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1250" tire fit on a 7" wheel?
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Author:  ohv_kj [ Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:24 pm ]
Post subject:  1250" tire fit on a 7" wheel?
had this question for a while had lots of different answers you tell me... :idea:
Author:  InCommando [ Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:27 pm ]
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Conventional Wisdom says that the 12.50 should go on at least a 8" wide wheel, even if the manufacturer will tell you that they have to go on a rim that is at least 8.5" wide. It seems that many 12.5" tires are measured on 10" rims.

Some people from another board with much more experience than I have have told me that 8" is the narrowest for a true 12.5" tire. Any narrower would cause poor wear, if nothing else. It looks like the tire would wear the center out.

I'd also check the specs of any tire I wanted to run to see its actual specs. There is a lot of variance in tires that are supposedly the same size. You could also run the metric version, which is generally narrower. The 285/75/r16's on my '79 are 33" tall, but only about 11.5" wide.
Author:  tommudd [ Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:40 pm ]
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most will say 10 inch but you could get by with 8s on some of them
Author:  tjkj2002 [ Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:27 am ]
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You will need a 8" rim at least.A 12.50" tire will work best if offroading on a 8" rim and hold the bead better if aired down.

I have a set of 35x13.50's mounted on 15x8 rims waiting to go on my KJ.
Author:  ohv_kj [ Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:07 pm ]
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that's was my next question...a 1350 on a 8"...i have some 15x8 buy i want to get some cheap rollars...i know someone who is selling some and thought about getting them?
Author:  tjkj2002 [ Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:47 pm ]
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ohv_kj wrote:
that's was my next question...a 1350 on a 8"...i have some 15x8 buy i want to get some cheap rollars...i know someone who is selling some and thought about getting them?
35X13.50R15 Toyo Open Country MT's mounted on 15x8 Unique Steel seris 297 rims..............
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Looks good and I'll be able to air way down on the trails with the 8" rim,but most steel 15x8 rims actually measure closer to 8.5" if not 9".
Author:  ohv_kj [ Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:56 pm ]
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ok good...sounds like a plan...after i upgrade axles i want to go with a 34, maybe, depending on flex
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