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Old 03-31-2010, 04:58 PM
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I have 30''x9.50'' tires and I'm about to buy new wheels. I was wondering if its possible to run a 9.5'' tire on a 10'' rim in stead of an 8"? I am upgrading to 33''x13.50'' when these tires wear out, but I really don't want to buy new rims twice. Advice please
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Run them on the rims you got and buy new ones later with the new tires.
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I could, but I have an opportunity to have my mom buy them for me right now. I guess I could just get them, then just not use them until I get new tires. But is there anything wrong with putting a 9.5" tire on a 10" rim?
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no it just stretches the side wall it will look alil bubbly but its fine i work at discount tire and people have us put skinny tires on wide wheels all the time
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Get the wheels but I have 31 10.50s on 8 inch wide wheels and would not put them on 10 inch wide wheels. I have seen them on 10s and they just don't look right. If you are getting 33s you might as well just save the wheels until you get the tires.
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Ok. So they will be able to be mounted, but they might look a little weird. I think I'll get them mounted and see what they look like. If I like the way it looks I'll leave them on, but if I don't I'll just put them back on my stock wheels. Good thing I can get my tires mounted and unmounted as many times as I want for free lol
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