15 X 8" rims ?...

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Old Jul 13, 2009 | 05:42 PM
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15 X 8" rims ?...

How big of tire can be put on these rims ?.....
 
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Old Jul 13, 2009 | 10:10 PM
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I wouldn't go wider than a 12.50 inch wide tire.
 
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Old Jul 14, 2009 | 11:20 AM
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Ok, reason asking i have 10.50s on it now, have the Mastercraft tires, and seem to have belts broke right down the center on the tires....I rotated the tires and had the front end aligned, and had a bearing that was wore and a hub that was broke, so changed out the bearings, seals, and replaced both hubs.......thought that would save the back tires when I rotated them, but now there doing the samething....

Whats causing this ?...
 
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Old Jul 14, 2009 | 11:28 AM
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Quality of tire would be my first guess. Not trying to bash them but you get what you pay for. There may be outside circumstances but none jump out at me right now, esp since you fixed existing problems. Have you ran these tires before, if so what kind of life did you see out of them?
 
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Old Jul 14, 2009 | 11:38 AM
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Kind of what I thought to, but I was told awhile back it was where my rims wasnt wide enough, have a 8 inch rim....these are Cooper tires, my first set of these...have around 22000 miles on them.......kind of thought this was a good brand...lol...
 
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Old Jul 14, 2009 | 11:59 AM
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8" for a 10.50" is no problem at all, if you can not find anything on the forum check around on the web for others review of the tires. I think its time for an upgrade.
 
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Old Jul 15, 2009 | 10:00 AM
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10-4....what would be a good upgrade ?...
 
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Old Jul 16, 2009 | 12:06 PM
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BFG KM2, Toyo OpenCountry M/T. The new Micky Thompson Baja MTZ look great too. All three of those tires offer sizes for 15 inch rim. If you are looking for something in the range 31" - 35" you should be good to go.
 
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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 12:03 PM
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Thanks, Ill check them out..
 
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