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Dave_Lucas (Dave_Lucas)
| | Posted on Monday, August 26, 2002 - 09:36 pm: | 
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Hello All,
Does anyone happen to know if a 235/85/16 size tire will fit on a stock rim from a 2001 DII?
Also does anyone have any good pictures they could post of the 235/85/16 on a DII rim? |
Al Oliveira (Offroaddisco)
| | Posted on Monday, August 26, 2002 - 10:18 pm: |
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Don't do it. If you have a NAS D2 the rim is 8" wide. The 235/85 will need a 7" or 7.5" wide rim at most. You can do a 245/75 and while that needs a rim less than 7.5" too it has been done and was even used by the Trek Discos. If you want the same height as the 235/85 go with the 265/75's. |
Paul D. Morgan (V22guy)
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 07:41 am: |
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Email Greg Parrish at [email protected]. He has that size of tires and they work fine.
He runs the 235/85 which = 31.9
I run the 265/75 which = 31.8
Paul
'00 pig |
Greg P. (Gparrish)
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:32 am: |
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Paul,
Dave and I were already talking. I'm going to shoot some digital pics for him tonight.
I agree the tires work, but I wouldn't buy them again. The height is perfect, they don't rub, and they probably stuff better than the 265's, but they also don't provide hardly any rim protection. They are flush with the rims at 9.5" wide tires on a 8" rim. They would be ideal on a 7" rim. I think Garrett is running 7" wide rims on his D1 and his 235-85's look completely different than mine. They fit the rim. |
Dave_Lucas (Dave_Lucas)
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:45 am: |
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Thanks everyone |
Greg P. (Gparrish)
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 09:08 am: |
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Paul,
Nice catch on the 0.1" difference. Just noticed that.  lol |
Greg P. (Gparrish)
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 07:04 pm: |
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Dave,
I posted pics on my website. It is harder to tell on small web quality pics, but the difference in person is overwhelming. I did my best to capture some pics that display the tire differences.
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/gparrish/
go to 235vs265 folder. Of course on the 3" RTE lift you could actually go bigger if you wanted like 285/75 or 305/70. |
Ted C.
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:06 pm: |
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alright well likewise, 235/85/16 will fit on D1 stock wheels yes??? |
Al Oliveira (Offroaddisco)
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:14 pm: |
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Ted- yes. If I'm correct the D1 wheels were mostly 7". |
Ted Chestnut (Tedchestnut)
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:17 pm: |
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thanks |
Dave_Lucas (Dave_Lucas)
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 11:23 pm: |
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Greg
Thanks for the pics, I can see the diffrence in the pictures.
"Of course on the 3" RTE lift you could actually go bigger if you wanted like 285/75 or 305/70."
Great, more choices : ) and I only have about 10 days to decide what to go with. |
Greg P. (Gparrish)
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 11:30 pm: |
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Personally, I'd stick with the 265's.
The 265 goodyears are 31.8" tall, if you go up to the others you are looking at 33" tall. Big difference. Plus the width will increase significantly. That adds a lot more weight and stress on your stock drivetrain system.
Again though, just my opinion. |
Larry Grubbs (Larryg)
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 28, 2002 - 06:12 pm: |
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Dave,
Buy the 235/85's... Buy the 235/85's...
If I have to I'll use Jedi Mind tricks. Don't make me do it!
Larry |
Ho Chung (Ho)
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 28, 2002 - 06:27 pm: |
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no, dont' listen to larry,  go with 265/75-16!!! |
gp (Garrett)
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 28, 2002 - 06:33 pm: |
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yes listen to Ho. go big or go home. |
Ho Chung (Ho)
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 28, 2002 - 07:07 pm: |
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gp, you making it sound like i said go big or go home. LOL
i didn't say that. cuz, if you wanna go big, you go with something like 37s... LOL |
Milan
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 28, 2002 - 07:43 pm: |
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I thought the saying was "Go big or go Ho". |
Danno (Danno)
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 28, 2002 - 10:40 pm: |
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255/85's because after you get the 235/85's or 265/75's, you'll want to go bigger. |
Al Oliveira (Offroaddisco)
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 28, 2002 - 11:22 pm: |
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Danno's right. I've gone from 245/75 to 265/75 and this spring I'm moving to 255/85. When will it all stop? |
gp (Garrett)
| | Posted on Thursday, August 29, 2002 - 07:54 am: |
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37s. damn that is big. you'd have to crawl up the tire while the truck is in drive going 5 mph just like the dudes driving Bigfoot and Gravedigger do!!! that's just classy.
yes indeed......."go big or go Ho!" |
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