weird tire thoughts

02kjblue · **Joined:** Sun Sep 15, 2013 12:38 pm **Posts:** 16

okay now im new here but been looking around and gathering info pretty much .. the issue is that when my liberty was stock i had 245/75 tires no rubbing with the pinch pounded down. Now im on a 1" spacer lift and have 265/75 allterrain bfgoodrich tires with no rubbing at all and im thinking of adding up an inch and spike my tires up to 285/75. now what i read on the forum that 265/75 bearly fit on a 3' lift and you guys say that you need a 6" lift to put on 33"tires now from my comparison of what you say and what ive tested 285/75 must fit on a 2'" or a 3" lift .. i want any help regarding why this is going on with e this huge difference in tire clearance ..

tommudd · **Posted:** Sun Mar 02, 2014 12:49 pm

NO way are you going to fit a 285-75-16 ( 33) on a two inch lift or even 3 inch
Just not going to happen period, unless you chop up the inner body structure and make the KJ unsafe.
wildman has a 3.5 inch lift and tried 33s, had to cut / hack etc and still not that much room
Lifted enough of them to know what fits and what doesn't
You may have been able to fit 245-75s in there but had little room and could only drive down the street.
PLUS to run 32s/33s you'll also need to regear to at least 4.10s preferably 4.56s
John3:17 came in with worn 245-75-16s on his when we did his lift ( silver one, mines the black one with 32s over 4 inches of lift)
Before pics

after pics with 3.5 inch lift / 245-75-16s

wildmans after cutting/hacking/bending/prying with 3.5 inches of lift and 33s

and then there is no way to stuff a 33 up in without more lift
heres mine with 32s and stuffed right after installing them and seeing how much rear bumpstop would be needed

02kjblue · **Joined:** Sun Sep 15, 2013 12:38 pm **Posts:** 16

i get what your telling me tom .. i have now a 32" tire with a 1" spacer lift and 2 hockey pucks as a bumpstop in the rear i have no rubbing at all and i checked that the springs i have are stock .. it just pisses me off :JEEPIN:

tommudd · **Posted:** Sun Mar 02, 2014 2:43 pm

OK whatever you say you have
but experience and lifting a ton of these I know there wouldn't be any room
plus power and mileage are crap, thats just the facts

pictures and measurements of middle of the wheel to bottom of the flare are needed

02kjblue · **Joined:** Sun Sep 15, 2013 12:38 pm **Posts:** 16

im not doubting your expertise at all here .. ill put up pictures as soon as i get from the dealership i nroke my transmission on the trail ... and for speed and millage its pretty poor and slow im planning on regearing in the near future i hope ... heres the jeep wth 245/75 no lift at all stock ..[img]file:///Users/josephabouyaghi/Pictures/iPhoto%20Library.photolibrary/Masters/2014/02/27/20140227-015847/20130929_172843.jpg/img]
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02kjblue · **Joined:** Sun Sep 15, 2013 12:38 pm **Posts:** 16

im not knowing how to post up pictures it isnt working :banghead:

02kjblue · **Joined:** Sun Sep 15, 2013 12:38 pm **Posts:** 16

http://s1371.photobucket.com/user/josep ... 0.jpg.html

http://s1371.photobucket.com/user/josep ... d.jpg.html

Tom if you may head on to these links i have the pics posted their didn't work any other way.

tommudd · **Posted:** Sun Mar 02, 2014 4:47 pm

scout · **Posted:** Sun Mar 02, 2014 5:34 pm

I have 265s on my rig and everytime I take it out on a run my rear tire gets stuffed. My rear flare almost gets ripped off and I have 3 inches of lift. I would love to go bigger but I know I would need to lift it much more.

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 02, 2014 7:29 pm

Yeah to run 265/75's your going to need more then 1" of lift,been there and done that.Heck I put half worn 245/75 MT/R's(stock rims) on my KJ with 3 miles on it(pre-lowered '02) and they rubbed.

Want 285/75's your going to have to do major surgery or 6" of lift.

tommudd · **Posted:** Sun Mar 02, 2014 8:27 pm

tjkj2002 wrote:

Yeah to run 265/75's your going to need more then 1" of lift,been there and done that.Heck I put half worn 245/75 MT/R's(stock rims) on my KJ with 3 miles on it(pre-lowered '02) and they rubbed.

Want 285/75's your going to have to do major surgery or 6" of lift.

Thanks
I was starting to believe I was wrong :shock:

Pararig · **Joined:** Thu Jan 23, 2014 7:40 pm **Posts:** 65

I have 31 inch tires on mine, I tired to go up to a 33 and it wouldn't fit

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Pararig · **Joined:** Thu Jan 23, 2014 7:40 pm **Posts:** 65

Here is better picture, like I said I tried the 33'S and no luck

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scout · **Posted:** Sun Mar 02, 2014 11:55 pm

Pararig wrote:

I have 31 inch tires on mine, I tired to go up to a 33 and it wouldn't fit

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Do you have a picture of that right rear tire? I bet its stuffed up in the wheel well. I think if you post that picture it will help show what everyone is talking ablout.

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2014 12:06 am

265/75R16's(31.9" tall) on 16x7 rim with 4" back spacing with 3.75" lift..................

LR fully stuffed.....................

Lot's of work to get 35" tires to stuff nicely.....................

scout · **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2014 12:11 am

tjkj2002 wrote:

265/75R16's(31.9" tall) on 16x7 rim with 4" back spacing with 3.75" lift..................

LR fully stuffed.....................

Lot's of work to get 35" tires to stuff nicely.....................

Show off lol

Pararig · **Joined:** Thu Jan 23, 2014 7:40 pm **Posts:** 65

That's a good looking rig, I wish I was out west in the mountains

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02kjblue · **Joined:** Sun Sep 15, 2013 12:38 pm **Posts:** 16

well you guys got me convinced im gunna post pictures next week on the 265/75 on a 2inch lift im getting with the aev jk savegre wheels if they fit i bet they would look pretty sexy and for the 285/75 im just going to give it a try and ill post a picture as well

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2014 7:57 pm

02kjblue wrote:

well you guys got me convinced im gunna post pictures next week on the 265/75 on a 2inch lift im getting with the aev jk savegre wheels if they fit i bet they would look pretty sexy and for the 285/75 im just going to give it a try and ill post a picture as well

Yeah that is a rubbing nightmare waiting to happen since you will have to run spacers to change the bolt pattern and most likely those rims are 8"+ wide.You'd rub running 245/75's on a 2" lift with those rims and spacers.

02kjblue · **Joined:** Sun Sep 15, 2013 12:38 pm **Posts:** 16

haha why is it so complicated :dead:

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