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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: shakydoug on August 30, 2009, 04:20:00 AM
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Where can I find 205/75/15 All terrain tires, stock size?
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I dont know where you are., but most tire shops in nw Arkansas keeps them in stock
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Some brands won't have that size in an agressive all-terrain, you will be limited to a P rated mud & snow. You may have better luck if you choose a 215/75/15, 225/75/15. These sizes can be found in an LT rated tire for more agressive all-terrain. They will fit with no risk of rubbing, or loss of fuel milage. A lot of people put on 235/75/15 as well with no rubbing.
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they sell a 29" super swamper that fits a stock zuke with no rubbing at all. I paid about $90 for each. THe only negative is that they are very soft so they won't last for alot of road use.
I've also gotten great result from basic road tires with a side lug.
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Wonder if you could get some tires like the old army vehicles had on them, like the willys jeep. I know you can get them, my buddys uncle, years ago, got a set for his wrangler, and that thing would go ANYWHERE with those, and the road noise wasnt TOO bad, as far as off road tires go!!
I been looking to see if anyone makes a tire like that for a stock samurai wheel, no dice thusfar.
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We got some of the military tires but they only had 16's at that shop. THey do work really good.
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Where can I find 205/75/15 All terrain tires, stock size?
I bought my tires at Costco at the best price I could find. I've been running 215/75R15 BFG TA/KO all-terrain tires on my Samurai for over 4 years. Initially with stock suspension, but in the last couple of years I've added OME springs (and softer Gabriel shocks) for better ride quality -- a spousal request. 215's DO fit a stock suspension without rubbing. Although I've read reports that even larger tires fit without rubbing, I've not tried them -- my tolerance for rubbing is zero. You should plan & be prepared to pound flat the inner fender seams on a Samurai, if you need the best clearance possible and/or don't want to slice up your new tires. And 215's are spec'd to fit 5.5" OEM rims. TracKicks are widely reported to take 235's without modifications.
In a couple of years, when my 215's age out, I'll replace them with 235's or 30x9.5, probably the same brand/model, now that I've got a bit of additional lift from the OME springs and some HD 3/4" (3/8" lift) shackles. I've already got 7" rims for wider tires.
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I would love to get a cheap set of steel 16's and some milspec tires, that would be sweet, look cool too, those thin cupped out tires, take off the doors and go hit the trail, ima have to do it, when finances allow, anyone know what kind of vehicles of similar bolt pattern? How much do you have those milspec tires for??
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try coker tire, i think they carry those old style military tires
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I checked into those tires, and apparently, those tires are horrible/dangerous on wet roads, so thats a nogo for me. I have been looking into other alternatives, I have just made the jump from car to 4x4, whats up with tire sizes, they are weird, whats 700-15, 700mm tall/wide by 15" wheel size. how can I tell what sizes i could fit on a stock sammy? here is an example, im curious about the 700-15, I think.
http://www.galaxytire.com/userTireSearch.do?reqCode=describe&tireApplicationId=5&id=299 (http://www.galaxytire.com/userTireSearch.do?reqCode=describe&tireApplicationId=5&id=299)
I did some googling, and I just didnt feel like I understood it, its not like a car, where someone says, the MAX you can go is, say, 205/45/zr15, that makes sense to me, this is just a bunch of symbols and numbers.
Thanks
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General Tire makes the Grabber AT2 in the 205/75/15 size.
they are fairly good all terrain tires.
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Where can I find 205/75/15 All terrain tires, stock size?
I bought my tires at Costco at the best price I could find. I've been running 215/75R15 BFG TA/KO all-terrain tires on my Samurai for over 4 years. Initially with stock suspension, but in the last couple of years I've added OME springs (and softer Gabriel shocks) for better ride quality -- a spousal request. 215's DO fit a stock suspension without rubbing. Although I've read reports that even larger tires fit without rubbing, I've not tried them -- my tolerance for rubbing is zero. You should plan & be prepared to pound flat the inner fender seams on a Samurai, if you need the best clearance possible and/or don't want to slice up your new tires. And 215's are spec'd to fit 5.5" OEM rims. TracKicks are widely reported to take 235's without modifications.
In a couple of years, when my 215's age out, I'll replace them with 235's or 30x9.5, probably the same brand/model, now that I've got a bit of additional lift from the OME springs and some HD 3/4" (3/8" lift) shackles. I've already got 7" rims for wider tires.
I have fit a 235/75/15 on a bone stock sammy with no rubbing. It was a all terrain that was about 50%.
With the OME springs and some bumper mount trimming/fender beating you can fit 30x9.50x15 no rubbing.
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d35/bigzook/Red%20Zook/Samurai_by_bigzook.jpg)
Full Stuff
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d35/bigzook/Pine%20Mountain%2006/Red1.jpg)
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d35/bigzook/Pine%20Mountain%2006/Red2-1.jpg)
If you look close you can see that the bumper ends are trimmed. Also the stock tube mounts have been cut off and relocated to the inner frame.
