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stupid newbish tire/wheel question

Ramsey

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Shreveport, LA
just got my 34x10.50 ltbs in, these things are some damn pizza cutters. i have a spare set of beat up 15x8 steelies i was gonna put them on. but after looking at the tires not sure i want to go with a wheel that wide. yall think its worth the extra 125-150$ to get some 15x7's?
 
125-150$ to get some 15x7's

where the hell are you shopping???

unless your looking for show and shine wheels, try these:

starting at $33
http://www.quadratec.com/cgi-bin/sg...+SOFT+8&PAGLEN=10&FNM=00&UID=2006012712344087

starting at $30
http://www.quadratec.com/cgi-bin/sg...EL+JEEP&PAGLEN=10&FNM=00&UID=2006012712344087

starting at $37
http://www.quadratec.com/cgi-bin/sg...EL+JEEP&PAGLEN=10&FNM=00&UID=2006012712344087

i never pay more than $50 a wheel, cuz sooner or later i'll damage it offroad. but that's just me. and you can find wheels that cheep all over the internet, not just quadratec.

unless by $150 you meant a set of 4, then we're talking about the same thing. i think you can run the wheels you have without problems, but if you air down alot, then you might want smaller. i could be wrong on that, so hopefully somebody else will chime in.
 
I'd go with 15x7s. Maybe just find someone with a set of stock rims for cheap, or even free (I see them from time to time for free..)

Those aren't pizza cutters... run the Special Service 34x9.5s, THOSE are pizza cutters. I ran them, awesome tires. The 9.5s are pushing it even on a 15x7 rim, I'd be 15x6 next time.
 
Looking at the BFG spec chart for rim width range, it would seem you could use up to an 9" rim on 10.50s, AT's or MT's. The real limit on your brand may be how much you want to protect the beads vs. road comfort - narrow beads protect, wider keep you aired up, widest an inch under actual tread width give the best road comfort. It seems an 8" rim would be a good compromise.

I wish I had that problem. I can't lift because of my current part time job - delivering mail - but I need new tires. I have a shot at getting some black 15 x 8 rims but they really don't accept the smaller 235 or 28 inch range tires. I may have to let the opportunity pass.

If you click on the specs link at the BFG tire page it downloads a nice PDF with tire data including "revs per mile at 45mph," which is helpful in figuring speedo correction and final drive ratios.
 
TiRod said:
Looking at the BFG spec chart for rim width range, it would seem you could use up to an 9" rim on 10.50s, AT's or MT's. The real limit on your brand may be how much you want to protect the beads vs. road comfort - narrow beads protect, wider keep you aired up, widest an inch under actual tread width give the best road comfort. It seems an 8" rim would be a good compromise.

yeah, if he wants to lose his beads all the time on the trail
 
I have 34 10.50s on AR 15-8s,
run 8 to 12 lbs of air and have only
knocked a bead off once in 4 yrs of
wheeling and
I've been all over tellico,
but actually blew the bead at beasley knob.
Just my 2cts
 
scorpio_vette said:
where the hell are you shopping???

unless your looking for show and shine wheels, try these:

starting at $33
http://www.quadratec.com/cgi-bin/sg...+SOFT+8&PAGLEN=10&FNM=00&UID=2006012712344087

starting at $30
http://www.quadratec.com/cgi-bin/sg...EL+JEEP&PAGLEN=10&FNM=00&UID=2006012712344087

starting at $37
http://www.quadratec.com/cgi-bin/sg...EL+JEEP&PAGLEN=10&FNM=00&UID=2006012712344087

i never pay more than $50 a wheel, cuz sooner or later i'll damage it offroad. but that's just me. and you can find wheels that cheep all over the internet, not just quadratec.

unless by $150 you meant a set of 4, then we're talking about the same thing. i think you can run the wheels you have without problems, but if you air down alot, then you might want smaller. i could be wrong on that, so hopefully somebody else will chime in.

he means for all 4,

30 * 4 = 120
 
Mark WNC said:
I have 34 10.50s on AR 15-8s,
run 8 to 12 lbs of air and have only
knocked a bead off once in 4 yrs of
wheeling and
I've been all over tellico,
but actually blew the bead at beasley knob.
Just my 2cts

thanks. what i was looking for. figured i would run what i have for now and see how it works. purely trail tire so no big deal, might try the screw beadlock thing.
 
I'm running those but in 15x8, will go 7 inch wide next time. I got them from Summit, they matched Quadratec's price, $8 handling and free shipping.
 
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