Gstang117

Whats the biggest size tire you can run on a stock cherokee? I'm looking at buying a set for my brother (his birthday is coming up soon) and was wondering what would fit under it. It has no lift kit and the fenders haven't been cut. The most major thing that's been done to it is a set of fog lights.
If it matters it an 87 pioneer. Has a 44 rear end and a 35 front(?)

plotski999

You'll probably get a lot of people telling you to do a search because this has gone over a million times, BUT....the answer is 235/75/15 for full stuffing without rubbing, and 30/9.5/15 with no/minimal rubbing depending on how aged that 24 year old suspension is

subi_stout

Thats mighty nice of you to NOT tell him to search. that **** gets annoying.

Gstang117

Plotski: Thank you for the info.
Subi: I searched google for the answer and came up with several different opinions.

subi_stout

Im glad you asked. I was going to as well but feared the remarks from most. Im puttin 31's on tomorrow. busting out the sawzaw!!

Gstang117

Good luck, I've got 33's with a 3 inch lift. Wanna go bigger but too scared to cut my fenders xD

subi_stout

If this wasnt my winter rat while my nice car is in a warm garage. I would be scared too. My attitude lately has been F*** it. Soo....

trans_am7935

yea you could stuff some 31's under it with fender triming. or you could buy him a spacer and shackle (2 inches) lift with some 31's and they will fit. it would be under 100 bucks for the budget lift, and you can use all stock components with it, including shocks

explorebc4x4

After some minor trimming and installing bushwhacker flat style flares, I'm currently running 33x12.5 r15 pro comp xterrains with very minimal rubbing at full steering crank. And I have no lift yet ( it's in the mail ) I am however running 3.75" backspaced wheels.

BigBear

Just a question, I bought my Jeep and the PO said it has a 6" lift, it has 32"x11.5

What is the biggest I can tuck in there without rubbing, it already had the fenders cut out. It also looked like there was rub marks on the control arms already.

andyg

This makes me want to go 31's and trim if I have to and get rims like that. I don't want to get a lift but if I can get 31's in there that would be great. I do need to maybe add a leaf to the rears as the back is very mildly lower than the front, or I could be lazy and cheap and get air shocks. Lol it needs rear shocks anyways? (just kidding.. maybe)

K2dark_xj

you could do a BB and get 1.5" coil spacer and a 2" shackle to make up for rear sag and to overall boost the ride enough to stuff 31's with 3.75 or less backspaced wheels.

toebee97

I ran 31x10.50s on stock steel rims with no lift, absolutely nothing trimmed, the only thing they rubbed was the LCA when I cranked the wheel too tight.

En.Ki

31's will rub LCA's for sure with out proper backspacing.

andyg

So 30's should be fine on the lca's as they are only 9.5. For 31x10.5's, is 3.75 backspacking fine or should I go for 3.5? 3.5 would make the tires stick out a bit more which would look nice as well.