By Jude on Friday, November 23, 2001 - 10:24 am: Edit

With the stock 96 Disco truck:

1. Can we go any bigger than 235's? Like 255's?.
2. Wider than 70's?

3. DOES ANYONE HAVE COLD-WEATHER Fast leaks with these Michelin XPC's?

-Jude

By Bill Franks on Friday, November 23, 2001 - 10:46 am: Edit

I would have thought that the gearhead fanatics would be able to help you out more here? Sorry I can't -- I'm a stock guy too, but would love to know.
-Bill

By Kyle on Friday, November 23, 2001 - 10:49 am: Edit

You can go as big as you like , all the way up to 44's if thats your thing.. IF , doing some cutting is your thing as well.. It all depends on how much you are willing to trash the truck to get some big meats on there...

Kyle

By Jud on Friday, November 23, 2001 - 10:52 am: Edit

I realize that -- I'm asking: With the Stock Truck (i.e. -- no cutting/alteration) - how big can we go?

Thanks guys.
-JA

By GLOVERBR on Friday, November 23, 2001 - 11:06 am: Edit

WAS TOLD THAT I COULD GO TO 245/75/16 W/OUT ANY MODS.PLAYED IT SAFE AND WENT FOR 235/70/16.SO ALL IN ALL I GUESS IVE BEEN AS USEFUL AS TITS ON A BULL?

By Kyle on Friday, November 23, 2001 - 11:48 am: Edit

Some guy here went to a 235/85 on stock springs recently. You have to keep in mind that the trouble with the big jeepin meats is when they stuff up in the fender well. That same problem exists the same way no matter what the lift. You are gonna have trim for the 235s and 245s but will have to start hacking for anything bigger... If you look around you can see the trucks with larger then 265s on em and how much they are hacked up with big lifts..


Kyle

By ZPukajlo on Friday, November 23, 2001 - 11:57 am: Edit

I believe the tech section says that you can go up to a 245/70-16 without any lift or cutting. Its just a little taller and wider than a stock tire. Hope this helps!

Z

By JA on Monday, November 26, 2001 - 01:30 pm: Edit

Aren't 70's what we have now?

So what I'm getting is that the biggest (stock - without cutting) we can go is 245's instead of 235's. But we have to leave width to 70?

Thanks.
-JA

By Ron on Monday, November 26, 2001 - 01:45 pm: Edit

You do not understand tire sizes.

Please read up and come back

70 is aspect ratio not width. 235 85 is taller but not wider than 235 70 . . . follow?

Stock without cutting MAYBE 245 70 but should stick to stock

Ron

By Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) on Monday, November 26, 2001 - 02:49 pm: Edit

When looking at tire sizes, ie. stock is 235/70R16, that's saying that the tire is 235mm wide, the height from the rim to the tread is 70% of the width, and it is a 16" wheel, and is a Radial (funny, mixing english and metric).

So, a 235/85R16 is the same width as stock, but taller (85% versus 70% of 23.5cm).

245/70R16 is 4cm wider than a 235/70R16 tire, and is (by the math, not actual measurement, which varies from tire to tire or manufacturer) 2.8cm taller.

A 245/75R16 is the same width as the 245/70R16, but is 3 cm taller than the 2mm taller than the 70-series.

Does that help?

-L

By TCarr on Tuesday, November 27, 2001 - 09:25 pm: Edit

Go w/ 255 65 16? Wider, but not too tall?

Don't know about cold weather leaks, but, if you fill your tires cold at 75 degrees F and a week later it's 10 degrees F, the tires will be low as the pressure drops w/ temp. If you have to keep refilling them when it's cold, then you have a leak...but I've never experienced a cold weather leak.