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Old May 12, 2012 | 04:24 PM
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How wide of a tire can I have on a stock xj with soft 8's
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Old May 12, 2012 | 05:22 PM
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How wide are the rims?
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Old May 12, 2012 | 06:46 PM
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235's are about 9 - 9.5" width, If you go to 10.5 or greater, you can probably rug your control arms. You need more backspacing, perhaps a set of Spidertrax 1.25" spacers to stop the rub or rims with more backspacing.
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Old May 12, 2012 | 07:42 PM
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You can go up to 12.5 wide i personally am running 31x10.5s on mine, and my friend is running 12.5 wide and they still fit great
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Old May 12, 2012 | 07:45 PM
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12.5 does not fit great. My buddy has 12.5 maxis on stock rims and its less than a qtr of a inch from tubbing front arms and rubbing leafs on the rear.
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Old May 13, 2012 | 10:40 AM
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But 10.5 will fit fine?
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Originally Posted by raminboy
But 10.5 will fit fine?
Yea it should. Depends on your backspacing
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Old May 13, 2012 | 10:49 AM
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Yes thats what I have on mine and it's a daily driver, look at my pics
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Old May 13, 2012 | 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Xj88
12.5 does not fit great. My buddy has 12.5 maxis on stock rims and its less than a qtr of a inch from tubbing front arms and rubbing leafs on the rear.
Yeah that's stock rims haha he's talking bout soft 8s that having better back spacing
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Old May 13, 2012 | 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by marshalXJ
Yes thats what I have on mine and it's a daily driver, look at my pics
Okay thanks...
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