what size tires

[jezmond]

hey guys thanks for the info on the new shackles,i bought them at work. with my discount they were 20.00 each! any way with the 4" skyjacker lift, what size tire can i put on my stock 15 inchers? i was ready to buy brigestone desert dulers today for 90.00 per tire. can you guys give me some good advice? thanks again j.martino

[River Beast]

Skyjacker 4" lift will run a 33x12.50 on a stock rim (7-8") but you would need a 3" bodylift to run a 15x10" rim with the 33's.

31's or 32's will work as well with a 10" rim.



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Todd
78 Wagoneer "River Beast"
360/TH400/QT
Dana 44's locked w/ 4.88's
soon to be 38x14.50 TSL- SX Swampers
7" SOA in front-7" Rear Shackle Inversion Mods
4" Skyjacker Softride
3" Trailmaster Bodylift
My FSJ site: http://www.geocities.com/~spazz4life (http://www.geocities.com/~spazz4life)
My E-mail: spazz4life@yahoo.com
"If you can't stop...SMILE as you go under!"

[scotty]

just FYI, a friend of mine has 33x12.5 mud kings on 10 in ch wide aluminum rims.he cannot seem to keep them on! everytime we go 'wheelin he pops a tire off the bead at least once. last weekend he popped off 3-both f/r passenger side at the same time,then the pass side rear again later.

im not real sure if his problem is wheels too wide,wheels are alminum,or simply wheels are of poor design with no real safety bead-kinda like a 16.5 incher. hes the only one of us with aluminum wheels,the rest of us run steelies,and also the rest of us have our tires alittle more pinched than 12.5s on 10 inche wide.

not sure what the prob is,but something to consider anyway.

ur thots?



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scott
85 grand wagoneer
258 with motorcraft 2bbl/904/twin stick dana 300/dana 44/welded amc 20
38x15.5 gumbo mudders
snorkel/dual batteries/onboard air/"custom" convertable
3 inch body lift/mostly stock suspension/"modified" fender openings
custom front/rear bumpers and brushgaurd

possible small block chevy "test" swap in near future

[River Beast]

Scotty,

Good point you bring up... Even though I had 13x12.50's on my 10" rims, I never popped a bead. I ran them as low a 6-8 PSI at any given time. There must be a "safety" feature built in to the bead seat to ensure not to pop a bead when wheelin. I have Eagle 589 15x10's... never had a problem and now going to the same rim in a 12" wide.

Lots of sidewall play while running aired down and just the right I amount of force and pop it loose.... I too had a buddy pop a bead (16.5") and taco the rim..... and HIS SPARE WAS FLAT!!! http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~zeimet/ubb/mad.gif

There are guys out here that actually mount 35x12.50's on 15x14's!!!! http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~zeimet/ubb/eek.gif He lives down the street from me with his "all chrome" 6" lift on a Z-71.... Never goes off pavement....I will coaks him out to the river... one day.......heheheheh.... muhahaha

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Todd
78 Wagoneer "River Beast"
360/TH400/QT
Dana 44's locked w/ 4.88's
soon to be 38x14.50 TSL- SX Swampers
7" SOA in front-7" Rear Shackle Inversion Mods
4" Skyjacker Softride
3" Trailmaster Bodylift
My FSJ site: http://www.geocities.com/~spazz4life (http://www.geocities.com/~spazz4life)
My E-mail: spazz4life@yahoo.com
"If you can't stop...SMILE as you go under!"

[ClarkGriswald]

Z-71's got me thinking bout something. I have two friends that have brand spanking new chevy 4x4's.. They went to the Silver Lake sand dunes, and couldnt go anywhere worth a crap. Thanks automatic traction control ha ha they were worthless (Quit building 4x4's meant to drive on pavement!!!!!! Jerk's!). Anyhow one guy figured out that if you go pull out the fuse for ATC(automatic traction control) then it seemed as though the x-case locked up and they were off and running.. I cant belive that one of the big manufacturers like chevy put that garbage on theyre MAIN staple of 4wheeldrives. Ive always been a chevy fan but have now just lost respect for them. Not to mention all the stupid little tricks like flashing the "dome light override" 4 times to disable the daytime headlights. I can just see it. Ill be yelling to my buddies to follow me thru a mudhole and they will be saying "Wait, just a minute. I just need to turn the key on and off twice and open and close the driver door three times while pumping the brake and turning the radio on and off, this will enable my 4 wheel drive"
God Im happy to have a simple, beefy, real machine.(But I will take the 300 HP Vortec V-8, thats not to shabby)

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88 Grand Wagoneer
D44's front\rear
Warn 20990 Lockouts
AMC 360
TF 727
NP 229 (Funky)
Custom Hacking Via S.P.A. (Standard Polish Archetecture)

[jezmond]

thanks again,i'm gona go with the 31x10.50-15's for now. that is untill i start gettin caried away with this truck!the lift is almost done 1-2 days more can't wait. http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~zeimet/ubb/biggrin.gif tires go on fri.