Getting close to time for new tires, so I am finally going to add the 2 inch BL and throw some new shoes on the girl. Can't really afford to buy 15x8's right now to accomodate the 33X12.5-15's that I REALLY want, so I must take the cheaper route for now.

Anyone have any picts of their rig on 33X10.5's??? Never seen this setup on a T before.

You dont think I should try the 33X12.5-15's on the stock steels do you? I have heard of uneven wear, but haven't heard from credible sources. Someone throw me thier .02's worth of knowledge/experience on this, would ya?

<small>[ April 03, 2003, 06:06 PM: Message edited by: Chemical442 ]</small>

33x12.50 on 15x7 is doable but really pushing it. even 15x8 will cause center wear. you can get black 15x8 steel wheels from 4wheelparts for about $42 plus the tires you really want. they mount and balance them for free and have free freight and no tax. i think there is just a $5 handling fee. that is tough to beat and how i did my swampers.

Also, look around on Ebay...
I picked a set of new 15x8 aluminum 6 star, 2 piece wheels for $200. I just put 34x10.5 Swamper LTB's on these.

My last wheels were a set of used 15x10 Outlaws (with 33x12.5 Yokohama tires @ 75%) for $350.

Like you Chemical I'd like to see what 33x10.5's look like. That's the set up I'm going with when I quit doing other stuff like OBA, locker, so on and so on. I don't have any need for wide tires. I want 33x10.5 mudders to get deep in the woods! Hold on wait......I'm already deep in the woods! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />

I got my 15x8 black steels from Summit for $155 shipped.

Nah, screw 33's... Throw a set of these
LTB's on. Bias ply, knobby as hell, tough as nails... <img border="0" alt="[Satan]" title="" src="graemlins/satan.gif" />

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by 4xGeek:
<strong>Nah, screw 33's... Throw a set of these
LTB's on. Bias ply, knobby as hell, tough as nails... <img border="0" alt="[Satan]" title="" src="graemlins/satan.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">bias ply on the street sucks. mine will rattle me to death.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by surlynkid:
<strong>33x12.50 on 15x7 is doable but really pushing it. even 15x8 will cause center wear. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">So, will they wear in the center unusually quick? ...or will it just show more in the center after a few years? By the way, I only commute 2 miles a day in my T. On weekends I usually never put more than 30 miles on it, tops. (everything I need is close)

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by Chemical442:
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by surlynkid:
<strong>33x12.50 on 15x7 is doable but really pushing it. even 15x8 will cause center wear. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">So, will they wear in the center unusually quick? ...or will it just show more in the center after a few years? By the way, I only commute 2 miles a day in my T. On weekends I usually never put more than 30 miles on it, tops. (everything I need is close)</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">on 7" wide rims, you are screwed. on 8", you just need to make sure you do not overinflate them. i run my pressures pretty low (25 psi i think) to keep a nice wear pattern. with your driving, they'll last forever.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by Chemical442:
So, will they wear in the center unusually quick? ...or will it just show more in the center after a few years? By the way, I only commute 2 miles a day in my T. On weekends I usually never put more than 30 miles on it, tops. (everything I need is close)[/QB]</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">I say run-em. I've run 12.50's on 8" for YEARS with no appreciable center wear on any of the vehicles (my wheeling truck, 3 previous wheeling trucks, wife's 4Runner, etc). I've even run 12.50's BFG AT's on 7's with no major wear. However, this was on an 87 4Runner, so weight might be a big factor.

15x8's for 12.50's. 10.50's will be perfect on 7's.

Check the forum pics, my T has them on there. The one in the pics are the BF Mud's KM.

If you want I have a pic with the 33x10.5 SuperSwamper Thornbirds on it as well.

As mentioned, the 4 ply on the Thornbirds was a lot louder and a lot more vibration, probably not as bad as bias though.