Good points tc. AxleIke, do you have any pics of your 8" wheels on your 9.5" tires? That would be the same as doing the 9" wheel on the 10.5" tire. I had a set of 10" wheels on 10.5" tires and the rim was pretty exposed. Looked nice though.

 

I used to run 34x9.50 TSL's on 8" rims. Here's what they looked like, and why I got rid of them:

 

Lol.. damn tc! What the heck did you do to those things???

 

Does anyone else make a 33 10.50 other than BF Goodrich? Me searching tells me no.

 

those are bias ply TSL's. About as much sidewall flex as a brick. I rolled a tire off the rim the first time I had mine out, becasue i went down to 12psi. Now I stay at 17, and do fine.

Here is my truck with the 9.50's

 

Nice pictures dude. Thanks. You gotta let us know your mods. Did you tuck the Runner's belly? It looks clear under there.

 

narrow 9.5" tires on an 8" wide rim with NO sidewall bulge

I was CONSTANTLY having the rims repaired to not have bead leaks.

 

i don't like skiny tyres my truck looks silly enouth as it is lol what is the biggest tyre i can fit on a 86 lifted about to inches on not stock tims and don't know how much spacing there is??

 

interco makes a 33x10.50

you could probally put 40's on those not stock tims

 

Holy crap Batman..... that's a lot of answers! As far as sidewall exposure, I'm not too worried. Most of the driving I do is on logging/fire roads at high speeds to get my mountain bike to the trailhead. I have no intention of rock crawling or mudding. I do have the intention of putting in long-travel suspension front and back eventually.

Again, thanks for all the input & help,

-frozen

---> lots of snow this morning!!!

 

Its simply downey springs rear, to level out butt sag, and OME torsions and Bj spacers relaxed back to stock. Pinch weld is pounded flat. Nothing special, but it works.

Belly is not tucked yet. As soon as I have the time, I'm going to install my second transfercase, got the crap, just no time, and hopefully tuck it then, we'll see. Currently it only has a budbuilt under there.