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Looks great! I picked up a set of 16" OEM LC wheels a while back with plans to powdercoat them and go with 285/75's, 295/75's, or 305/70's. Can't decide which. Leaning toward 295/75's. Got some 295/75 KO2's in my cart right now, but haven't pulled the trigger.285/75/r16 love the look & this forum rocks!
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Those look sick285/75/r16 love the look & this forum rocks!
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Stock LX470
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Careful with the duratracs….285/75/r16 love the look & this forum rocks!
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OuchCareful with the duratracs….
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Thank you,-275/70/18 is the low mod-no mod size. -285/65/18 gets you a bit wider and is in the low mod no mod category
-295/70/18 may require some pinch weld adjust
-bora spacers at 1.25 will get you just about flush
Anyone has 275/70/18 pics they can share? I'm considering to change to 16" from 18" for more side wall, currently have 285/65 on my 18's, not enough side wall and with 2" lift, makes the entire tire looks small and out of scale with the truck.
295 75 R18 would be almost a 36" tire, I'll assume you mean 70.I have been running 275/70/18s for the whole time I have had my truck, first Duratracs, now KO2s but would kind of like to go slightly bigger to a 34. Is it worth it to go with the 295/75/18 over the ones I have? If I do a pinch weld mod and heat and form the liner, would I need a spacer to clear without rubbing. Not making everything a freakin project if it doesn't have to be is what landed me at the 275/70s, what are people's experiences. OEM wheels, fyi
glad to be wrong on this too but I thought I remembered reading that there was a specific allure to the ko2 in the 295/70/18 because the end up sizing a smidge smaller in real life than other manufacturers/tire models in this size.295 75 R18 would be almost a 36" tire, I'll assume you mean 70.
Mine on stock wheels did rub on the frame at full lock, before adding spacers. So yes, I'd say pinch weld and spacers at the minimum. It will also contact the washer bottle cover slightly at full compression
I would dearly love 36s on my Cruiser, but yes I did mean 295/70 (changed in the post). So I'd need to mod the washer bottle as well, I though that was just for 35s? Did you do 1.25 spacers? At some point doesn't that push them far out enough to rub something else like the fender edge or something?295 75 R18 would be almost a 36" tire, I'll assume you mean 70.
Mine on stock wheels did rub on the frame at full lock, before adding spacers. So yes, I'd say pinch weld and spacers at the minimum. It will also contact the washer bottle cover slightly at full compression
I think it's the variability in tire actual sizes thta causes some of the confusion on this topic. I would somewhat get MTs fitting differently than ATs, but the brand to brand differences are frustrating. (I guess it's not dissimilar to differences in clothes and shoes, which is also annoying!)glad to be wrong on this too but I thought I remembered reading that there was a specific allure to the ko2 in the 295/70/18 because the end up sizing a smidge smaller in real life than other manufacturers/tire models in this size.
also, didn't the wheelers bump stops in the front help making sure the washer bottle didn't get smashed.