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 Post subject: KK Tire Change 265/60r18
PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2018 5:01 pm 
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I would like to put new tires on my 08 Jeep Liberty Limited. Currently it has 235/60r18 on it. I have put a Rough Country 2.5 lift on and now want to put 265/60r18 tires on the stock rims. Will they fit without modificaction? Will I need to put wheel spacers on to have clearance on the backside of the tire.If so what size of spacer/adapters would I need. Thank you for the info on this topic. I am new to Jeeps but I love :JEEPIN: my Liberty.


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 Post subject: Re: KK Tire Change 265/60r18
PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2018 6:12 pm 
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According to TireSize.com:
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265/60R18 tires have a diameter of 30.5", a section width of 10.4", and a wheel diameter of 18". The circumference is 95.8" and they have 661 revolutions per mile.
Generally they are approved to be mounted on 7.5-9.5" wide wheels.


2 things...

Lift: If you actually got 2.5” of Lift you can fit 30.5” diameter tires. You may have some minor rubbing on the pinch welds. If so, follow these directions to pound them over. (Do NOT cut them off.) http://www.jeepkj.com/forum/f202/how-pound-pinch-welds-stop-fender-rubbing-34295/
Only problem is, with the RC Lift the springs may sag within the next year or two and you may get additional rubbing. I that happens, upgrade to an OME or JBA full spring lift. It will perform much better.

Tire Size: 265/60r18 is a 30.5 inch tire, which is the maximum diameter you can run without regearing your differentials to 4.10 or 4.56 (stock is 3.73). You will notice a loss of power and gas mileage with this size. In terms of width, the stock rims are not wide enough at 7” (at least on the 16” rims... check your 18” rim width.) An 8” wide rim with 5” of backspacing would probably be enough to run those tires, but if you don’t want the additional expense of new rims, but you like the tire size, keep the same height but get a narrower size. Good quality wheel spacers like Spidertrax are almost as expensive as some new rims, plus they require regular re-tightening of 2x as many lug nuts to be safe.

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 Post subject: Re: KK Tire Change 265/60r18
PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2018 9:43 pm 
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^^^^^^This , I highly doubt you have enough lift with that spacer lift, worst lift around of a KJ/KK
Measure left front , middle of wheel to bottom of flare and report back before I say anything else

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 Post subject: Re: KK Tire Change 265/60r18
PostPosted: Wed Oct 24, 2018 11:30 am 
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Tommudd and lfhoward, Thank you for the response to my question. The current distance between the top of the tire to the fenderskirt is: outertire to fender is 7 inches. middle of tire to inner fender is 7.5 inches. the inner side of tire to inner fender is 7 inches. Took some pics of the clearance will try to get them posted. ?????


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 Post subject: Re: KK Tire Change 265/60r18
PostPosted: Wed Oct 24, 2018 11:48 am 
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Measure per above. You should be ~20.5" give or take. If you do have that room, I would recommend a 255/60R18 size for the stock 7" rim. Folks have squeezed on a 265/60R18, but as stated, most of the tire mfg's recommend a 7.5 to 9.5 wide rim. Tire choices in 18" are less than for a 16", but there's still plenty to choose from.

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 Post subject: Re: KK Tire Change 265/60r18
PostPosted: Wed Oct 24, 2018 12:05 pm 
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I'm running a 265/65/18 (31.6 diameter) on the Rough Country 2.5" lift, and it's a tight fit, but it fit's with only minor rubbing on the plastics after folding the pinch weld over. Definitely needs a re-gear, there's a noticeable loss of power, but it works for now.

Plan is to go 4.56 and Lokka locker in the rear soon,

Go get the teraflex extended bumpstops from JeepinByAl, otherwise the shocks bottom out over large bumps and dips in the road. He has a better price on his website than Teraflex has over the phone

Here are some photos

https://photos.app.goo.gl/P7SJ1zQZ3sirjVNJ6


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 Post subject: Re: KK Tire Change 265/60r18
PostPosted: Wed Oct 24, 2018 7:26 pm 
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B.T.O. wrote:
Tommudd and lfhoward, Thank you for the response to my question. The current distance between the top of the tire to the fenderskirt is: outertire to fender is 7 inches. middle of tire to inner fender is 7.5 inches. the inner side of tire to inner fender is 7 inches. Took some pics of the clearance will try to get them posted. ?????



