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I am looking at getting a set of super swamper irok nds 33 12.50 15 and I think I need to buy new rims to get them to fit. So I've been looking around trying to figure out what I need but I am lost I have been looking at craiger v-5s 10 inch wide with 3.75 back spacing I really dont know if that is enough to set them out and not rub. I currently have 31 10.50 on stock rims and they rub???
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I am looking at getting a set of super swamper irok nds 33 12.50 15 and I think I need to buy new rims to get them to fit. So I've been looking around trying to figure out what I need but I am lost I have been looking at craiger v-5s 10 inch wide with 3.75 back spacing I really dont know if that is enough to set them out and not rub. I currently have 31 10.50 on stock rims and they rub???
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I am looking at getting a set of super swamper irok nds 33 12.50 15 and I think I need to buy new rims to get them to fit. So I've been looking around trying to figure out what I need but I am lost I have been looking at craiger v-5s 10 inch wide with 3.75 back spacing I really dont know if that is enough to set them out and not rub. I currently have 31 10.50 on stock rims and they rub???
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Ya know, if your going to stay with the 3" lift these tires will barely fit with major fender trimming. I found this out myself with the set of tires I picked up. 33" Trxus MT's and they are mounted on a set of 15x10 Outlaw II's, stuffed them under and wasn't able to turn the steering wheel. I thought about picking up a set of BW cutouts but after measuring how far the tire sticks out I still think they would rub at full turn. And I am not even taking off-roading into account yet. I'd really like to see in person somebody's Jeep that is running a 33" tire with only a 3 inch lift to get a better idea myself on how they get them to fit. What a killer it is that these XJ's have such small wheel wells.
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i was under the impression that backspacing was the distance from the mounting surface to the rotor side of the rim. The Ranger Station has a good explanaton
http://www.therangerstation.com/tech...l_fitment.html
http://www.therangerstation.com/tech...l_fitment.html
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Your impression is right, that is what I stated in my post, back spacing is the distance from the hub mounting area to the inside bead lip of the wheel. Pretty basic.
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Why are y'all running 12.50's on a 10" wheel? You can run 12.50's on much, much skinnier wheels... I run mine on a 9" wheel and you can run them on as small as a 7.xx" rim... Wouldnt go much smaller then that though.
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For myself I am always on the beach fishing so I run 12x15's with a 31/11.5/15 Trxus Radial and it puts down a big enough footprint where I don't have to let any air out of the tires...Tj
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go buy some 15x8 wheels with 3.75 backspacing and be done with it. my 12.5 tires stick out maybe an inch past my flares.
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Im guessing you mean you are running a 15x12? That would be an interesting looking set up with a wider wheel then tire... I can see the use in that if that is what you need... But for better clearance (which is what the OP is asking for) there is no reason to run a wide wheel set up like that unless you plan on running a 13.5-15" wide tire and with that you are going to have to have almost no BS on your wheels.
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I always run my 12.50-13.50s on 8 or 8.5 inch wide rims myself, but I do this because it makes it harder to lose a bead when I'm aired down than when I run a 10 inch wide rim. As far as back spacing it would depend on the lift and how much trimming was done on the fenders.
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I always run my 12.50-13.50s on 8 or 8.5 inch wide rims myself, but I do this because it makes it harder to lose a bead when I'm aired down than when I run a 10 inch wide rim. As far as back spacing it would depend on the lift and how much trimming was done on the fenders.