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Offline BigPig

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Sidekick tire/wheel advice?
« on: December 19, 2005, 10:56:37 PM »
I have a stock '89 Kick soft top.  I am looking at a 2" body lift and 2" coil spacers.  What size tires can I fit with what wheel offset?  Thanks for the help.

'89 Sidekick w/ 4.5" of lift.

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Re: Sidekick tire/wheel advice?
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2005, 11:19:28 PM »
235s easy and 30s OK, use the stock wheels,
or a narrow 6-7" wheel with about 3" backspace
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Re: Sidekick tire/wheel advice?
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2005, 01:30:42 PM »
Ialso have an 89, and I run 235/75/15 on stock rims/ stock height.  I'm planning to go to 30s on 7"wide rims after I put on my 2"coil spacers.  my 235s don't rub at all either.

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Re: Sidekick tire/wheel advice?
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2005, 02:15:40 PM »
My last rig had 1 1/2 " coil spacers with a 3" bl, and fit 31 x 10.5 tires with a 2" backspaced wheel(8" wide).  I am a fan of the 3" body lift, IMO the extra inch makes a world of difference, it is more work, but still a simple installation.

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Re: Sidekick tire/wheel advice?
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2005, 08:59:35 PM »
i run 31's in the summer with a 2 & 2 combo lift. i'm not too sure what the back spacing on my wheels are but it does not rub after a few small mods to the front wheel wells with MR.H

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Re: Sidekick tire/wheel advice?
« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2005, 09:54:23 PM »
heh i say just go the whole 9 yards and doa  6" combo lift and fit on some 33x12.50s on 15x10 rims  a slight trim to the outermost edge of the front fenders on the back side fixed all my rub.  in fact you can hardly tell i trimmed up the fenders. no with a 4 inch combo lift i would say you should be able to fit 30s comfortably.
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Re: Sidekick tire/wheel advice?
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2005, 07:38:03 PM »
235s easy and 30s OK, use the stock wheels,
or a narrow 6-7" wheel with about 3" backspace

I agree with Wild on the 235 or 30s. I would also try to keep the wheel and tire combo as light as possible. Light tires wont steal as much power as heavy ones.

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Re: Sidekick tire/wheel advice?
« Reply #7 on: December 24, 2005, 12:39:17 AM »
also the hiegth of the tire changes the gearing a lot on the output so it can be kinda tricky.
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