That was an example of what a manufacturer told me. nothing to do with rim width. So- with this tire manufacturer telling me not to go off road with all terrain tires, should I tell everyone that they shouldn't do it "because they said so?"

Kind of like the old adage of the oil debate. Oil comapnuies say change your oil every 3K. Ford says 7.5K. are the oil companies trying to get you to buy more oil, or is Ford corporate telling you to change oil less frequently, so your engine wears out faster....? I split the diff, and change it at 5K.

 

I will use the same example I used the last time we had this debate: Rancho says that thier 4 inch suspension lift should be ran with 33x12.50 tires. So all of the guys running 35x12.50 tires with this setup are wrong? Dear Lord, someone should warn them!

And to the guy asking about tire wear- the answer is no, they will not wear faster on a narrower rim. When properly inflated, they wear exactly the same. I have ran both setups multiple times and never had an issue.

 

Somebody just HAD to bring this topic up again! The last one went on for a good 6 months!

 

i ran 35x1250s on my stock 7.5inch wide rim and had 0 issues. The only thing was it did have the 'pinched look'... but as long as you know how to set tire pressures, you will be fine.

 

wow i see this is a heated debate haha. well the thing is i am planning on getting wider rims whenever the guy has time to take them off his jeep. Until then, i was going to run the 12.50's on the stock rims to see how they look. I was just wondering if they would work. and thanks for the suggestion about 33X10.5's that might look good.