33's or 35's?

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Re: 33's or 35's?

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Your tires were 12.5 wide right Ross? I'm thinking about running a sixteen or seventeen inch steel rim with stock center caps. I can get more tires in the right size range. After getting stuck in the snow a couple times I've decided that I will need a more aggressive tire than what I run on the family truck. 285/75r16 in a studable mud terrain or a mud terrain if I move away from the snow this summer.
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If you like 33s, then I would go LT255/85R/16s unless you prefer wide tires (33/10.5/16)
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33/9.5/15s on '83 Sportside at stock height (before I pulled the 360/4 speed)

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Nikkormat wrote:Your tires were 12.5 wide right Ross? I'm thinking about running a sixteen or seventeen inch steel rim with stock center caps. I can get more tires in the right size range. After getting stuck in the snow a couple times I've decided that I will need a more aggressive tire than what I run on the family truck. 285/75r16 in a studable mud terrain or a mud terrain if I move away from the snow this summer.
Yes, they were 33x12.5r15. The rims were 15" diameter x 10" wide. I believe I bought the lift from BJs and it was made by Skyjacker. On my wagoneer and my Scrambler I am doing the same thing you are doing and going to 16" and 17" rims for the different tire size availability.
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Re: 33's or 35's?

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Nikkormat wrote: Thu Dec 17, 2015 12:30 am That's a little more trimming, axle swapping, lifting, and high center of gravity-ing then I'm looking for. :D Image
35's are huge for me anyway. I oogle at the 32 ish tires on the family truck.
I'm trying to find more info on this truck. More specificly the tire size and lift set up they look like 44" tires to me. Any given direction on info or pics about it would be much appreciated.
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73sjcherokee wrote: Wed Mar 17, 2021 10:33 pm
I'm trying to find more info on this truck. More specificly the tire size and lift set up they look like 44" tires to me. Any given direction on info or pics about it would be much appreciated.
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Re: 33's or 35's?

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I will second that, SOA on a GM Dana 60 with RS44044 front springs. 42” iroks
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