On 5 Apr 2006 at 13:17, Rob Rubin <robrubin@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote: > Just wanna throw this out and see what my come back. I have an 83.5 that is > going thru conversion currently and am toying with the old wheel/tire aspect of > this. > > The fellow helping out with the conversion had mentioned lifting the van by > fabricating some spacers that would go in above the springs and replacing the > shocks to accommodate the new travel. I believe we were discussing a 2" spacer. > Anyone ever do this? > > Also, Right now I have the original 14 inch steel wheels with BFG All > Terrain T/A s 27 8.50 14 @ 26.6" tall. > > If I went to a 15 inch rim the tire choices in the same product are two, one is > 215 75 15 @27.8 inches tall the other 235 75 15 @29 inches. > > If going to a 16 inch rim the heights would be 215 70 16 @28" or 225 70 16 > @28.5. > > > Has anyone done anything like this? What would be the max tire height on a > 15 or 16 inch rim if I left the thing at stock height? And if anyone has > experience with this how high to go to get what to fit? I think the limiting factor here is the rear trailing arms. I have the same 27x8.5R14 BFGs on mine, and if you look at where the front edge of the tire is closest to the trailing arm, there is not a lot of room left there. Wheel size doesn't matter - your overall tire diameter will be the issue - count on maybe 0.5 to 1" greater than the BFGs you have, I would think. Then start comparing the specs for various tires on the web.
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