Success! 215/85R16s fit well

jeep4life7 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 14, 2011 11:29 pm

blackwidowkj06 wrote:

jeep4life7 wrote:

unlifted folks that are hating on lifts....well....your just jelly!!! ha!!! the only people that dont like lifts are old cranky women!!! Just admit it you wish ur jeep was hot like mine!! WINNER!!!! :mrgreen:

NOT THIS WOMAN!!! She's 80yrs old and has a lifted KJ with all the goodies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XrmrggoEnk

HELLLLLL YEAHHHH!! thats pretty dang awesome! :JEEPIN:

that makes me happy

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 14, 2011 11:43 pm

i was just joshin around tryin to find a definitive answer for what makes a grocery getter

here's how i've seen it over the years

square headlights = grocery getter
IFS = grocery getter
no 4low = grocery getter
"if it's not like mine" = grocery getter
"if it's not what I personally like" = grocery getter

you can see where the line gets fuzzy.. somewhere between the O and N of OpinioN

liquidxit2 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 10:26 am

I guess next time Im heading up a rocky muddy pass to the camp site or yanking a vehicle from a ditch in a blizzard Ill stop what Im doing and head to the market to get groceries. Silly jeep thinking it was meant for more then bringing bags of food home from the store. :-)r

liquidxit2 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 10:27 am

JeepinJarhead03 wrote:

i was just joshin around tryin to find a definitive answer for what makes a grocery getter

here's how i've seen it over the years

square headlights = grocery getter
IFS = grocery getter
no 4low = grocery getter
"if it's not like mine" = grocery getter
"if it's not what I personally like" = grocery getter

you can see where the line gets fuzzy.. somewhere between the O and N of OpinioN

Im taking that line! Priceless. :BANANA:

surfRenegade · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:26 pm

first time ive seen someone with a jeep want a narrower profile tire

Looks silly to me but whatever makes u happy bro.

surfRenegade · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:35 pm

Also, have you guys running these tires ever loaded the vehicle with cargo? Id think any heavy loads and your gonna be rubbing those fender liners right out

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:51 pm

lots of ppl run a narrower tire, it's the flip side of wide tire flotation, narrow track pressure traction, some feller whos a real big deal swears by it

lot of ice tires are narrow and tall, as well as tractor tires made for high/deep bite rather than flotation bite are narrow

Voyager · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:52 pm

liquidxit2 wrote:

Silly jeep thinking it was meant for more then bringing bags of food home from the store. :-)r

That's what my wife thinks....

brettacuff · **Posted:** Sun Aug 21, 2011 5:17 pm

jeep4life7 wrote:

blackwidowkj06 wrote:

jeep4life7 wrote:

unlifted folks that are hating on lifts....well....your just jelly!!! ha!!! the only people that dont like lifts are old cranky women!!! Just admit it you wish ur jeep was hot like mine!! WINNER!!!! :mrgreen:

NOT THIS WOMAN!!! She's 80yrs old and has a lifted KJ with all the goodies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XrmrggoEnk

HELLLLLL YEAHHHH!! thats pretty dang awesome! :JEEPIN:

that makes me happy

I wish that was my grandma! She's awesome.

As far as grocery getters go... Mine sure as heck isn't a grocery getter it only gets driven 1 or 2 days per week. That's what the 94 Ranger is for.

iMTB · **Joined:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:27 pm **Posts:** 273

surfRenegade wrote:

Also, have you guys running these tires ever loaded the vehicle with cargo? Id think any heavy loads and your gonna be rubbing those fender liners right out

Filled my Jeep with all this stuff for a friend.

Never off roaded with it that full though.

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:09 pm

narrow tire is good for snow... annnnnnnd... gas milage?

i'd never lift my jeep. ugly ugly ugly

arengant · **Posted:** Mon Aug 22, 2011 8:07 pm

2006 KJ wrote:

narrow tire is good for snow... annnnnnnd... gas milage?

But wouldn't the extra weight for going to E load MORE than offset the contact patch?

iMTB · **Joined:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:27 pm **Posts:** 273

I get 18.5. Not the best I've heard, but not bad.

blackwidowkj06 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:11 pm

My Liberty is a grocery getter, but has been off-roading. Does this disqualify it as a mall crawler?
I have deep scratches for proof! :mrgreen:

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:31 pm

arengant wrote:

2006 KJ wrote:

narrow tire is good for snow... annnnnnnd... gas milage?

But wouldn't the extra weight for going to E load MORE than offset the contact patch?

Yes.

And the handling will suffer greatly also,even in a load range "E".Also braking will suffer so not the best choice.

iMTB · **Joined:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:27 pm **Posts:** 273

tjkj2002 wrote:

arengant wrote:

2006 KJ wrote:

narrow tire is good for snow... annnnnnnd... gas milage?

But wouldn't the extra weight for going to E load MORE than offset the contact patch?

Yes.

And the handling will suffer greatly also,even in a load range "E".Also braking will suffer so not the best choice.

Yeah?
Stock 225/75: section width: 8.8 tread width: 6 Height: 29.3
215/85 duratrac: section width: 8.5 tread width: 7 height: 30.4

How could that possibly make handling and braking suffer greatly? I have noticed no difference. If there tires were not good, I would not tell people to get them, and I would get 245/70s.

iMTB · **Joined:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:27 pm **Posts:** 273

Look fine to me:

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:46 am

^^^^^^^^ looks nice :JEEPIN:

must be the choice of tire.

Boomerang · **Joined:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 7:46 pm **Posts:** 184

LOL

Whats funny is that Jeeps are pretty much meant to be lifted. Sounds like this guy has an unjustified chip on his shoulder. Good luck with all that

Topan · **Posted:** Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:48 am

i thought i would put of ol onthe fire since i was passing by.
I actually build a small xls table which gives you the exact diameter and radius and moreover the "offset" of a tire.
I think that the offset is the dimension that really tells if a tires will rub or not... :banghead:

i defined the offset by the diagonal , blue line on the drawing that reperesent a view of the tires from the front (or rear)

As you see, a 215-85 R16 has the same offest that stock tires ==> No rubbing
But it is 0.7 inch (1.8 cm) higher in radius ==> 0.7 inch lift....

...but you know what? i still think the option of ridding on high and narrow tires (to avoid the rubbing) is ...crap....stability must be bad and if the tire is slightly soft....then it is even worst.... :jester:

I am pretty sure that people racing invented low cut tires for a reason... :seuss:

by the way, let me know if i can put the xls document on the site. it is quite usefull. i will make an inch version for you guys..

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