Re: Thanks for the advice
JdawgTT said:
The car only see's about 6k/yr and very little of that is in the rain, eastern Colorado is pretty dry. So it's the BFG's for me I'm just having a hard time with the idea of running 35 series tires (265/35/18) up front, and 30's (285/30/18) in the rear. Just seems like it wouldn't look right. I'm definately not a tire expert though so I think I'll go with Steve's advice and stay away from the 295/35/18. Thanks for the input guys.
Actually, the 265/35/18 is not as much taller than the 285/30/18 as you would think, but the 265/35 w/ 295/35 in my opinion would look more preportioned. I'm not sure but you should check the specs at tirerack.com. Because the second number is the % of the width in hight, anotherwords the front tire is 35% of 265 in hight and the rear tire is 30% of 285 in height.
Steve, is right about the 285/30 being better because of speedometer accuracy and cornering, but I would personally still go with the 295/35/18. I wish they made a 295/30/18 that would be perfect. The 295/35 will give you some extra sidewall to flex and it will help you out in the 60" a tad, but like steve said it won't be much.
I just think that the 295 will fit better on a 10.5" rim than a 285. 295 is the ideal size for the 10.5 incher. I have a 10" rim w/285 and the tire almost looks a little small for the rim. If you put a 285 on your 10.5 rim, the tire will look to small for the rim. just my 2 cents.