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What rims should I look for? I do prefer steel so I can bang em back out if I ding one in the field.


For 31's the stock rims are fine. What rims do you have on there currently?

For example for 32x11.5 tires on my 90 v6 (same as 89), I was easily able to use a 15x8 rim w/ a neutral offset (4" back spacing) and IIRC this was with the stock suspension.

When I went to 33x12.5's, I went with a 15x8" rim with 3.75" of backspacing and had a 2" longer coils installed in back and did a torsion bar crank to raise the front ~1" and I did have a minor amount of rubbing at full flex in back and when turning hard & flexing in front.

With my 33's now mounted on my 89 v6, a 1" torsion bar crank, Gen II coil springs, and a 2" BL... I only very occasionally get slight rubbing up front (sorry this is definitely not a valid comparison for your setup).

HTH

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