15" rims on my '93?

[Tooth Fairy]

I was gonna see if my 15" rims with 36"tsl's off of my 40 will fit my 80.

I thought I read something about the wheels contacting the calipers and maybe a little careful grinding could make them fit?

I'm not concerned about the tire size just the rims. They are black A/R steelies.

 

[cruiserdan]

Rear brake caliper clearance is an issue. Some say they can be ground down. Approach that with caution.

 

[Tooth Fairy]

That's what I remember hearing. I'm not real excited to grind on a caliper unless it seemed particularly bulky where it would contact.

 

[RavenTai]

it takes more than a little grinding to make them fit, Trailcarnage did it for a buggy with heavily modified rear 80 axle, so far he has had no problems but that is a low speed vehicle, I would not grind a daily driver

he had to grind his fronts calipers and wheels also but that was a combonation of mini truck and fj602 and custom front brake/axle parts, the side of the calipers stuck out to far

 

[Junk]

You need to grind more than a tad. Some have done it and I haven't heard of anyone with issues. That said, I've seen a lot of guys including Christo recommending against it. Why not run the 16's on your 40 with spacers maybe.

 

[Tooth Fairy]

[quote author=Junk link=board=2;threadid=17488;start=msg169160#msg169160 date=1086375522]
You need to grind more than a tad. Some have done it and I haven't heard of anyone with issues. That said, I've seen a lot of guys including Christo recommending against it. Why not run the 16's on your 40 with spacers maybe.
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The reason for it... I just wanna run a set of Swampers on the 80 for trails. BFG A/T's suck off pavement compared to the Swampers and I was just thinking that as long as it's just sitting there I might as well snake the wheels and tires off it and put 'em to some use. I don't really care is the 16's fit the 40 other than to keep it off the ground.

I'd go completely 'neck and pu it on cinder blocks w/o rims and tires.


The 40 is parked indefinitely until it sells or I come into some unexpected $ somehow.