finished MY lift, now which tires???

vjwag · **Posted:** Fri May 22, 2009 1:34 am

I went with new coils, OME 790s front, Rustys rear, 3 isolators rear to even it all out. Ride is nice so far, off to Sedona this weekend to try and break something....

But of course as soon as my kids saw it finished... 'You need bigger tires!'...

I have 245/70/R16s, what is the debate on going to a 75/16 vs a 17 inch rim?

oh yeah, and how do you post pictures to this forum?? thx

ATXKJ · **Posted:** Fri May 22, 2009 2:00 am

easy answer first
have picture on a photo site - like Car Domain or Image Shack
right click on picture
scroll down to properties - open
copy address (http/ect ect.jpg)
go to edit post
click on Img
paste address
click on *Img
submit post
http://www.lostjeeps.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=2349

and then tires
first - decide what you want to do
i.e. driving to/from work and offroad once a month - will have a different answer than off road trails every weekend.
in my case - I've gone to Moab twice - but it's 1200 highway miles to get there
the MTR's were okay on the road - awesome at Moab
the Kumho AT's were great on the road - okay at Moab

and in general -
tires for a 16" rim will be cheaper with more variety than 17"
tires for a 15" rim will be cheaper with more varitey than 16"

lots of opinions here
http://www.lostjeeps.com/forum/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=8

tonycrd · **Posted:** Fri May 22, 2009 8:15 am

This might help...

http://www.lostjeeps.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=958&start=0

LibertyFever · **Posted:** Fri May 22, 2009 3:23 pm

Wow, even after the lift is installed you mean 245/70R16 tires don't fill the wheel wells? You'll definately have to post some pics or at least point us to them.

vjwag · **Posted:** Fri May 22, 2009 4:14 pm

mine looks exactly like timmyb457 posted 'finished my lift' back a few days ago (and he is smart enuff to get a picture in! :-)

The 70's look kinda small, and since I have 35k+ on them, I am thinking of getting bigger.

vjwag · **Posted:** Fri May 22, 2009 4:38 pm

ok, here we go. I am torn because I probably have ~ 5k miles left on the BFgs, although they are slipping in a good rain....

stumpjumper_09 · **Posted:** Sun May 24, 2009 12:01 pm

I think you can definately go bigger. I just found out today that you can get a BFG KM2 in a 255/70/16 That would look sick!!!

LIV42DY · **Posted:** Sun May 24, 2009 9:22 pm

LibertyFever wrote:

Wow, even after the lift is installed you mean 245/70R16 tires don't fill the wheel wells? You'll definately have to post some pics or at least point us to them.

Here you go, these are 255x70x16 and lookat all the room, its common.

HoosierJeeper · **Joined:** Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:23 am **Posts:** 1218

LIV42DY wrote:

LibertyFever wrote:

Wow, even after the lift is installed you mean 245/70R16 tires don't fill the wheel wells? You'll definately have to post some pics or at least point us to them.

Here you go, these are 255x70x16 and lookat all the room, its common.

Looks like you have a trainee next to you.......

superj · **Posted:** Mon May 25, 2009 9:06 pm

here are my 255/70/16 on a 2.5 lift. i have the bfg in that size as a spare. its cool looking but i need four more to make a ful lset.

i had them on with no lift also. i need to go bigger now that i have a lift

vjwag · **Posted:** Tue May 26, 2009 10:27 pm

here is the finished deal, went with the BFG 245/75/16s, some rubbing on both the airdam and inner liner at full turn which I need to cut out. bottom line, the ride is nicer (drove 100+ freeway miles) then the factory, and the lift let me chase the infamous pink jeeps all over the sedona 'secret' trails like Broken Arrow, Soldier's Pass, etc. If anyone wants some scenic trails, these are the best! The tourists were impressed that I had a Liberty up there ('Dad, why can't we get our own Jeep?!?!?'), but many of them were bummed that I was chasing them down... :-)

the guides were actually cool and were giving me pointers on other places to go.

Couple of new clunks to go chase down, but that is part of the game!!! Charleau Gap is next....

How do you put in bigger pictures??[/img]

kingjeep · **Posted:** Tue May 26, 2009 11:14 pm

yes defintily a biger pic and one of it parked so we can see actual hight

superj · **Posted:** Wed May 27, 2009 6:16 pm

looks good to me

finished MY lift, now which tires???

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