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Old May 11, 2008
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ok so i need new tires.........

alright so as of right now i have 31/10.5/15 on my 2001 2wd ranger. i got a 3" spindle lift up front and thats it. now my tires are close to being dead and i need new ones also graduation is in two weeks so im going to get them as a gift......now i want to know if i will be able to fit 32's on there with no rub....i know they will be fine up front cause i am running no valence to help but im not sure if they will fit in the back. will i need to put like an AAL on or something. i need some info here please. also what could i do to add 33's and not add a body lift? i know i need 3" coils cause i have stock on right now but what else.....everything but the tires will come out of my pocket so im going to need to keep it on the lower side of the money thing...

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BFG ATs all the way
 
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BFG ATs all the way
well yes that is probably what i will be getting but i still need to know on what size will fit haha
 
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do the 3" coils, the AAL and the chevy drop shackle (which actually lfits the ranger a bit) and you should be fine. and yeah, 04blackedge hit the nail on the head. BFG AT's all the way. i was going to run the same set up (coils, aal, chevy shackles) amd run the BFG MT's before my frame cracked :(
 
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when i ran 32s on my spindle lift i had rubbing in the back with just AAl, but with the shackle added to that it was fine. my backspacing was also 3.25 so that did not help
 
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now if i do the shackles and AAL will my back end sit up higher then my front ... cause i dont want that???
 
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ok now i was looking around and i cant seem to find 32's that fit on 15" rims do i have to move to 16s? or if not would i be able to fit 33's with this new setup of AAL and Shackles?
 
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32x11.5r15, very common, had them in the big o A/T above as well as my current BFG ATs...33s would be getting a lot of rubbing i would think
 
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k but will 11.50 fit on 10.50 rims?
 
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hey mike personally i would not do the whole 3"coil thing cause it srews up your front sup..... so i would just do the 3" bl and run the 33" tires
 
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k but will 11.50 fit on 10.50 rims?
yea they will...but why do you have 10.5" wide wheels??? thats definitely going to make it easier to rub unless you get those coils as well
 
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thanks for the input but BL's are just not my style the only thing i would do would be a 1" BL but thats pushing it ....i just do not like them
 
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Originally Posted by RangerJustin
yea they will...but why do you have 10.5" wide wheels??? thats definitely going to make it easier to rub unless you get those coils as well
i dont know those r just the wheels that came on the truck when i bought it
 
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They'll fit but be careful about popping beads.
 
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than do the 1" bl insted of coils but thats me
 
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hmm your wheels didnt look that wide at all when i saw them...
 
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they dont seem wide to me either but thats what they say on the tire
 
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thats the width of your tire...31x10.5 R15 right?

31" tall, 10.5" wide, 15" rim
 
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Mike your stock wheel is 7" wide and the tire is 10.5" wide.
You'll be fine with 11.5 on a 7" wide wheel.

edit- it doesn't appear you have stock wheels, but they can't be thinner than 7", so either way you have nothing to worry about
 
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Originally Posted by RangerJustin
thats the width of your tire...31x10.5 R15 right?

31" tall, 10.5" wide, 15" rim
ya thats wat the tires say
 
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Originally Posted by ManEHawke
Mike your stock wheel is 7" wide and the tire is 10.5" wide.
You'll be fine with 11.5 on a 7" wide wheel.

edit- it doesn't appear you have stock wheels, but they can't be thinner than 7", so either way you have nothing to worry about
ya they are not stock rims i think they might be 15x8 i think someone said but i dont know but if u say 32x11.5x15 will fit then i think i will go for it thanks
 
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Old May 14, 2008
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get some kl71's! best frickin tire!
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thats 32x11.50x15 on just a 3" spindle and i fit them on my new truck with no lift at all not even torsion bar crank, any theyll look good on your truck
 
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