I have a 04 silverado Z71 4x4 5.3. I have 265/75-16 tires and I want to buy BFG ALL TERRIAN 285/75-16and do not havea lift kit or body lift. I have heard many different stories that 1 tire size bigger will not hurt and some say it will cause rear end damage. any advice??

 

Well lets see. If you runthe numbers(http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/infoTireMath.dos)you'll find that you'll beincreasing your tire diameter from 31.7" to 32.8". Depending how much room you have in your front wheel well, it'll probably rub when you turn a corner. This should be fixableby trimming some plastic off of the fenders in the front andthe tire store wouldlikely do this for you. I've never heard of the possibility for rear end damage. I think that's pretty unlikely given that a lot of people add lifts and go up way more than an inch in tire diameter without doing anything to the rear end.

 

you wont hurt your rear end...LOL thats funny someone said that.....Im sure if we have trucks with 8 inch lifts bran new on the lot and 33-37 inch tires, your 275 wont hurt much......

 

I have been running 285 for 6 months now on my 05 and have had no problems.

 

I put 285's on my 05 z71 with no problem at all.