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Tall tires on stock burb rims?

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My current 85 Burb project still has the 16x6.5 rims and hub caps and I was planning on keeping it that way as I like the utilitarian look. Curious if anyone has or is running 305`s or something close to that in the 33" range on rims that narrow with a 4" lift.
 
Both 255/85-16 and 285/75-16 are like 33" in height, they should work.
I wouldn't go wider than that, on those rims.
 
how wide are these new tires thats the real question
what part of the central coast you from??
 
73redblaze said:
how wide are these new tires thats the real question
what part of the central coast you from??
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Havent bought anything as of yet,lift goes in in the next week or so then tires are the next item. I never had any issues running 12.50`s on 8`s although the tire mfg`s ay no I believe,cant see a reason not to run 305`s or so on the 6.5`s but Ive never done it. BTW, in in north eastern SLO county.
 
I ran 36x12.5-16.5 HMMVW bias plies on 16.5x6.5 steelies on Big Ugly when I first got it. Not optimal but worked.

You could run 285/75R16's (33x11.25R16) or 255/85R16's (tall 33"x10.5ishR16)'s pretty easily. I've run both on rims about that wide and they work well.

Right now I have 38x11 tires on my stock 2007 GM 16x6.5 steelies and they work.

As you get wider with the tread the tires bulge more. With a taller tire it isn't that noticeable but I'd bet with 33's the sidewall would look kinda donut-y with 33x12.5's. Might have tread wear issues but hard to say really. Depends on the tire but that narrow of a rim isn't optimal.
 
I have 35x12.50x16.5" BFG Mud Terrains on stock GM wheels. Tires are wearing evenly.

Martin
 
You could run the Interco Q78-16 TSL Swampers (36") on that rim no problem. This tire is equivalent to say 36x10.50-16. My friend has them on his crewcab with stock rims like your, no problem.
 
I plan on doing the same thing on a couple of my trucks. I like the narrow tire look. I'm going to use interco LTB's 34/10.5/16 on stock 16" wheels.
 
I like that tall narrow tire look, even better with a 4 to 6 inch lift. heres a few pics. Some of these trucks are probably CK5 members.

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I'm running a 315/75r16 on 16x6.5 wheels on my burb.. works beautifully. It's all in the air pressure..

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:bow: Nice! They look similar to a 305/85/16 buckshot mudder. There was a thread somwhere about those co-op tires, they might only be availible in the south.

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