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chipster
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Dec 28, 2013

Needing new tires so thinking or upgrading rims too...

So will be needing new tires by next season and was thinking of adding some bling to the OLD truck with ome new rims. My thought was go to 17" from the current 16" and get the same tire which I absolu...
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camp-n-family
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Dec 28, 2013
Keep in mind that the same sidewall profile (75) on a bigger rim will have a larger overall diameter and will affect your speedometer. The 285/75/17 is 1" larger in diameter than the 16" tire and will put your speedo off by about 3kph. Not a big deal but it affects the computer readouts for mileage etc.

If you don't want to affect anything you should go with a 285/70/17 which is almost identical in overall diameter to the 285/75/16

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