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If your wondering about what the sizes mean you just need to look up a metric tire converter:
http://www.rockcrawler.com/techreports/tire_calculator/index.asp
The 235/75/R15 is around 28 3/4" depending on who makes them and is, as was mentioned earlier, about the largest you can go without lifting.
Bigzook: Are those two piece wheels or just made to look like them?
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so when a tire says 700-15 whats the 700 mean, I am assuming the 15 is the wheel size
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235/75/R15
235 is the width in mm at the widest point of the tire.
235mm / 25.4 = 9.25" Wide
75 is the percentage of the width that the sidewall is from rim to the exterior of the tire.
9.25 * 75% = 6.9" Tall
R15 is a 15" rim size. So:
6.9" + 6.9" (For both top and bottom of the tire) + 15" (Size of the rim) = 28.8" Tire Height.
Or if you want a single script:
((235/25.4) x 2) + 15 = 28.8
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I am well aware of how normal tire sizes are established, thats a good calculator for tire height. But I keep seeing tires with sizes like 700x15, no other description for the size but that, and I cannot seem to find any info on this strange(to me) size format, can anyone tell me what the 700 means, it makes no sense to me, I ASSUME the 15 is the wheel size, i have no clue what 700 could be.
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They are not two piece. My buddy had them powder coated for me and took the time to pound out all the rivets then put them back in after they were coated. It was a nice surprise.
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I used to run 700X15 Jeep service tires. The words "Jeep Service" were actually on the side wall of the tire.
THey were bias ply tires and even with 0psi you could still drive them around like normal, they had no flex at all. I ran these for years on a stock zuke and all my friends ran them too. The had a huge side lug and would haul you through almost anything...very aggresive in the mud. They hated grass hills...I got pulled up many hills and people laughed at me for this.
We ran them on stock zukes and the only mod we needed was to trim the front bumper ends and some of the little front bumper holding bar. The tube that the front bumper hold onto. I'd say that the tires are a 235 or 30". I'm running 30" tires on my 413K truck and they fit the same way.
These tires brought me to alot of places....funny to get stuck on a grassy hill and make it through the big holes.
(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b305/Saddlebrook/Jeepservicetires.jpg)
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I am well aware of how normal tire sizes are established, thats a good calculator for tire height. But I keep seeing tires with sizes like 700x15, no other description for the size but that, and I cannot seem to find any info on this strange(to me) size format, can anyone tell me what the 700 means, it makes no sense to me, I ASSUME the 15 is the wheel size, i have no clue what 700 could be.
It is an older tire format only used for Bias ply tires, usually for trailers and vintage vehicles. The 700 has something to do with the cross width, but I can't find where they switched from the actual width in inches to the straight 3 digit format. In tractor tires it was used as a calculation for the percentage that was the actual width.
It normally means you have a 29.18" tall tire with a 5.38" tread width and 7.35" wide tire at the widest point.
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I found them at the "TireRack" on the net, $76 each, I am going stock for awhile, and my new Sammy came with 2 new Discovery AT2;s, Gonna try it our this weekend,
Deer season right around the corner, Hardin County, SE Texas
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It's not 700 x 15, it is 7.00 ( That's 7 point 00 ) x 15. Which means, a seven inch wide tread that fits a fifteen inch rim. A 7.50 x 15 is a seven and a half inch wide tire for a fifteen inch rim. And, an 8.25 x 16.5 is an eight and one quarter inch tire for a sixteen and one half inch rim.
Nowadays, they specify ( outside diameter ) x ( width ) x ( rim ) ie. 31 x 10.00 x 15, or ( carcass ) x ( aspect ratio ) x ( rim ) ie. 235mm x 75 x 15 which mixes metric and inches.
We will NOT discuss the old letter series tires ( G78 x15 ) because they are extinct. And then there are load ranges, and speed ranges. You know, this tire stuff is a lot easier to understand if you've been drinking.......heavily. LOL
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I run 235 75 15 wranglers no lift on a 02 4 door no issues at all maybe a little less gear but its totally managable
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...We will NOT discuss the old letter series tires ( G78 x15 ) because they are extinct.
I don't know about "G78 x 15", but the Q78s are actually a popular Super Swamper. Not at all extinct, I'm running some L60s on one of my Chevelles. Many bias-ply tires still run the old number system, you just gotta be looking in the right places I guess.
Bigzook: Love the wheels!
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Where can I find 205/75/15 All terrain tires, stock size?
I went with 235/75R15 from 205's, more clearance and they don't rub.
I got a good deal on 5 new Wild Country All Terrain, they have been on for almost two years now . The little nubbies are still on the tire from when they were new. I take it and wheel it but not too hard as it's my daily driver too. The tires are not wearing at all, must be the light weight of my Sidekick.