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Author:  buccilli15 [ Thu May 17, 2007 7:54 am ]
Post subject:  Cragar Soft 8's wrapped in Grabber AT2
Hi all,

I spent literally 8 hrs. yesterday researching wheel/tire sizing.....I just purchased a 07' Sport 4X4, I have no plans in the immediate future for a lift. However I plan on adding tires/wheels asap. I'm looking for suggestions as far as rubbing/clearance goes with the following combo- General Grabber tires 245-70R16 and Cragar Soft 8's 16x7, 4" backspacing. (This is the only option for backspacing I could find??).

Thanks!
Author:  tjkj2002 [ Thu May 17, 2007 8:26 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Cragar Soft 8's wrapped in Grabber AT2
buccilli15 wrote:
Hi all,

I spent literally 8 hrs. yesterday researching wheel/tire sizing.....I just purchased a 07' Sport 4X4, I have no plans in the immediate future for a lift. However I plan on adding tires/wheels asap. I'm looking for suggestions as far as rubbing/clearance goes with the following combo- General Grabber tires 245-70R16 and Cragar Soft 8's 16x7, 4" backspacing. (This is the only option for backspacing I could find??).

Thanks!
Try discount tires for the rims,Unique steel makes the Crager soft 8's.Just ask for Unique steel rims(Unique style 297,is the soft 8 style) in the 16x7,they have more BS choices,I got the 4.5" BS ones and only paid $50 a rim from discount tire,they do have stock BS I believe also.Worth a shot.
Author:  buccilli15 [ Thu May 17, 2007 9:20 am ]
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Perfect! Have a discount just down the road....Does it sound like the sizing will work without rubbing or any other issues? Assuming I go with a min. 4.5" BS.
Author:  tjkj2002 [ Thu May 17, 2007 9:53 am ]
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buccilli15 wrote:
Perfect! Have a discount just down the road....Does it sound like the sizing will work without rubbing or any other issues? Assuming I go with a min. 4.5" BS.
You might run into some minor rubbing issues in the front running 4.5" BS with 245/70's on a unlifted KJ.Easy to deal with though,may need to pound down the pinch weld(topics in the 4x4 and tech sections cover that) and/or have to slightly bent in the front wheel well liner/trim bottom of bumber,you may or may not need to do any of this.I'm just saying you might due to the factory rims having 5.5" BS.Hope this helps a little.
Author:  buccilli15 [ Thu May 17, 2007 10:58 am ]
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Awesome, I'm going to try and get BS closest to 5".

Thanks again for the help!
Author:  buccilli15 [ Thu May 17, 2007 11:10 am ]
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Looks like I the wheels only come in 4" BS, according to Unique/Crager's website....What are your thoughts if I went down to a smaller tire size (235-70 R16)? Rubbing?
Author:  tjkj2002 [ Thu May 17, 2007 11:19 am ]
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buccilli15 wrote:
Looks like I the wheels only come in 4" BS, according to Unique/Crager's website....What are your thoughts if I went down to a smaller tire size (235-70 R16)? Rubbing?
You may need to go to the store itself,there web sites has always been screwed up and does not list everything.They can get 4.5" or greater BS,they will have to order them but they can get them,the factory offset is 41mm by the way that will help them since they don't list BS at the retail store computers.
Author:  buccilli15 [ Thu May 17, 2007 11:52 am ]
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Probably a dumb question---What would the offset be for a 4.75" or 5" BS?
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