Bmxer524 wrote:
I honestly don't know if the driveshaft has enough play for an additional say inch or so. Worse case scenario you would need 1. Everything else I could see being ok, maybe extended brake lines. You're in uncharted territory there.
Btw, I was looking at your other posts. You're spinning a 265/75-16. That's a 32" tall tire. Assuming nothing is added to your OME lift and it has 927/731 springs, you're looking at 2.5" of lift. Lots of tire for a small lift. Measure from the center of the hub to the bottom of the flares. It'll tell you exactly where you sit. Might not need to venture into unknown waters when we can get the rear up another inch or so to give some more room.
Not to necro an old thread (but everything around here is old what with how slow the board is) But I'm confused by this. I'm looking at Treadwright Warden tires to replace my existing Cooper Discoverer AT3 in 245x75 r16 on stock rims.
According to Cooper's site, the 245x75x16 tire is 30.51" tall with a tread depth of 16.5/32" Note that my tires are badly worn, and uneven due to thrashing my alignment while wheeling.
According to Treadwright the Warden in the same size as my Coopers is 30.7", and the Warden in 265x75x16 is 31.25" tall. Note that both tire sizes sport 16/32" tread depth.
Based on this, it seems that you are drastically overestimating the tire size.
Just to give an example:
Here is my KK from about 2 years ago the day before I got my lift installed (still stock in the picture)
Here is it right after the lift was installed (OME lift with Gas HD front springs and HD rear springs with JBA top plates)
And here it is recently, after an ATH front bumper and a 12000lbs winch installed on the front. (tires aired down to 20lbs for wheeling)
As you can see I have plenty of room under there, and could easily fit a 31" tire, maybe even a 32.
Other than regearing (assuming that is necessary for a less than 32" tire) why not go for 265x75x16?