Does not tell us a darn thing at all
MIDDLE OF WHEEL ON THE LEFT FRONT UP TO THE BOTTOM OF THE FLARE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLEASE READ AT LEAST 5 TIMES AND GO OUT AND THEN MEASURE

Now that you have done that exactly as I posted we can then tell you what is next

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 Post subject: Re: KK Tire Change 265/60r18
PostPosted: Wed Oct 24, 2018 7:26 pm 
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B.T.O. wrote:
Tommudd and lfhoward, Thank you for the response to my question. The current distance between the top of the tire to the fenderskirt is: outertire to fender is 7 inches. middle of tire to inner fender is 7.5 inches. the inner side of tire to inner fender is 7 inches. Took some pics of the clearance will try to get them posted. ?????



Does not tell us a darn thing at all
MIDDLE OF WHEEL ON THE LEFT FRONT UP TO THE BOTTOM OF THE FLARE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLEASE READ AT LEAST 5 TIMES AND GO OUT AND THEN MEASURE

Now that you have done that exactly as I posted we can then tell you what is next

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 Post subject: Re: KK Tire Change 265/60r18
PostPosted: Wed Oct 24, 2018 7:29 pm 
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rotary_powered wrote:
I'm running a 265/65/18 (31.6 diameter) on the Rough Country 2.5" lift, and it's a tight fit, but it fit's with only minor rubbing on the plastics after folding the pinch weld over. Definitely needs a re-gear, there's a noticeable loss of power, but it works for now.

Plan is to go 4.56 and Lokka locker in the rear soon,

Go get the teraflex extended bumpstops from JeepinByAl, otherwise the shocks bottom out over large bumps and dips in the road. He has a better price on his website than Teraflex has over the phone

Here are some photos

https://photos.app.goo.gl/P7SJ1zQZ3sirjVNJ6


That tall of a tire needs 4 inches of full spring lift to properly run it, plus yes 4.56 gearing, but a Lokka locker ? Come on now

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 Post subject: Re: KK Tire Change 265/60r18
PostPosted: Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:12 am 
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Tommyboy, the distance from the center to my fenderskirt is 21 inches. Thank you for your imput.


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 Post subject: Re: KK Tire Change 265/60r18
PostPosted: Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:10 pm 
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B.T.O. wrote:
Tommyboy, the distance from the center to my fenderskirt is 21 inches. Thank you for your imput.


Since you are not talking to me you do of course have 3 inches of lift,but depends on what size you are wanting to run now
Bent, Turkey Ohhhh

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 Post subject: Re: KK Tire Change 265/60r18
PostPosted: Fri Oct 26, 2018 5:52 am 
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All I did was ask a question . You had to insault me because I did not understand how to measure what you wanted. You are a moderator and a life time member of this blog? Nice Tom, if this is how you treat people new to this site and to the " Jeep Lifestyle ". Wow, sorry for you.


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 Post subject: Re: KK Tire Change 265/60r18
PostPosted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 8:42 am 
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rotary_powered wrote:
I'm running a 265/65/18 (31.6 diameter) on the Rough Country 2.5" lift, and it's a tight fit, but it fit's with only minor rubbing on the plastics after folding the pinch weld over. Definitely needs a re-gear, there's a noticeable loss of power, but it works for now.

Plan is to go 4.56 and Lokka locker in the rear soon,

Go get the teraflex extended bumpstops from JeepinByAl, otherwise the shocks bottom out over large bumps and dips in the road. He has a better price on his website than Teraflex has over the phone

Here are some photos

https://photos.app.goo.gl/P7SJ1zQZ3sirjVNJ6



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