Good evening everyone. I am in the process of rebuilding a 72 1010 Travelall that I got a few years ago. I know this question May have been asked a million times and I am sorry. I cannot find a true answer, so I figured I would ask the people with the most experience. I am looking to put a bigger wheel/tire combo on it w/o adding any sort of a lift. With that being said, what sizes are some of you running and are you running into rubbing or anything of that nature. Thanks in advance for any and all help/advice with this.
Wheels/Tires
- Thread starter Adrien
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robbymeyer
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I have a '72 1210 with heavy duty springs and axles. My truck came with p 8.00-16.5 tires about 28.5” diameter. My granddad put on 9.50r16.5lt tires which were about 30.5" diameter. More recently I got modern wheels and put on lt265/75r16 tires about 32” diameter. I haven't noticed any rubbing. As far as I know the suspension is stock, and the fenders have not been trimmed. It has the closed knuckle front axles, so the wheels do not turn far in either direction though.
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Rob, your truck is a 3/4 ton 4x4 so it will take a bigger tire than adrien's 1010 Travelall which is a low to the ground 2wd vehicle so that comparison is somewhat apples to oranges.
Scoutboy74
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Probably should begin with your current tire dimensions and make comparisons from there. You likely have more room to expand the tread width than the overall circumference. Once you have your baseline dimensions, then you can start looking at common tire sizes that are slightly taller and perhaps dramatically wider than what you have now in both standard and metric offerings to get some ideas. A lot will depend on your wheel choice, whether you stay with 15" or go up to 16 and beyond. Your rim width, backspacing and offset to clear your disc brake calipers will all need to be taken into consideration. I know that isn't the real world example you were hoping for, but I think you May find yourself left to your own devices on this one. Most folks looking to upsize tires are dealing with a 4x4, often in conjunction with some type of suspension and or body lift to gain additional clearance.
robbymeyer
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Try checking some of the original sales brochures if you can find them. Larger tire size May have been an option. That partially how I justified getting 31" for my 78 Scout II with stock suspension, but I haven't driven it since so I can't tell you if that was a good idea.