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Oaasport

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OK so I got a used set of good looking rims on my 1987 Suburban. Bolted them up with brand new 285-75-16 tires. Clear fenders fine (did a notch trick). Drove fine all the way up until some dude parked right up against me and I had to turn it sharp. Long story short, i have my rim rubbing my ball joint! I need to purchase new rims and have money to do so. I wont put spacers on because i have short studs and not enough time in the day to even change wheels out lol. with the 285-75-16 tire what size wheel will be wide enough, and what offset and back spacing will clear? I found some pro comp 16x10 for decent price but have no idea what off-set or back space i need.Any help i can get i will appreciate. i am not a wheel/tire guy
 

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I had that same tire size on a stock 8 lug steel wheel, 6.5” width I believe. I now have that size tire on an 8” rim.

Factory backspacing is 4.5-4.75” iirc.

Mine are 16x8 with 4.5” BS. On that small of a tire 16x8 is perfect.

I think @Craig 85 has 16x10s, but with 35s and a 4ish” lift.

Edit: I wasn’t looking through prism of a non k30 truck. Nevertheless, Craig has had these trucks in all different configurations and will likely know what’ll fit.
 
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16x8 also works fine with a 35" tire, just saying.
 

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