Thunderer tires; very happy

[LilGreen]

So yeasterday I FINNALLY got some new rubber on lil green.
The 3" body lift and massively cut fenders made it look kinda silly with 31" Mexican racing slicks. I got a set of 33x12.5x15 Thunderer max grip m/t's.
Supper aggressive tread( the deepest lugs at 17mm, all bfgs, toyos, ect are less)

They are Mounted on stock rims(only 6" wide apparently :/ ) gonna get some wider rims next pay check, but I'm at a bit of a dielma with what width...

I could go eight in wide, have a smaller footprint at full presure and be able to air down and still keep a bead,
Or.. I could go 10 and have a wider footprint when I'm at full pressure but run the risk of popping a bead if I do decide to air down.
Basically I've never delt with airing up/down, but can certainly see myself doing it in the future...

What's ur guys opinion? 10 or 8?
-Scotty

 

[BLOODBANE]

I run 35x12.5x15 BFG KM2 MTs on a 15x8 rim on my Explorer and have had them down to 8psi with no problems. I run 35x14.5x15 BOGGERs on a 15x10 rim on my Ranger and have had them down to 5psi (no beadlocks on either)with no issues (the BOGGERs are a wide tire though). The 15x8 should do everything you want. If your wanting to go much lower you would really need to look into some beadlocks....

 

[LilGreen]

Don't think I will be going any lower than eight psi. Do u think my foot print will change drastically either full psi or aired down between 8 and 10in rim?

 

[swynx]

My buddy has a jeep with 7 inch rim and a 35x12. 50r15. He Aires down to 2-3 and never lost a bead. I have 33x12.50r15 on 10 inch rim. I love how it rides. Flatter contact and looks better IMO. I've been down to 5 psi and had no problems. We had a guy running a 10.50 on an 8 inch rim air down to 5 psi he busted a bead and that was only after a winch pulled it off.

All my buddy's in the group all air down to 5 or less psi and never lose a bead unless we are winching sideways then it almost always gets pulled off. But it takes quite a bit of pressure to pop the bead. Although we are on snow.

I say if its going to be road driven go 10 inch.

 

[6.2]

15x8.
I would never want a 10" wide wheel for a 12" wide tire.

And I daily drive mine as well as offroad in the bush.

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[Road Angels]

I second 15x8, for safety, also keep in mind when the axles are in a deep rut, on one side that 1" of extra space on the back side can be a saving grace when the axle is cocked to one side maxed out, it wouldnt hurt to drive it up on some thing on one side and look at what you got going on before you decide, and no dont use the Honda sittin next door

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

I was on the fence when I was going to get rims for my choptop the last time around. Then I rolled all the tires I had around and took a tape measure to them. Interestingly enough at rest, they were around 6-7" to the outside of the beads. I went with 15x8 rims as a result.

Mounted up the 35x12.5x15 tires and aired them up to around 30 psi, all the beads had seated by then. Put them on the truck and knocked the air down till the tread flattened out on the pavement and ran it. IIRC I'm running around 12 psi rear and 15 psi front on my choptop. That's about where I had the 33x12.5x15 tires on 15x8 rims at too when they were on the truck. I ran the truck a little before lowering the pressure and it rode like a brick, now that the pressure is down, the truck rides a lot better and I'm not burning out the center of the tread. Running at that pressure I'm not sure that airing down another few PSI is going to make much of a difference off-road. Maybe if I was running bias ply tires and in the rocks or something.