Lift and Tyres of your JK

[Zander]

Originally Posted by sladey

i quite like the bushwackers

You are lucky. They are not as ugly as some of the others but still don't look as good as the stockers.

[DV8Drew]

Originally Posted by Zander

This tyre is 11.5 inches wide and is legal to be fitted on the stock rim and will fit under the stock flares.

It's the 12.5 inch wide tyres that are an issue.

You might find 35's or 37's that are narrower than 12.5" wide but most are at least that width.

Thanks for the info mate

[SeaComms]

Strictly speaking they arent legal once fitted if that worries you, as the tyres are not allowed to touch any part of the vehicle under any conditions. These will most likely 'just' scrub on the sway bar on full lock, not enough to cause any problems but will leave little clean marks on the sway bar after a while so if someone looking knows there stuff they will pick it up. Pretty slim chances of that though.

If you have a lift and not an adjustable front track bar though it will be worse as the diff will be pushed across to the drivers side and the passenger side will hit the sway bar a lot more, but probably clear on the drivers side.

[DV8Drew]

Originally Posted by SeaComms

Strictly speaking they arent legal once fitted if that worries you, as the tyres are not allowed to touch any part of the vehicle under any conditions. These will most likely 'just' scrub on the sway bar on full lock, not enough to cause any problems but will leave little clean marks on the sway bar after a while so if someone looking knows there stuff they will pick it up. Pretty slim chances of that though.

If you have a lift and not an adjustable front track bar though it will be worse as the diff will be pushed across to the drivers side and the passenger side will hit the sway bar a lot more, but probably clear on the drivers side.

Thanks SeaComms. I do have a lift and I also have an adjustable front track bar. I also intend to install drop brackets for the rear swaybar.

What's the real world benifit of have 12.5s over 11.5s other then looking better? If I'm going to spend the money on tyres is it worth me waiting till I have more funds and go the wider tyres with rims and flairs?

[sladey]

Originally Posted by Zander

You are lucky. They are not as ugly as some of the others but still don't look as good as the stockers.

lol which bushwackers are you thinking of? the pocket flares or the flat flares?

[Zander]

Originally Posted by sladey

lol which bushwackers are you thinking of? the pocket flares or the flat flares?

I don't like either but the pocket flares are slightly better. I liked the pocket flares the first time I saw them but after a time I liked them less and less.

[Zander]

Originally Posted by DV8Drew

Thanks SeaComms. I do have a lift and I also have an adjustable front track bar. I also intend to install drop brackets for the rear swaybar.

What's the real world benifit of have 12.5s over 11.5s other then looking better? If I'm going to spend the money on tyres is it worth me waiting till I have more funds and go the wider tyres with rims and flairs?

This is a "how long is a length of string" question, there's no real answer. Bigger fatter tyres will make your vehicle more capable off road but when to stop, are 33's too small? What about 35's? are 35's too small what about 37's or 40's when to stop? How much do you want to radically transform your truck? How much money do you have? Is your car a daily driver? do you need to tow? can you afford to regear?


Bigger tyres lead to a whole host of issues, sometimes those headaches aren't worth it and you are better of sticking to a more conventional size.