265/70r17 or 285/70r17?

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I ordered a set of 265/70r17’s from tire rack that haven’t been installed yet. While waiting for the tires/wheels, I pulled the trigger on the fabtech 3.5” lift with offset intrusion beams. I can swap the tires for free to 285/70r17’s. Should I? Would 265/70r17’s (31.6”)be smallish with a lift that can easily accommodate 33’s?
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What's your chief motivation, aesthetics, off-road performance? You'll probably lose more MPG with 33s so consider that too.
 
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Aesthetics/off road performance. I think the smaller tire would probably do whatever I need off road, so aesthetics is the main thing.
 


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265/70 seems to be made for it.
 

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I ordered a set of 265/70r17’s from tire rack that haven’t been installed yet. While waiting for the tires/wheels, I pulled the trigger on the fabtech 3.5” lift with offset intrusion beams. I can swap the tires for free to 285/70r17’s. Should I? Would 265/70r17’s (31.6”)be smallish with a lift that can easily accommodate 33’s?
Do the 33's with 31's and a 3.5 lift your truck will look like a set of roller skates
 

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Aesthetics/off road performance. I think the smaller tire would probably do whatever I need off road, so aesthetics is the main thing.
The performance difference between 31 and 33 are gonna be more than you think there was a guy on youtube who tested it and those 2 inch margins 31 to 33 33 to 35 and so on made a massive difference
 

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Aesthetics/off road performance. I think the smaller tire would probably do whatever I need off road, so aesthetics is the main thing.
I can vouch for the smaller size working off-road; I put the factory 265/70/17s that come on the Tremor through 800 miles in 6 days last month, never had an issue.
 

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With a 3.5 lift you're gonna want the 33's.

The 32's would look a bit too small.

The 32's are about perfect on a truck that's just leveled though.
 

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With a 3.5 lift you're gonna want the 33's.

The 32's would look a bit too small.

The 32's are about perfect on a truck that's just leveled though.
Go with the 285s! I have a Bilstein level kit w/285/70R17 on stock wheels. They’re Mickey Thompson Baja Boss AT.

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Did you buy passenger (P) rated 33s? Do you recall their weight? Not that you had to choose, but I'd prefer a C load 31" rather than a P load 33" tire if use will include rocky and branch laden areas, e.g. the West. 33" tire will give you 1.25" of add'l clearance from stock (30.5" tire).

It'll be interesting to see what you think about the performance hit, acceleration from a stop, braking distance and MPGs. Since you have the lift and tires pretty much done at the same time, it'll be tricky to know what variable is more responsible for differences.

I await my truck and have pretty much decided to swap to 32" C load AT tires right of the bat and do no more, no level or lift. Probably Firestone Destination XT, C load 255/75/17 since they're only 4 pounds heavier than stock Hankook ATMs on FX4 trucks (and something like 6 pounds lighter than Toyo, Falkens, etc in C load). I'll live with that awhile and see what limitations reveal themselves to warrant a lift. I'll be camping/exploring/road tripping off grid (ugh, I hate the term 'overlanding' as its so Gucci and poseury these days). So, not rock crawling. We'll see if near stock approach and departure angles are adequate or not.
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