Changing wheel sizes - advice welcome!
Our current TV is a 2010 Chevrolet Express G3500 12-passenger van. It started as a basic fleet white van and we've slowly upgraded a few things over the last year to help it look more like a private ...
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blt2ski wrote:I fully agree with that.
If you go with a 265, get a 7-8" rims as is called for. Having driven 265-75's on 16x6.5" rims and 7.5" rims, major difference in how things handle IMHO. Yeah teh 6.5s work, but not near as well as the proper width rim.
Marty
I had 265's on the stock 6" rims on my old GM dually, on the front axle only. The truck was wallowy and rolled in the turns and didn't steer right. Put 235's back on the front and the handling improved quite noticeably. Never messed with 265's on 6" rims again.
Too wide tires on too narrow rims isn't a good thing, especially on the front axle.
