Do I have clearance?

[Braves dude]

Hey guys, I have a 87 blazer i am rebuilding. I need to order some tires so i was looking at 14/35/15 bias ply Groundhawgs. I have a 4" lift with no wheel spacers, and the truck is going to be my daily driver (not gonna kill her on the trails) will i have enough clearance without spacers or fender trimming?

 

[plyr2k]

Hey guys, I have a 87 blazer i am rebuilding. I need to order some tires so i was looking at 14/35/15 bias ply Groundhawgs. I have a 4" lift with no wheel spacers, and the truck is going to be my daily driver (not gonna kill her on the trails) will i have enough clearance without spacers or fender trimming?

With the right backspacing, yes. But the 14 wide is a little wide for a street queen. And the groundhawgs dont have good road manners. And bias ply is going to flat spot and be a little squirly.

 

[blazinzuk]

If you have a 4" lift you will hit the rear of the fender under articulation. Depending on your wheels you may hit the leaf springs.

You will need to trim the fender just a touch, and might need wheelspacers, it depends on what type of wheels ( backspacing) you have or are going to be putting them on

bias ply ground hawgs make for a crappy daily driver tire. Liveable but crappy

 

[muddysub]

Hey guys, I have a 87 blazer i am rebuilding. I need to order some tires so i was looking at 14/35/15 bias ply Groundhawgs. I have a 4" lift with no wheel spacers, and the truck is going to be my daily driver (not gonna kill her on the trails) will i have enough clearance without spacers or fender trimming?

you'll kill her with those junk tires.. as mentioned 14" is too wide for a DD and groundhawgs are gonna make you hate life. as for clearance, how do you feel about trimming fenders? if i were you, i'd run some 33x12.50 BFG, general, procomp, or goodyear mud terrains

 

[sweetk30]

2 things go radial tires and ground hawgs are no longer made . so unless you find old stock your not going to get them. and if you do and still want them get 5 for a spare.

 

[Braves dude]

Thank you so much for the quick reply. Saved me from making a big mistake.

 

[sweetk30]

thats exactly why you just paid 25 bucks for 1 year membership to this site.

yaal come back now ya here

 

[muddysub]

Thank you so much for the quick reply. Saved me from making a big mistake.

Just trying to help man, all of us have made mistakes on our rigs and if you ask we'll tell you what to/not to do to steer clear of making those same mistakes.

 

[chevytunder1969]

ground hawgs are junk they have been known to explode and do some amazing body work for ya lol the only reason I say this is because it has happened to me with some 15 35 15s I had on my blazer. So I stepped up to some 315 75 16 bf goodrich at's them damn tires lived through 4 trucks I had. Just my two cents.

 

[K85 Octane]

Just trying to help man, all of us have made mistakes on our rigs and if you ask we'll tell you what to/not to do to steer clear of making those same mistakes.

and even with the membership, I still seem to blow $$$ out my ass on "backtracking" with the project.

Braves: You can do a lot with all terrain tires offroad. Plus, they live longer and are quieter on the road. Just sayin

 

[Braves dude]

Thanks for the suggestions i will be sure to check them out it had 35 12.5 15 general grabbers on it before I tore it apart but I was hoping to get a more aggressive looking tire. I guess I should be smart about it though haha it'll save me a lot of money

 

[K85 Octane]

http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=170627

 

[Braves dude]

Have you guys had any experience with the goodyear wrangler MT/R tires with kevlar? I've heard good things about them but I want to make sure they are nice before I buy them. Looking at 35/12.5/15

 

[blazinzuk]

Its one of the tires I would put on my rig.

They sell a 42" sticky

In all seriousness I know several guys with these and they work well

I plan on putting them on my Jimmy unless interco can get a bunch more sizes into production