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KyleWSU68

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I want to run 33" AT tires on my stock 16" aluminum wheels on my 99 X Sport. I plan to do the TT and Shackels, as well as a 3" body lift. My question is, what is the max tire width that i can run keeping close to a 33 diameter. If they are metric that is fine, but i would like to be around 33 inches in diameter.

thanks
Kyle
 



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I want to run 33" AT tires on my stock 16" aluminum wheels on my 99 X Sport. I plan to do the TT and Shackels, as well as a 3" body lift. My question is, what is the max tire width that i can run keeping close to a 33 diameter. If they are metric that is fine, but i would like to be around 33 inches in diameter.

thanks
Kyle

on my 96' 4x4 xlt i have the 3'' body lift and did the tt and shackles,but my rims are 15". The biggest/widest tires i could get were 33x10.5x15 i believe...
 






Uhhh.. I ran a 12.50 on mine with the same setup.
 






Did you have any rubbing issues, and are the 12.50's ok on stock 16" wheels?
 












well you girls can sit in here and argue... I already found my answer.

Thanks Kyle
 






Did you have any rubbing issues, and are the 12.50's ok on stock 16" wheels?

I had trimmed already from trying to run 32s with just a TT. But I probably could have ran the 12.50s with none/minimal trimming. There's a lot of trucks on this site with that setup and a lot of them look too nice to be trimming their fenders. :p:



uhhhh 15" wheel?

Why does the height of the wheel matter? 33x12.50x20 will be the same width as 33x12.50x15.
 












:scratch:
well you girls can sit in here and argue... I already found my answer.

Thanks Kyle

???girls??? i asked a legit question
 






well you girls can sit in here and argue... I already found my answer.

Thanks Kyle

Nice way to start out on the forum...calling a moderator a girl. Good luck. ;)
 






All he had to do was read the sticky in the first place.
 






Why does the height of the wheel matter? 33x12.50x20 will be the same width as 33x12.50x15.

u said "uhh i ran 12.5 on mine"...but you have a 16" wheel, i have 15" wheels. all i was sayn is i think the max on a 15" was 10.5 when wanting to run 33''s...correct me if im wrong...
 












You are wrong.

Like section said, it doesn't matter if the diameter is 15" or 16". It's the width that makes a difference.

ugh damn that guy at discount tire :confused:
 






ugh damn that guy at discount tire :confused:

LOL, I don't ever listen to anything the guys at the tire places tell me. Most of the time they just don't feel like doing what your asking about.
 






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