need help on finding tires for my liberty

liberty sig · **Joined:** Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:01 pm **Posts:** 1

I have a 06 liberty and im putting a 2.5 sky jacker lift on,, I was told i could run a 265-70-16 on the stock rim some people say go with a 245-75-16 is the best i want a nice tire to fill the wheel well. but not to big there are some rubbing issues, i was told about,, not to sure about the upper ball joints on what size could be put on. thank you for some of your in putt

ramlebliberty · **Posted:** Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:41 pm

you'll need spacers and some trimming, or aftermarket rims and some trimming for the 265/70's

245/75's you could have no trimming on the stock rims, or you may need to pound the pinchwelds.

I ran 245/75's and am now running 265/70's and you can no way run the 265/70's without spacers

KTM87 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:57 pm

Go with 245/75 trust me you be much happy with stock wheels, i was gunna go with 265/70 too but didnt want to run spacers and decided not to purchase rims yet.
:2cents:

irollgen4s · **Posted:** Fri Apr 01, 2011 6:29 am

as much as i love my 265-70's, i would go with 245-75's. the 265s are a pain, now that my lift is settling im getting a bit of rubbing and once a week i have to look around to see what i can cut out. once these are shot im more then likely going to try out 235-85's for some height gain :BANANA:

STINGN · **Posted:** Fri Apr 01, 2011 2:51 pm

irollgen4s wrote:

as much as i love my 265-70's, i would go with 245-75's. the 265s are a pain, now that my lift is settling im getting a bit of rubbing and once a week i have to look around to see what i can cut out. once these are shot im more then likely going to try out 235-85's for some height gain :BANANA:

thats what i was going to look at, the 235-85...but i kinda want the 265-70 for width too :juggle:

tommudd · **Posted:** Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:25 pm

irollgen4s wrote:

as much as i love my 265-70's, i would go with 245-75's. the 265s are a pain, now that my lift is settling im getting a bit of rubbing and once a week i have to look around to see what i can cut out. once these are shot im more then likely going to try out 235-85's for some height gain :BANANA:

height gain and then also have to regear for the taller tires

to the OP go 245-75-16s for no problems,
well some problems if you're using a Skyjacker lift but.....

LibertyCRD · **Posted:** Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:08 pm

You should consider 255/70-16. In my opinion, that size looked a LOT better than the 245/75s I have now. The slight extra width was very noticeable and filled out the wheel wells better, and you don't lose hardly any height at all. Maybe 1/4" at the most. I'd look into that if I were you as another option.

mtnclimbr · **Joined:** Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:36 am **Posts:** 15

LibertyCRD wrote:

You should consider 255/70-16. In my opinion, that size looked a LOT better than the 245/75s I have now. The slight extra width was very noticeable and filled out the wheel wells better, and you don't lose hardly any height at all. Maybe 1/4" at the most. I'd look into that if I were you as another option.

Do I understand that you ran 255/70-16 at some point? With how much lift? Rub compared to 245/75?

Wondering if I should consider this size when (if) I get my Frankenlift. I would like a wider tire and do not want too much diameter since I will not be regearing.

Thanks! :JEEPIN:

tommudd · **Posted:** Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:49 pm

I ran 255-70s way back when and overall a good size, no power/mileage loss to speak of

steve03sport · **Posted:** Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:58 pm

stay away from general grabber a/t 2's they suck... and the customer service blows

vshockey10 · **Joined:** Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:28 am **Posts:** 59

tommudd wrote:

I ran 255-70s way back when and overall a good size, no power/mileage loss to speak of

did you regear for those tires or were you good with stock gearing?

LibertyCRD · **Posted:** Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:39 am

Yes I ran two sets of 255/70-16s, both were Grabber AT2s. (Grabber AT2 is an AWESOME tire by the way).

In my opinion, it's the best size for a lifted KJ. It's wide enough to look decent (245s look like pizza cutters), but it's not so wide that it rubs the ball joints.

The 265s rubbed my ball joints.

The 245s looked like pizza cutters and only give you 1/8" of extra ground clearance. Ask yourself... is 1/8" of ground clearance worth it?? Or would you rather have a better looking tire?

If you want the better looking tire, that still works great offroad, go with 255/70-16. I had 2" of lift and they only rubbed if I steered full lock. Otherwise, the very minimal rubbing in the rear wheel liner wasn't a problem.

mtnclimbr · **Joined:** Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:36 am **Posts:** 15

LibertyCRD wrote:

245s look like pizza cutters

That's what I've always thought. :-)r

vshockey10-
I doubt there is any need to regear with either the 255/70-16 or 245/75-16. To get an estimate of the power loss you need to consider the ratio of the tire diameters. According to one tire calculator (it will depend on brand) - Stock 225/75-16: 29.28" diameter. 245/75: 30.46". 255/70: 30.05". So changing from stock to 245/75 effectively decreases you gear ratio by 3.9% whereas going to 255/70 decreases it by only 2.6%.. You should get more power with a 255/70 than a 245/75.

The general consensus I've seen on the forum is that you should will need to regear for 265/75 or bigger, but others can correct me.

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