2006 Tahoe Kevlar 245 tire replacement

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AnthonyG70

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When I bought my truck in 2009, it came with Goodyear Wrangler AT Kevlar tires at P245/70R16. Been buying them over the years as they ride nice, and wear has been pretty minimal. However, this year I find they no longer make the P245 size, and the P255 is listed as "not for my vehicle". Door jamb states truck should be H-rated tires (2006 Police edition) but prefer all-season for winter driving in Idaho when traveling and driving in sand/gravel here.

Looking for suggestions on what a good replacement in the AT Kevlar line, or just go with P255 anyway in the AT Kevlar line? It's odd how they list the Workhorse AT at P255 for my vehicle, but state that P255 in the Kevlar line won't fit. Weird.
 

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Tire Rack has 1 on closeout. You might be able to find the other three at a different store.

But how wide are your wheels? And if the 245s aren't awful wide for the wheels now, the 255s would probably fit okay. I've upsized one width of many a stock tire size.
 

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You should be OK with +1 width increase. Your overall tire height will most likely change and be taller, as well, leaving your speedometer/odometer slightly out of whack. If you want to be more certain, and if you are willing to take a few basic measurements of existing tire/wheel well/suspension clearances, read on.

Regarding wheel/tire combinations that will fit your truck without rubbing, no 2 trucks and their suspensions are exactly alike, due to a number of factors including accumulated wear on the suspension components and different wheel widths and offsets, so there is no guarantee that what fits with no rubbing on one truck will automatically fit with no rubbing on your truck. Other folks' experiences can guide you in one direction or another, but the final test will be when you mount the wheel/tire combination on your own truck.

To assist you in getting a good idea on whether or not specific alternate wheel/tire combinations 'may' fit your truck with no rubbing, I recommend that you use the wheel/tire comparison app at the URL listed below. You can use this app starting with your existing wheel/tire combination as a benchmark, assuming that there are currently no rubbing issues with it, and measure the actual critical fender and suspension component clearances as directed by this app. Then, you can enter alternate wheel/tire combinations, and this app will give you the projected changes in these critical fender and suspension component clearances.

https://www.wheel-size.com/calc/

I used this app for determining whether on not I could use my current alternate wheel/tire combination, and it accurately projected the changes in critical clearances. Again, the use of this app in not an absolute guarantee that an alternate wheel/tire combination will fit without rubbing, but it provides a much better assessment, or projection, than simply an educated guess on your part, or a statement from others that it worked on a truck other than yours.
 
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