Suburban tire questions...

[Martino]

Hi all.

I have a couple easy (i hope) questions about tires on Suburbans. My brother has a '91 4x4 that he wants to put new tires and rims on. We were both thinking 15" x 10" wide for rims. Any reason that is a stupid idea? Stock rims on there now, with 31x10.5x15 tires. Should we go with wider than 10.5 tires on 10" rims? 31 is plenty tall...

Also, I have an '89 2wd that has 8" rims, and 31x10.5x15 tires. The tires are in great shape, but I want wider rims. Can I go to 10" rims and use the same tires, or do I need wider tires than rims...? (kind of the same question as above.) Also, if I wanted to, could I go with taller tires, like 32's without rubbing or anything...?

kind of newb questions, so thanks for your time.

-martino

 

[4xcrazy]

personally, i don't like the look of 10"wide rims with a 12.5 wide tire,,,to me it looks too stretched, i am currently running 15x8 with the 33/12.5 tire, and think it looks good.

Best thing i would think to do, is to get a good look at other peoples setup, tire sizes and rims,,whatever, thats how i got an idea of what i wanted.

 

[tomseviltwin]

I was running 31's with a 10" rim on my 93 and I think they looked great.

 

[resurrected_jimmy]

I like having my rims about 2" narrower than my tires, works well for me for a dd/weekend warrior and seems to wear the tires pretty even (excluding swampers) but in answer to your question there is no reason you can't do it

 

[mich6212]

i even have 35/12.5 on my stock 15 by 8 rally's. no problems here, and looks good too.