The forecast isn’t great, so thought I’d throw the old winter tires back on the Yukon for one last stretch.
Still can’t make up my mind what to do, and have been leaning towards just getting another set of 245/75R16s. Doesn’t look too bad at all on the “small” tires, right?
But then I remembered that the spare is a 265/75R16 (on a 7” rim.) It’s always been in the back of my head that the winters are an inch smaller than the spare. Not sure the Eaton locker in the rear end would be happy about mismatched tires, so could be a real PITA dealing with a flat back there.
So, definitely not going with the 245s again. Also spent the day looking at trucks on the road, and am absolutely not going with aftermarket rims sticking out past the fenders. Yuck. And I did a couple hundred km of driving on bare highways today, and I’m just not convinced I won’t hate the way the 235/85s will drive.
So, looks like I might have found a set of silver painted, 7”-wide, OE steel rims (like the spare) for a not totally insane price, and will put 265/75R16s on those.