Reducing 35" tire rub

[TBrennan]

I'd like to eliminate my tire rub at full lock with my new 35" tires on my stock truck. Currently I'm using the stock rims. I get some rub on the control arms at full lock, left or right. It would seem to me that if I went to a 17x9 rim with less backspace (say 5") the tire would be pushed out an 1" more away from the control arms allowing me to turn to full lock without issue.



What I don't get is that most here report that less backspace causes more rubbing?? Are the tires rubbing on the fenderwell instead of the control arms? I understand a wider (9") rim will allow the tire to "relax" more and be wider but 1" wider rim shouldn't allow the tire to relax more than 1/2" either side so 1" less backspace should more than make up for that.



I wouldn't mind adding a leveling kit but I don't know if that would eliminate the tire rub for good, and wouldn't help when suspension compresses.



So any ideas on retaining stock turning radius??

 

[BlueRam2500]

I have the same problem as you, and I noticed the more miles on the truck, the more often they rub. I was going to post a question on this, but you beat me to it!! Hopefully we can get some answers. I was thinking of doing a 2" spacer in the front and then running some wider wheels on the truck. I was looking/getting prices on 17x10 Eagle 0589 wheels but am not sure how they will fit or if the tire rub would be worse.

 

[RAMINSPEED]

With the 17x9 and 5" back spacing I am real closed to rubbing with my 315 BFGs. When the tires were new I had to use a dead blow hammer on the rear lip of the fender well and a heat gun on the wheel liner to clear them. No problems since. I would say a leveling kit would be a good idea. I don’t rub on the control arms at all. Possibly a good compromise would be 9" wide wells with stock backspacing. That would net you about a 1/2" gain in clearance.