It causes the tire to badly rub the front of my sliders when turning and that's not something I can cut as it provides a lot of the strength to the slider (Tactical Rovers) and we all know how much these trucks use the sliders in the rocks!. I have a set of 1/2" spacers I used to run with smaller tires - I've tried them with these and no-go. BUT - if you do that it will cause all sorts of other problems because it increases the swing radius when you turn the front tires. You're wanting to run a 285 - 10mm wider than I have and I'm already touching here. In fact, I touch at certain degrees of articulation when the truck flexes out (if you can use that word with these trucks.) I've never actually felt it touch but I've taken the paint off the knuckle. With my 275 I have only the smallest bit of clearance. The real worry is the upper A-arm knuckle. I've done all the usual cutting and trimming and run Johonson Rods. I'm running the Cooper SST-Pro in 275-70-18 on stock wheels. Here's the simple answer - it won't fit without constant rubbing. I don't log in here often but I saw this pop up in the weekly thread email. Any one have any experience with this tire or tire size? I can live with some off road rubbing during heavy articulation, but nothing else. I'm just wondering on if I will now get some rubbing. I want a quieter tire with good off road capabilities. I checked with cooper and they said they will be OK on my 8 in rim width. I really want to try a 285/65/18 Cooper discover sst pro. I will admit that I miss the automatic leveling. Moab was a breeze for the new coils on the moderate trails. Moderate trails and a little advanced trails for me. I'm not one who rock crawls or any heavy fourwheeling. I put in the heavy duty Oldman EMU coil spring conversion with the 2 in lift. I ditched my air ride after way to many problems and to much money spent. I'm not real happy with the ride and road noise. I'm currently running LT 275/65/18 BFG k02s.
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