When I went with the 32x11.5 MT's from BFG mounted on the American Eagle Type 54's 15x8" rim with a neutral offset (no longer available from American Eagle) they took off approximately 1/8-1/4" from my front bumper end caps but did so via the rubbing action. I neither had to manually trim them nor did they rub anywhere on the inner or outer fender walls.

Ray

It could be that the B/S at 3.25" is causing the rub, but can't say without seeing it. Perhaps a little t-bar lift will cure it.

Frank

FWIW, I didn't crank my torsion bars to get the 32's to fit but they may have already been cranked by the previous owner.

Ray

From what I can see and hear, I only notice it on the left front and only about the inside 1/4" of the endcap. I haven't heard it from the right side yet, but it seems that I am always turning right when I am headed into a driveway at some angle different that what the road is. I am trying to think of a good place nearby to test it for turing left and to park it in either position just to see how close it really is.

I may just trim the inside edge a little more than a 1/4" and call it good enough, unless I find it rubs more often when we start driving it more.

I like the MTR's in terms of look, but they are very expensive up here, compared to BFG even, and especially Procomp, which you can find really good deals on. Are they pretty good on the road? Someday I'd love to try them...

Rather than mess around with the factory bumper, just get Don to make you one. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

This is just my experience and opinion, but I think they are great. I have run them about 40k miles on my daily driver Tacoma and haven't had a single time I wished I had more traction. They have worked well for a variety of terrain. I have to admit that I am not a hard-core 4-wheeler, but I do like to take on some challenges. I have used them on river beds, snow, ice, pavement, gravel, loose dirt, mud, hillclimbs, and I think that is about all I have taken the tires through. I have liked them on all the differnt surfaces. The only thing for me is that I haven't done a lot of rock-crawling to test them in that way. I rarely have to air down below 25psi to get enough traction, except wet snow, then I went down to about 18psi. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

My friend has SSR's and he really likes them, but they seem to be noisier but a maybe slightly better traction and they clean a little better, but it is really close. It is hard to compare between an Scout II and a pick-up for traction due to the weight balance differences. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

Here is a really neat change to the standard 15" rim scenario. Get some 16" rims and step up to the greater selection of height without having to go to the wide tires as they work better in real mud. The tires I am currently using are the yokohama mud diggers in 235 85r 16" and they are about the max height that will work without opening fenders on standard suspension. Havent had to winch myself yet though we have pulled out various inferior vehicles without even winching. In the works are some new looks on the frontIe:the whole grille and headlamp assy to make it even more unique>

I had 16 inch wheels on my Monty. Now I have 15s and the tires are less expensive. I figure that I broke even buying the wheels for $43 each and 33x12.50 BFG KMs compared to just buying a set of similarly sized 16 inch tires.

Wanna buy my old wheels?

Clay

May have an option for some 33", 14.5 width Super Swampers for the 1992 LWB.

Tire 33/14.50 Swamper
Wheel Width 10
Section Width 14.5
Tire Overlap =14.5-10 =4.5
Overlap each side =4.5/2 =2.25
Allowable distance wheel well to tire 5.5 5.5
backspace= whl well to tire - tire overlap =5.5-2.25 =3.25

Do these calculations work?

Would you select a rim with 3.25 backspacing for your Super Swampers?

What am I missing?

Thanks!