First Post, and yes, it's a tire/wheel question!
03-12-2012, 07:59 PM
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First Post, and yes, it's a tire/wheel question!
Greetings all - I have a 2007 Sahara Unlimited 4-Door in Steel Blue.
Went on my first trail ride with the local jeep club last weekend and shredded a sidewall. This accelerated my timeline for upgrading the stock tires and rims.
I am going to go to a smaller rim to get more tire than the stock 18" will allow.
So far, I have the Teraflex leveling kit on, which raises the front 2" and the back 1". Per their specs, this would allow me to run as high as 34" tire.
I got a good deal on some 16x8 Procomp 7069 rims with 4" backspacing.
Will I have any issues with rubbing or sticking out way too far if I go with a 305/70R16? According to the tire size calculators, this tire will be 2" wider and .76" taller than my stock 255/70/18s. But I'll have just 4" of backspacing vs the stock 6" (if I recall correctly). I have replaced the stock bumper with a dual tube from rugged ridge and the stock air dam is no longer there.
My first trail ride was a white-knuckle, jackhammer-heartbeating time. I'm ready to try it again...with better tires!
Went on my first trail ride with the local jeep club last weekend and shredded a sidewall. This accelerated my timeline for upgrading the stock tires and rims.
I am going to go to a smaller rim to get more tire than the stock 18" will allow.
So far, I have the Teraflex leveling kit on, which raises the front 2" and the back 1". Per their specs, this would allow me to run as high as 34" tire.
I got a good deal on some 16x8 Procomp 7069 rims with 4" backspacing.
Will I have any issues with rubbing or sticking out way too far if I go with a 305/70R16? According to the tire size calculators, this tire will be 2" wider and .76" taller than my stock 255/70/18s. But I'll have just 4" of backspacing vs the stock 6" (if I recall correctly). I have replaced the stock bumper with a dual tube from rugged ridge and the stock air dam is no longer there.
My first trail ride was a white-knuckle, jackhammer-heartbeating time. I'm ready to try it again...with better tires!
Last edited by 67alecto; 03-12-2012 at 08:10 PM.
03-12-2012, 08:11 PM
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JK Super Freak
You should be ok. I only had rubbing on the air duct in the front while on the street and rubbing in the rear flares when flexing offroad. Cut flares and got new bumpers and now I don't rub a all.
