I am looking at replacing those POS Goodyear Wrangler ST 225/75R16 with Cooper Discoverer S/T-C in 245/75R16. Can I run this tire on a stock Liberty Limited CRD without problems? I do plan on putting the OME lift in later this summer/fall, but the tires need to go NOW! The Goodyear is 29.3" tall and 8.8" in section width. The Cooper is 30.5" tall and 9.6" in section width. Not an aweful lot bigger, but will the work without tearing things apart???

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2005 CRD Limited with Select Trac
Bright Silver Metallic
Factory Skid Plates
Factory Towing
Scorpion Trail Stinger chip
"ORM"
RockFather II 2.5" lift
JBA's UCA
Firestone Discoverer M/T, 245/75R16 tires
Spidertrax 1.25" wheel spacers
Rear Sway Bar removed
Samco Hoses
K&N Filter
Yakima rack
Amsoil.

245/70's are max on a un-lifted KJ,you can run the 245/75's but you will have major rub.I'd wait till the lift or just stick with 245/70's.

i hear 35 x 12.5's work great on stock CRD's because they have the tq to turn them.. where us gassers dont.

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2006 Renegade. Completely stock.

That means 40's will work even better.

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Slightly modified Lt. Khaki 3.7 2004 LTD 4X4. Purchased new 8/6/03.
What I don't have....A Mag light mounted to my seat.
Original Old L.O.S.T. #000354

Nick's Pics & Mods click here: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/531173
http://www.survivaltopics.com/forums/

Yeah the CRD will turn them but in the process the fender flares will go flying and the liners melt.

I'd pay to watch that.

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99 TJ
71 C101
04 KJ
03 SFA KJ Sport
LOST JEEPS So-Cal

Go ahead guys make your jokes about the CRD's! I hauled a car trailer, not a car dolly, with a Buick Regal on it, from Hartford Connecticut to Maine with the cruise control set at 75 and got 19 miles to the gallon... I had the trailer and car weighed the next morning and it came in at just over 5500 pounds. I normally run between 25 and 29 MPG highway and 19 to 22 in town. I am running 210 HP and 400 ft # of torque. A gasser couldn't even come close and I do it with only 4 cylinders...

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2005 CRD Limited with Select Trac
Bright Silver Metallic
Factory Skid Plates
Factory Towing
Scorpion Trail Stinger chip
"ORM"
RockFather II 2.5" lift
JBA's UCA
Firestone Discoverer M/T, 245/75R16 tires
Spidertrax 1.25" wheel spacers
Rear Sway Bar removed
Samco Hoses
K&N Filter
Yakima rack
Amsoil.

Easy, happy. None of us gassers make fun of you CRD guys. We're all envious, to say the least. Saying that you could run 40s and have the torque to spin them whilst jammed in the wells sounds like a compliment if I ever heard one.

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2006 Dark Khaki KJ Renegade D
Currently Bone Stock (unless you count a K&N air filter)

2006 Black Toyota Tacoma 4x4 4.0L

Yea, Im envious of failing torques, failing EGR valves, water in my intake when it rains, high diesels prices, clanking of a diesel on a cold morning... Seems like a great choice to me.

Just givin you all a hard time.. We all know the crd's are awesome.

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LOST KJ'S
Where are you going???
Current Jeep: 2004 Jeep Liberty
-Atlantic Blue
-Air Ride Rear Suspension ; OME/Rustys Lift ; Powertrax Locker ; Moog Lower Ball-Joints ; 245/70/16 Yokohama Geolander A/T-S's on MOABS ; Flowmaster 50 SUV
Lost #007082
http://www.cardomain.com/id/jeepjeepster

Except that, in about 37K miles, I have never had a TC failure, EGR failure, or water in my intake/air filter and, since I get compensated for fuel in my semi, I use some of that fuel in my CRD and my cost is less than $1 a gallon. All the while I use my CRD to pull a 300 gallon fuel wagon, smaller grain wagons, drive cattle and check fencelines in some rather rough terrain. And I have busted 31mpg a few times on trips.

Yeah.... it was a great choice! Now that I said all this, the CRD will probably break down!!

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Environmentalist Green + Socialist Red = Facist Brown

2006 Liberty CRD, Frankenlift II, Al's A Arms, Moog LBJ's, GDE tune, Etechno GX3123 Glow plugs, Fumoto drain valve, Elephant hose CCV mod.

I know one thing... I wish the diff was not offset in the CRD so that I could put a 4 inch lift on without the drama and issues associated with that drivers side CV joint. Everything has its plusses and minuses. I would not trade my CRD for the world, but I sure have had to stick some cash into it to get it where it needs to be and while I would do it all over again, I have much more respect for the gasser KJ's than I had when I first test drove the CRD.