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32's OR 33's???

sfhighroller

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1995 EB
I have a 1995 4x4 EB Explorer and i am about to put on a 3 inch body lift and Add-A-Leafs in the back and crank the torsion bars in the front. I would like to get 33's if i wont have to trim but i would be just as happy with 32's. My tire size right now is 255(i dont know what that is in inches). What i want to do is put 33x12.50 BFG M/T on Mickey Thompson CLASSIC II 15X10 (5-4.5 Bolt pattern) (3 5/8" Backspacing) or maybe 15x8. My question is which would be better 33's on 15X8 or 15x10, OR should i just forget 33's and go with 32's and not worry about it?
 






I'm running 265/75/16's on my X with no rubbing problems with a 2" BL. In fact I had the tires put on 2 days before I did the body lift and I didn't have any rubbing either! I even did a little bit of offroading to test the tires out.

A friend of mine has 33's on his TT/AAL/2" BL explorer and he has 0 rubbing issues. I think you'll be just fine with 33's

the 255/70/16's are 30's
 






Nitrous SSC said:
A friend of mine has 33's on his TT/AAL/2" BL explorer and he has 0 rubbing issues.

I ran 2" BL TT/Shackle and 32's fit fine but had no chance of fitting 33's without a lot of trimming.

My friend has 2" BL TT/Shackles and 32's on his 97 and still rubs slightly while flexing offroad..... 33's will fit with trimming if you do a 3" BL
 






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