tire size

steve03sport · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2011 9:14 pm

ok i know 245 75 16 is the tire size everyone says to run but...... will 255 or 265 really be that bad? what would be the down side? please go into detail for me

LibertyCRD · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2011 9:52 pm

245/75 = maximum height you can run without major trimming. downside is they are narrow and look goofy as he*l.

255/70 = wide enough to look great without major trimming. downside is they are *slightly* shorter tires.

265/70 = same height as 245/75, but with the added width to look great under the jeep. downside is they rub the upper control arms near the ball joint, they rub the rear inner fender lining, and they may require trimming.

I have used all of these sizes on factory alloy wheels with no spacers to come up with this info. This obviously assumes you are lifted.

steve03sport · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 6:32 am

yes frankyII and moab wheels. id like to get as tall and wide of a tire as i can without major trimming. what about performance?

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 8:39 am

as tall and wide, go 265-70-16s then, won't loose much power, ride well, and look good on the MOABS! I ran that size for a while and they looked good

liquidxit2 · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 10:15 am

How about on soft 8s? They look to have the same offset.

LibertyCRD · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 2:09 pm

With MOABs you are going to rub worse because they are wider wheels and they stick out farther too. So if you don't want to do major trimming I would NOT recommend 265/70s on those. I'd stick with 255/70 or maybe even 255/65 if you find that you still rub pretty bad.

tommudd · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2011 7:59 am

Moabs have the same backspacing as stock, so you do have an inch more sticking out, but a lot of people run a 4 inch back spaced Soft 8 wheel 7 inches wide which is about the same thing. Only problem I ever had was with the rear hitting the flares when stuffed and that was taken care of with more bumpstop

LibertyCRD · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2011 9:04 am

not really. MOABs are 5.0" BS, stock is always 5.5" BS. So you have the 1" extra width, plus .5" more sticking out. They'll rub like he** on the average lifted KJ with 265s.

Not to mention MOABs are 28 lbs each...which is 10 lbs more than stock PER WHEEL. :shock:

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