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Can you put a wider series tire on stock rims?
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Author:  csukoh78 [ Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:32 am ]
Post subject:  Can you put a wider series tire on stock rims?
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?
Author:  Big D [ Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:08 am ]
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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.
Author:  csukoh78 [ Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:22 am ]
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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
Author:  snowsport [ Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:06 pm ]
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245/65-R17 tires have a rim width range of 7-8.5"

Check it out:
http://www.1010tires.com/tech.asp
Author:  csukoh78 [ Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:35 pm ]
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wow cool site thanks
Author:  hyedipin [ Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:42 pm ]
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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.
Author:  csukoh78 [ Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:44 pm ]
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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?
Author:  Skipperb [ Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:01 am ]
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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.
Author:  hyedipin [ Wed Jun 20, 2007 9:15 am ]
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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.
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