Has anyone tried a 215/85-16?

[0uTkAsT]

Just asking out of curiosity... I know with several other makes of trucks that it was possible to run a slightly taller tire without rubbing as long as it was narrower... width was more so the problem than the actual height.

I know this would be a very stiff tire and not the best for deep sand, but pizza cutters are popular with a lot of small pickups and SUVs up in the mountains where rocks, snow, and clay-like mud are more of a concern so it has me wondering if anyone's tried them on a KJ?

 

[92fox]

Reviving the dead here...

But wondering if anyone can chime in?

 

[renegade 04]

I think that this size tire a bite to tall for the kj but you should try 215/80/16 not the larger size. You could fit the larger tires if you have a kj that was built before the pre lowered date.

 

[tjkj2002]

To get the true height and best wear you need to mount those 215's on a 6" rim.Mounting on a 7" rim will stretch the tire making it shorter and thus making airing down unsafe when offroad as you will pop beads pretty easily.

 

[92fox]

Good point, tjkj. Didn't think of that.