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Year: 1988
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So my cherokee has 7" wide wheels, and I have gotten mixed reviews for 31" tires to fit on them. Guy over at Big O told me that I could get up to about 33 no problem, and discount told me that 31 would definitely be pushing it. What kind of experience do you guys have? Or should I just get new wheels that are 8" wide?
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10.5 inch wide tire will fit just fine, 12.5 is pushing it. TIre height has nothing to do with it fitting on the rim. If you had a 37x10.5 it would fit on a stock rim..
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I have 31/10.5's on my stock rims, i don't know how wide my rims are though. Only issue i have is i can't turn very sharp anymore, as the insides of the tires will rub on the control arms. Easy fix, with wheel spacers or get different rims.
Not a very good picture, since it is actually from an oil filter change but you can kinda see how much space i have. I can get a better picutre if you want, just my Jeep is in the shop right now getting it's tranny checked out.
Not a very good picture, since it is actually from an oil filter change but you can kinda see how much space i have. I can get a better picutre if you want, just my Jeep is in the shop right now getting it's tranny checked out.
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I wouldn't go bigger than 10.5s which sucks cause it just adds to the costs for when I want to lift mine higher in the future!
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I've known people to wheel their Jeeps hard on 7" wide wheels with 33/12.5/15 meats. I have yet to see any ill effects. That's not to say I agree with it...at all...but I have no personal experience to say it won't work. Personally, I wouldn't touch anything over a 10.5" wide tire on a 7" wheel.
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Year: 2001
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Also, 12.5 inch wheels will not fit on stock backspacing..They will rub your leaf springs. Only STOCK jeep wheels that will fit 12.5s and not rub leafs are canyons
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Thank you very much. This has been extremely helpful. Now i just have to get my jeep up to parents and actually install the lift, measure for driveshaft, then make it down to buy tires. I will hopefully take a bunch of pictures!
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