I hope some of this may help.

Awesome! Thanks for the info! That certainly gives me more insight to my efforts. BTW, love your truck, the color is perfect! Mine was originally blue, PO like so many in the 90's painted it black. : (