275/60R17 on a Stock Trailblazer (With Pics!)

l008com

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275/60R17 Yokohama Geolandar ATS on stock 17" wheels. No lift, no spacers, no grinding. They just fit, and fit very well. And WOW was it a MAJOR ride improvement over the old shitty tires I had on before. I would consider this the biggest size you can fit stock, or 265/65R17. These are wider but a bit less diameter. I clear my ball joint but I wouldn't want to get ANY closer to the ball joint than this. These tires are 30" x 10.8". I'm very satisfied.

There's a ton less bounce now. I probably won't bother doing stiffer springs. But I still may do swaybar bushings/links and maybe a stiffer rear swaybar, I'll have to wait and see. But next on my list are a bluetooth/iphone gauge app for monitoring transmission temp, and a tune. Finally a tune.

These are the tires I got, for some reason they were only $85 each through amazon (not 3rd party seller, brand new!). They're about $100 more than that now, you probably won't get the deal I got :biggrin: http://amzn.to/1XXHxQV

BLAH BLAH BLAH nobody cares you just want to see the pics I GET IT...

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HARDTRAILZ

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Good info and pics. Looks nice!
 

DocBrown

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Dec 8, 2011
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Nice. I just put the same tires on my Sierra. Mine are 265/70R17. I haven't had them long enough to comment on them other than that they are very quiet for an AT tire. So far the only negative is that the tread picks up gravel like there's no tomorrow. One of the reasons I wanted them is that they have a 51 psi max. I run my rear tires at 45 psi when towing my travel trailer.

Unbelievable price. I got mine from Tire Rack for $160 each including shipping.
 
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l008com

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Nope. No lift, no drop. Keeping the ride height good and stock. I may do spacers, I'm not sure yet. And I do want to try to stiffen the suspension, although the tires made a HUGE difference in the ride so I may not end up going crazy with the suspension.
 

tsmith1156

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Nope. No lift, no drop. Keeping the ride height good and stock. I may do spacers, I'm not sure yet. And I do want to try to stiffen the suspension, although the tires made a HUGE difference in the ride so I may not end up going crazy with the suspension.

Understandable, I've had different thoughts about mine but I want to at least level it
 

dkvasnicka

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Interesting optical illusion, they look much narrower on the photos... I wouldn't have guessed them at 275 at all, they look smaller than my 255s on a 9-7X. Must be the way you took the pics or something. Also TB has a little bit different proportions, of course.
 
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l008com

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Yeah I think so, but I don't know the offset. I wanted to get this tire diameter and width, but on the 5 star 18x8 wheel, but I just couldn't find an affordable set.
 

murdog

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May 20, 2016
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Looks great! I am running Discount Tire "Pathfinder ATs" on my trailblazer EXT, they were cheap, and some of the best AT Tires I have ever run in the snow and ice. I had to replace the front struts on mine recently and with those tires and new suspension it is like driving a brand new truck.
 

Daniel644

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Feb 27, 2015
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looks like more room then the 265/40/22's on my Replica SS 22's, doesn't matter how close you get as long as you don't touch, you never will.
 

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l008com

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Update: Tires are still awesome. I've checked for rubbing after some long highway trips, just in case they expanded a lot from the heat. But still no sign of a single rub ever. They do like to throw gravel a lot, but I knew that from the set I had on my ZR2. Other than that, these are great, highly recommended.
 

l008com

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FUN UPDATE!!

It's been 2 years and my Yokohamas are cracking and splitting like crazy. I checked the Manufacture date and it was only a month before I bought them, ~49 months ago. And I only have about 14,000 miles on them. But because I bought them through amazon, Yokohama will not honor their warranty. Now I have to take my tires off and return them to amazon like they are a pair of pants or something.

These were a great tire until they started falling apart. But I certainly will NEVER buy a yokohama again. Amazon is the biggest retailer in the world, it is extremely sketchy for them to throw their warranty away.
 

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HARDTRAILZ

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Per their advertised warranty you would not be covered. You just missed the cut-off like the 38 month old Advance Auto battery with 36 month warranty I just replaced for my wife's grandmother. It sucks but they know the lifespan of their products.

  • Weather checking/cracking or failures resulting from these conditions on tires purchased more than four years (48 months) prior to a warranty claim. If proof of purchase is not provided, the Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) serial number is used.
 

Sparky

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There's several companies that won't honor a warranty at all if purchased through Amazon. Why, I'm not really sure, and I wonder if they can legally void your warranty if you do. The ones that do that say their product has to be purchased through an "authorized retailer" - I've always wondered if that means a retailer that they can more directly control pricing of. Places like Amazon have to get the product somehow, and I doubt Amazon would be going through the hassle of not getting the stuff from the manufacturers in the first place.
 

l008com

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Feb 19, 2016
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Per their advertised warranty you would not be covered. You just missed the cut-off like the 38 month old Advance Auto battery with 36 month warranty I just replaced for my wife's grandmother. It sucks but they know the lifespan of their products.

  • Weather checking/cracking or failures resulting from these conditions on tires purchased more than four years (48 months) prior to a warranty claim. If proof of purchase is not provided, the Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) serial number is used.

Actually I just math'd wrong. They are 2 years old meaning I bought them 24 months ago and they were manufactured 25 months ago.
 

HARDTRAILZ

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So their only excuse f not buying from a licensed retailer?
 

Mooseman

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I'd contact Amazon directly. More than likely, they came from a licensed distributor under Amazon.
 

l008com

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Feb 19, 2016
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I did contact amazon and they are letting me return them. So now I have to buy new tires first, get them installed, then return these ones back to amazon. Which is a real pain in the ass. Plus the selection at this size is very limited
 

djthumper

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Nov 20, 2011
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Seems to me that this has been taken off topic from the original intent off this thread.
 

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