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robert ross
| | Posted on Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 09:14 pm: | 
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i'm putting some mud terrain tires on a stock 01 and will probably put the ome springs on at a later date. any recomendations for sizes?? i am planning light to medium trail use in the southeast. thanks alot!!! |
Al Oliveira (Offroaddisco)
| | Posted on Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 10:27 pm: |
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It's really your call and consider your rim size. I ran 245/75 BFG MT's on 16x8 rims. BFG tells you not to use a rim wider than 7.5" on the 245/75 but most people have run 8" with no issues. The 255/70 would fit the rim better but I never ran that size. If you're going to go with OME's I would just wait and put on 265/75's with the OME if you're spending the money. |
Erik G. Burrows (Erik)
| | Posted on Friday, August 09, 2002 - 01:51 am: |
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I run 265/75s on my not-yet lifted DII, no problems. You just have to reverse the front fender wall bracket to pull it out a bit. |
michael burt (Mikeyb)
| | Posted on Friday, August 09, 2002 - 11:23 am: |
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do you move the bracket for the front fender wall in front of the wheel, or behind? or both?
thanks,
mike |
Erik G. Burrows (Erik)
| | Posted on Friday, August 09, 2002 - 12:12 pm: |
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It's a small U-shaped bracket connecting the front of the front fender wall to the front bumper. Unscrew it, turn it around so that you can screw it back onto the bumper, but so that the other side is pulling the fender wall forward about an inch. That's all. I still get the tiniest amount of rubbing when turning on a slope, but none at all in the rear, or on the rear of the front fender. |
robert ross
| | Posted on Friday, August 09, 2002 - 12:47 pm: |
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erik, got a picture of the fenderwell/tire gap? |
Erik G. Burrows (Erik)
| | Posted on Friday, August 09, 2002 - 01:00 pm: |
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I'll go down and take a couple pictures in a bit, after I get dressed. (I work from home) |
Erik G. Burrows (Erik)
| | Posted on Friday, August 09, 2002 - 02:16 pm: |
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Ok, here's the pic:
I've outlined the fender wall in red. You can see the bracket screwed onto the bottom of the bumper at the right. It's simply been turned back-to-front, so that the vertical part holds the fender wall back, instead of being screwed onto it, facing the other way.
Uppon doing this myself (which I learned from another guy on this board) I was afraid it wouldn't hold the fender, and that it would pop free, and start rubbing. It's been months now, and that hasn't happened, so I'm pretty happy with it. |
michael burt (Mikeyb)
| | Posted on Friday, August 09, 2002 - 04:38 pm: |
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Erik,
right on...thanks for the tip and photo! i think i will venture out into the garage and do mine now even though i am a few miles away from replacing tires...
have a great weekend.
sorry to camp on your post robert... |
ROBERT ROSS
| | Posted on Friday, August 09, 2002 - 04:55 pm: |
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HATE TO ASK ERIK, BUT COULD YOU DO A SIDE VIEW OF THE OVERALL VECHICLE??? PLEASE??? JUST CURIOUS HOW THE 265/75 LOOKS VS. 245/75 |
Erik G. Burrows (Erik)
| | Posted on Friday, August 09, 2002 - 07:18 pm: |
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Sure, here is the best one I found on my web site. 265/75 BFG AT/KO's all the way around. |
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