Is half an inch a problem?
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Id def say if you only have half an inch then you have bigger problems to worry about then tires lmao!
but in all serious yes totally, you can even go up to 4 or so inches wider of a tire and get it to stretch and seat properly without blowing a bead, you will be fine. For instance 12.5 wide on 8 inch wide wheels, and so on, its run all day long.
but in all serious yes totally, you can even go up to 4 or so inches wider of a tire and get it to stretch and seat properly without blowing a bead, you will be fine. For instance 12.5 wide on 8 inch wide wheels, and so on, its run all day long.
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Phew. I'm trying to get a lift installed with some big boy tires. I just don't know enough about these things to comfortably plow through and damn the consequences. Admittedly, however, I tend to worry excessively about things that aren't even real. Aside from unlikely explosions, I fret about accidentally downshifting from 5th to reverse instead of 4th and launching my transmission through the floorboard and killing my passenger.
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FYI, your section width (the sidewall-to-sidewall dimension) is 3" wider than the bead width of that rim. All tire manufacturers provide minimum and maximum rim widths for their tires. I'm sure that's within, since it's a tall tire, and taller tires have a wider range of usable rim widths. When you break it down, you're only 1 1/2" over on each side, and the bead of a tire is narrower than the section width.
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Phew. I'm trying to get a lift installed with some big boy tires. I just don't know enough about these things to comfortably plow through and damn the consequences. Admittedly, however, I tend to worry excessively about things that aren't even real. Aside from unlikely explosions, I fret about accidentally downshifting from 5th to reverse instead of 4th and launching my transmission through the floorboard and killing my passenger.
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also keep in mind that the narrower your rim the less lateral support your tires, but the sidewall will not be quite as exposed to objects on the trail. Every tire size will have a specified range of rim widths it will fit, so if you go to the manufacturers site they probably have it listed.
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