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Well last weekend Grahame very kindly lent me his Maxxis Bighorn 33s and we did a bit of wheeling - they handled really well and I can't wait to get some of my own later this year. Bit weird though - when we took measurements from the rim we found that the Bighorns only raised the ride by 10mm over stock 31s which doesn't seem a lot!



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nice one JB. Looks a lot better than the stockers.
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If they're 285/70/17's then the 10mm sounds about right. The 245/75/17's are roughly 31.5" diameter and the 285/70/17's are roughly 32.5" diameter (not really a true 33" tyre) so there's only 1" difference which will give a half inch of lift, so 12.5mm give or take.
Thats not true, the most Mud Terrains are around 33" inch. See the specs table.
http://www.maxxis.com/AutomobileLigh...2-Bighorn.aspx
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Hey JB, did you also get any idea on the Big horn costs?
Thanks!!
They are 285/70/R17 and the quote from Bob Janes is as follows -

Thank you for your online enquiry.

It is with great pleasure that I can provide you with the following quote for your 2011 Jeep WRANGLER:.

You have requested tyre pricing on the following product:

Maxxis MT762. We have this available in your size 285/70R17 out of our QLD warehouse. These tyres normally retail at $379, however we are able to provide them to you at the special online price of $354 each which includes fitting, standard wheel balance, tubeless valves, tyre disposal and freight from QLD.

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If they're 285/70/17's then the 10mm sounds about right. The 245/75/17's are roughly 31.5" diameter and the 285/70/17's are roughly 32.5" diameter (not really a true 33" tyre) so there's only 1" difference which will give a half inch of lift, so 12.5mm give or take.
There's always 305/70/R17 - which are apparently 34.4". But I guess you'd need backspacers and stuff....

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Thats not true, the most Mud Terrains are around 33" inch. See the specs table.
http://www.maxxis.com/AutomobileLigh...2-Bighorn.aspx
Hey Kam,

The spec sheet is wrong as it says that a 285/70/17 is a 33.0". Doing the maths shows a 285/70/17 is only 32.7". They also show a 305/70/17 to be 34" but again the maths show it's not. Didn't check any others.

I don't know how closely the tyre manufacturers are required to follow the 285/70 part of the tyre sizing. Clearly the 17" rim bit needs to be fairly accurate otherwise it wouldn't fit but I think there is quite a large tolerance on the 285/70 bit (ie the overall width and the height of the side wall). I know JKTOM was looking at actual sizes v tyre stamp sizes when he was deciding between 265/70/17's and 285/70/17's. I'm sure in some cases he found that when measuring the actual size, some 265/70/17's were a lot closer to being 33's than they should be but some 285/70/17's weren't as big as they should be.

Couldn't tell you whether the Maxxis are a 33" or a 285/70/17 but theoretically at least they can only be one, not both.
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There's always 305/70/R17 - which are apparently 34.4". But I guess you'd need backspacers and stuff....

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There's a guy on the SJC forum that I think gets on here as well (Dieselcon I think) runs 34's. I'm pretty sure he runs them on stock rims as well but not sure if he uses spacers. Based on my 285/70/17's, I wouldn't want to run anything wider on stock rims as I have enough trouble stopping these rubbing on the sway bars as it is.
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There's a guy on the SJC forum that I think gets on here as well (Dieselcon I think) runs 34's. I'm pretty sure he runs them on stock rims as well but not sure if he uses spacers. Based on my 285/70/17's, I wouldn't want to run anything wider on stock rims as I have enough trouble stopping these rubbing on the sway bars as it is.
Plus I guess 305s are technically illegal because of the track width change and you'd have to change your flares too.

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