Good stuff ^ you guys make me miss mine terribly

 

Looks good....that second picture really shows the size improvement.

 

These tires do rub on the lower control arm (aluminum) at full lock. I don't think that it will hurt anything. And I have no irregular wear of any kind so far. The rubbing is just a little peeve but its rare as it is only when it's turned as far as it goes to the right when the truck is in motion.

 

More pics right after a wash. Sorry she's all wet. And a pic showing where it rubs on the control arm.

 

Decided today to install a set of 1/4" spacers on the front wheels. When I removed the wheels I found that they are also rubbing on the sway bar quite a bit. With the spacers installed it changed the angle enough that they have enough clearance around everything. Seems good so far! Was sick of smelling burning rubber after a series of turns. No damage to the tires at all though so that's good.

 

I went with 305/40/22 general grabber uhp tires after seeing this post. No rubbing whatsoever. Perfect tire size on a non lifted truck.

 

I have a 06 and thinking of same size tire.... Still no issues?... Thx... Roger

 

New member here i have 2012 HD 4x4 with 22x9 Helo Rims stock height....love the look of your 305/40/22 tires and wanna do the same to my truck...any issues at all with rubbing or wearing out prematurely? Thank you...Heres a pic of my truck with the 275/45/22 Pirelli's

 

No rubbing at all on the stock Harley Davidson 22's (22x9 +44 offset).

I had wanted 305-45-22's but no one at the time was trying that size for fear of having a rubbing issue.

If you Helo's are in the same offset range at the stock HD wheels you'll have no issues at all. I had no rubbing or any uneven wear at all.

 

My offset is +38...im really not that knowledgeable when it comes to tires, will that offset be ok with either 305/40 or 305/45 tire?

 

If you punch in your specs on this site you can see roughly how it will look compared to my specs.
http://www.willtheyfit.com/index.php...h=9&offset2=38

I punched in both of our specs into the site (hopefully it shows in the above link) and as you can see your setup pushes your wheels/tires out just a hair more than mine so you should be fine.

This next link below shows what a 305-45-22 on your wheels looks like compared to a 305-40-22.
http://www.willtheyfit.com/index.php...h=9&offset2=38
Looks like you should be fine with the 45 series tires.

Here's a google searchlink to a guy with pics of his white Limited with 305-45-22's.
https://www.google.ca/search?ei=eVuk....0.ThNYCQGpFMI

 

Thanks for the info and help, might go with the 305/45

 

Ya a hair more sidewall certainly won't hurt.

I hummed and hawed big time over going with the 45 series but no one had done it at that time so I was worried and in the end stayed with what others had done.