tire fitment question

[korbeano89]

I am in need of new tires and I really want a more aggressive tire, I was just wondering if a 265/75/16 would fit on a stock 97 qx4. These are the tires I want https://www.tiresavings.com/tireShop.ph ... =321115100

[sicwitit]

I currently have a 265/70-16 on my pathy, I had to trim the front bumper, re-drill the holes in the bottom of the bumper to re-attach the wheel well guard, and trim the mud flap in order to get that size to fit. by going to a 75 series tire, you going to have to trim that much more. It will fit though.

[korbeano89]

thanks for the info. so what exactly whould I have to trim? On the top pic would I be trimming that lil area were there is a hole in about the middle of the pic? And what did you use to trim it?

[sicwitit]

on the first pic, the hole you see is the stock hole for the fender liner to bolt into, after I took this pic, I simply took some tin snips and trimmed the bumper and the mud flap in the last pic. you can use other tools, a dremmel would work, but its likely you would melt the paint and it wouldn't really look all that great. with the snips, you could crack the paint, but I took the risk, and it turned up just fine. if the paint does crack, you could always use a power sander to remove a slight amount of the bumper, then to clean it up, use some 3M door guard stripping to protect it. I actually did this when I painted my motorcycle tank. around the edges it got messed up because some idiot (who will remain nameless cause I hate calling myself out....damit) didn't have the right equipment to hang the tank before I shot it with clear. needlsee to say, the edges of it were kind of messed up, but the 3M strips hide all imperfections very well. I painted my bike back in 2006, and to this day, its held up awesome, with no signs of imperfections.

[screenmachine]

Did you ever put on the 265/75/16's on your '97?