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New set of Nitto Terra Grappler 305x70x17's

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Old Dec 31, 2008 | 08:49 AM
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what were your original tire sizes? 275/60/17? i saw how your truck looks now (and it looks great) and i have the same truck but white. just wondering if those 305/70/17 will fit on my stock wheels...
My stockers were a 265-70-17 I believe. They should fit on your stock rims with no problems.
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Old Dec 31, 2008 | 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by scoutman
Looks like you have an aftermarket rim that sticks them further out than stock. That may be why they rub slightly.

I've also noticed that the truck was a tad quicker with smaller tires but that is to be expected. These also throw rocks easier than the stock tread did but again that sort of comes with the territory.

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Good eye. I forgot to mention that I have aftermarket wheels mounted. I had the wheels off two days ago for a rotation and didn't even think to check the backspace.

Thanks, cruise by sometime and I'll show you my beer fridge...
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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 10:40 PM
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I've been running a GPS lately and have a better idea of how off the gauges are. The speedo reads about 3 mph lower than I'm actually traveling. The tach reads what the motor is turning regardless so that didn't change. What did change was that with these tires alone I dropped 200 rpm at 60mph. (was running 2000 before and am now running 1800 at 60)


I'm still not ready to part with the $75 to recal my speedo and am not ready to spend the coin for a programmer either. I'll just live with it....

Just thought it would be worth updating...
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by scoutman
I've been running a GPS lately and have a better idea of how off the gauges are. The speedo reads about 3 mph lower than I'm actually traveling. The tach reads what the motor is turning regardless so that didn't change. What did change was that with these tires alone I dropped 200 rpm at 60mph. (was running 2000 before and am now running 1800 at 60)


I'm still not ready to part with the $75 to recal my speedo and am not ready to spend the coin for a programmer either. I'll just live with it....

Just thought it would be worth updating...
Shop around. My nearest dealer wanted to charge $45. I debated them and explained that it was a 5 minute job and I could give them the exact revs per mile. They did it for 20 bucks.
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Old Mar 27, 2009 | 02:46 PM
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2wd?

Has anyone run these or the 305/65/R17 size on a 2wd?
Currently running 285/70/R17 and at full lock not much room left between side wall and controll arm.
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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 03:40 PM
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soutman how many miles do you have on the TGs now? I've got a little over 45K on my 325/70R17D Terra Grapplers and look like I have probably 15-20K left. I can't believe it, these things won't die. I've had the money set aside for a new set of tires for the past 15K miles and every time I look at them I am just amazed at how much tread I still have left. These tires are making it AWFULLY hard to go to anything different my next time around, though I think I've been bitten by the 37" bug...
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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 07:32 PM
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Got same mounted on my truck two weeks ago. . .they replaced BFG AT 315/70/17s, got 42K out of them. So far the new Nitto TG 305/70/17 Es seem to ride better and there is less than 1 inch diff in height between the two. 34.6 vs 35.4 or there about. $900 for the set of 4.
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 12:12 PM
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It's been a long time since I first started this thread but figured I was due an update...

I loved the first set of these tires so much that I bought an identical set a few months back. The first set had about 45K miles on them with about 3/16" of tread left. I wanted to go ahead and pull them so I could use them for an offroad trailer I'm looking to build and have matched tires.

I've never had any problems out of them and keep them aired up to 50-55 psi for average driving and pump them up to 65 when I'm pulling a heavy load.
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 02:58 PM
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The dealer can only recalibrate to a 285-70-17 on that year. A Smarty jr. would wake up that truck,not kill the stock clutch on the low setting and give you the ability to recalibrate.
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 05:32 PM
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I had 84673 miles on my 325/70R17 Nitto Terra Grapplers when they got replaced. Truly some awesome tires.
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Old Feb 12, 2013 | 01:58 PM
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Reviving an old thread... LOL

But I've got 101,475 miles on my set of 305/70 17E Nitto Terra Grapplers! Waiting for my new set to arrive any day now!
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