Ok so I go to Discount Tire today to get some Nitto Terra Grappler's 285/70/17 to put on my 2000 4x4 Extended Cab. The salesman and I walk out to the parking lot to look at my truck and after me telling him I was keeping the stock wheels (17in sawblades) he informed me that I would have to buy new rims if I wanted the tires. He said they cannot fit that size tire on my stock rim. Then he added that there is a liability issue and it would be unsafe for me to operate the vehicle with that wheel tire combo. Then he quickly tried to sell me some new rims. Needless to say I walked out.

Now I have seen plenty of you folks on here with a 285 or 295 70/17 setup on stock rims. Did any of you run into the same problem I did? Is it really unsafe? Should I just mail order and find a shop that will install them? Any comments would be appreciated.

 

im pretty sure the stock rim is 7.5" wide so if you look up 285/70/17 on the chart it works for that rim with. dont know why they wont put them on
http://www.nittotire.com/#index%2Eti...appler%2Esizes

 

Find a different shop
I have run into those problems in the past. There is always someone out there that will mount them

 

I think he's feeding you some BS. Lets wait and see what wandell says

 

Those will be fine on those rims and yes the stock 17 inch rims are 7.5 inches wide. It says it fits right in the charts as CANES676400 said.

 

I had the same problem. I just went somewhere else. I also ran the same size tire on a 2000 Expy with no problems.

 

There are some shops who wont mount any tire on rims that are outside of the tire manufacturer's recommended rim width. Or other shops, that wont mount tires other then the stock sizes. In today's suit crazy world, some take liabilities too far.

Is this size unsafe on a stock rim, doubt it, especially since it's only a half inch under the recommended rim size.

Visit a few of your local small tire shops, and you wont run into this sort of problem. Remember they typically wont offer as good a price, but they do make up for this difference in service.

 

A lot of people run 35x12.5's on stock 7 1/2" wheels with no problems. He was just going by the book and does not know what can be safely run on these wheels. No problem running 285's on stock wheels!

 

I run that same size tire on my stock 17 inch wheels and I haven't had a tire come off the rim yet1

 

I agree. Sounds like the guy thought he could sell you a set of wheels also.

 

hey sevenseven, where is the discount tire at,so i could avoid the moron

 

discount tire is very stupid.

 

Discount tire mounted some 285/75/16 on my 16x7 stock rims.

 

I had this problem when I bought rims off of the internet. I took my rims to Kaufman Tire (Norcross, GA) because they were having a sale on 33's and they said that cannot mount the tires for me because they do not want to be responsible for damaging my wheels. I told them that they just lost a $800 sale and to go ******* themselves. I found a small mom and pop shop that mounted and balanced them for $40....

If someone wants your money, they will do it. I would call Discount Tire up and give them the third degree or (better yet) since they wasted your time, go back up there and act like you want to buy some wheels..make them jump through hoops offering you deals...then walk out. I apologize for the "book", I just feel strongly that customer service is priority #1.

 

i avoid the problem by mounting my own. nice brandy new tire machine at school shop!!!