Can you put a wider series tire on stock rims?

csukoh78 · **Joined:** Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:34 pm **Posts:** 501

Silly question, I know, but I have the stock 17 freedom wheels, and the 235 stockers seem too narrow to me. Can I go up to a 245-265 on stock rims? Does tread width mean the tire will stick out further on the sides?

Big D · **Joined:** Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:08 pm **Posts:** 349

If you stay with the same rim a wider tire will stick out slightly more. A 245 will roughly be wider by 10mm. So that's 5mm per side. A 265 will be 15 mm wider per side.

I'm pretty sure that if you look around the forum you'll notice that if you go to a 265 you will need to do a lot of trimming.

csukoh78 · **Joined:** Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:34 pm **Posts:** 501

yeah, I know. I put on my moab/mtr and they hit the pinch weld and the front.

Id like a beefier tire, I just want to know if treadwidth will prohibit the placement on a stock rim

snowsport · **Joined:** Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:52 pm **Posts:** 1211

245/65-R17 tires have a rim width range of 7-8.5"

Check it out:
http://www.1010tires.com/tech.asp

csukoh78 · **Joined:** Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:34 pm **Posts:** 501

wow cool site thanks

hyedipin · **Joined:** Thu May 11, 2006 10:20 am **Posts:** 1667

it will rub at full turn, also inner sidewall will be too close to the arms with 245. A few people run it on stock, some modified slightly, while others run fine without any modifications. 265 will probably not work at all.

csukoh78 · **Joined:** Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:34 pm **Posts:** 501

hyedipin wrote:

it will rub at full turn, also inner sidewall will be too close to the arms with 245. A few people run it on stock, some modified slightly, while others run fine without any modifications. 265 will probably not work at all.

Even with a 2.5 inch Rusty's coil lift?

Skipperb · **Posted:** Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:01 am

265/75/16
Yes even with 2.5 lifts there is still a rub at full turn
I have used spacers and stop the rub at full turn .but you start to get into rub at full stuff on back.

hyedipin · **Joined:** Thu May 11, 2006 10:20 am **Posts:** 1667

Yep, lift won't stop rubbing on the inside. Spacers will but you really don't need to go wider unless you got rims that stick out with higher offset/backspacing,etc.. then that's not great for offroad.

Can you put a wider series tire on stock rims?

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