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Offline Jimiweld

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Will These Rims work for my set up?
« on: March 24, 2006, 07:02:46 PM »
Hey guys
 I'm going to do the body lift on the tracker this weekend. I've looked around the junkyards and can't find any rims for the bigger tires. Please have a look at the following link and tell me what you think of these rims. They are 5 on 5.5 with a 3.75" back space. Will this be enough back space to run 31"x 10.5" tires. I'm doing the 3" budget body lift with 1.5" sky coil spacers.
I've seen varying opinions on the backspacing and don't want to spend the cash on rims that aren't going to work.
Thanks
Jim
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Re: Will These Rims work for my set up?
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2006, 07:06:20 PM »
Should work fine.
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Re: Will These Rims work for my set up?
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2006, 07:12:45 PM »
Thanks Wild, good to know!
What's better, I know this comes down to opinion but I'm having a real problem deciding on tires. I'm new to offroading, but super swampers sounds really good. I want to do some serious offroading but I need to drive 60 miles a day back and forth to work on the highway.
Should I be looking at the BFG M/T's or Swampers. I can always change back and forth and put my stock 205's back on for commuting?
I won't be doing rocks, mostly dirt and mud?
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Offline AJMBLAZER

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Re: Will These Rims work for my set up?
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2006, 08:06:27 PM »
Pssst...check out www.SummitRacing.com.

You can get similar wheels for cheaper there.  The Cragar version goes for less than $45 a wheel there.

I have Interco TrXus MT's on my Ranger.  They're basically the Swamper folks' answer to the radial muds of the world such as the BFG MT, General Grabber MT, Goodyear MT/R, Cooper Discoverer STT, etc.  I love them.  Great traction on and offroad, good road manors, are lasting great, and the price is very nice (much cheaper than BFG's I might add).
« Last Edit: March 25, 2006, 06:00:43 AM by AJMBLAZER »

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Re: Will These Rims work for my set up?
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2006, 08:53:32 PM »
he ia right that is a basic wagon wheel check any tire shop they should be able to get them for under 50 each

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Re: Will These Rims work for my set up?
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2006, 09:15:26 PM »
 If you buy swampers you should probably get radials (SSR) I have the TSL's (bias ply) you have to warm them up cuz they get flat spots from sitting over night ( 1.6L viberator ;D)

 I drive 40-50 km a day to and from work, you wouldn't want to drink your coffee for the first few minutes ;D

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Re: Will These Rims work for my set up?
« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2006, 05:03:38 AM »
If you buy swampers you should probably get radials (SSR) I have the TSL's (bias ply) you have to warm them up cuz they get flat spots from sitting over night ( 1.6L viberator ;D)

 I drive 40-50 km a day to and from work, you wouldn't want to drink your coffee for the first few minutes ;D

 Steve. :)

Just go out and roll your truck forwards or backwards a 1/4 wheel turn or so, let it sit a few minutes like that, and the flat spots are gone..    Works like a charm on mine, and I run 4-6 psi in my LTB's... flat spots used to take a few miles to go away, now I just roll it a few minutes before I am ready to leave, and they aren't there when I take off... really.. 



Back to the topic.

If you used that backspacing with  those rims and tires.. PLEASE post back if your tires rub the frame at full lock. Cause if they don't.. I will go with those dimensions for a set of road tires for mine..

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Re: Will These Rims work for my set up?
« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2006, 05:06:39 AM »
he ia right that is a basic wagon wheel check any tire shop they should be able to get them for under 50 each

An Allied steel wheel is not even close to being a basic wagon wheel.... due to the construction, they are MUCH stronger than flat wagon wheels...   

  but they are right.. you can buy something that works fine, and looks like that for under $50 each.

Avoid the very flat spoked wagon wheels, the other styles are just as cheap and a lot stronger on side hits..  the D-hole is stronger, as is the round hole style steelies..
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Offline AJMBLAZER

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Re: Will These Rims work for my set up?
« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2006, 06:03:29 AM »
Avoid the very flat spoked wagon wheels, the other styles are just as cheap and a lot stronger on side hits..  the D-hole is stronger, as is the round hole style steelies..

Huh, I'd never heard that before.  Interesting tid bit of info there. 8)

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Re: Will These Rims work for my set up?
« Reply #9 on: March 25, 2006, 06:21:32 AM »
What width are you getting? 7,8,.......10 ;D

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Re: Will These Rims work for my set up?
« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2006, 07:07:46 AM »
Those rims should work just fine...
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Re: Will These Rims work for my set up?
« Reply #11 on: March 26, 2006, 07:27:57 AM »
those are the exact rims i have on my rig. they work fine.