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Post by mehlen on Aug 5, 2004 19:31:24 GMT -5
Hi there- I have a 90 Tracker that I take on farm/logging roads. It's great fun. BUT these littles things have NO ground clearence. I want bigger tires to help this out. The stock tires are 205/75 R15 which measuer 27x8 in unloaded. While crawling around underneath I measuered and thought that 30x9.50 tires would fit with no lift. An A/T or M/T would REALLY help my tracker off road. Does anyone out there run bigger tires or remember what fits and what hits?
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Post by billyraked on Aug 11, 2004 10:59:37 GMT -5
hey I am running 235/ 75 which I understand is damn close to 30" and yess they touched . I replaced the rear springs with the springs from a 4 door ( I hear they are stiffer ) and it cured the poblem . Putting 4 inches of lift in made sure the problem didn't return.  |
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Post by RockJunkie on Nov 29, 2004 14:14:10 GMT -5
I have ran all kinds of tires on my sidekick. I started with 215 75R15 all terrain tires. They worked OK, but I wanted better. I moved up to 31" all terrains and suddenly, I was able to do many of the harder trails here in Colorado. Currently I am running 35x15.5x15 Super Swamper TSL SX tires. They are the Bomb. There is nothing they can't handle. I would recommend running either the Thornbird 29x10.5x15 or the TSL radial 215 85R15 tires. You will love the traction you get with Super Swampers.
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Post by 3wheelerdude on Jan 11, 2005 8:20:43 GMT -5
I have ran all kinds of tires on my sidekick. I started with 215 75R15 all terrain tires. They worked OK, but I wanted better. I moved up to 31" all terrains and suddenly, I was able to do many of the harder trails here in Colorado. Currently I am running 35x15.5x15 Super Swamper TSL SX tires. They are the Bomb. There is nothing they can't handle. I would recommend running either the Thornbird 29x10.5x15 or the TSL radial 215 85R15 tires. You will love the traction you get with Super Swampers. Are you running those with no modification??? cant be? |
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Post by RockJunkie on Jan 12, 2005 3:04:13 GMT -5
You are absolutely correct. I build off road vehicles and have for many years. All different makes and models. I am currurtly on my 6th build up. For my Sidekick I designed and fabbed a custom 3 link front and rear suspension with 7" lift coils and a 2" body lift. I have also designed and fabbed front and rear bumpers to allow for more clearance. The fenders have been trimmed about 1" all the way around to fit the bigger meats. I am also looking at going to either the 37" bogger or the 38" SX. Money is such an obstacle.
The best I have seen on a stock Sidekick is 30" tires and that required a minor amount of trimming of the bumper. In some cases an 8oz hammer on the inside pinch weld.
Happy wheeling. If you ever make it to Colorado, let's get together.
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Post by larz on Jan 19, 2005 22:47:33 GMT -5
Hi, I'm new to sidekicks but have done my fare share of wheeling. I just bought the kick for my girl for a winter ride and she also wants to wheel in the spring. What will it take to put 31's on a kick? 2" body and 1"spacers on the coils?
And how much will they kill the motor (alot of hills in my neighborhood). And I don't really want to hack up the fenders.
Thanx in advanced
Lar
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Post by RockJunkie on Jan 20, 2005 16:26:16 GMT -5
When I ran 31's on my 96 Sidekick, I had a 2" body lift and 1" coil spacers. I needed to pound the front inner fender pinch weld and trim the bottom of my bumper. I was also running all terrains. If you run a mud tire you may need to trim a little more. Bottom line it is possible and pretty easy.
Now about the power. When I first did the swap to 31's I was running a 5 speed and 5.12 gears. When I swapped to the Automatic it was a little harder to get things rolling. Still do-able but not very peppy. Now if your Sidekick came stock with the automatic transmission then it most likely will have the 4.63 gears and things will be a little slower. Now if your sidekick is older style engine with the 8 valves than your engine power is lower than what mine was.
I would say if you are running the newer 16v engine with the 5 speed and 5.12 gears than I would say no problem. You can go anywhere and do anything with 31's, otherwise it is up to you. Bottom line it is a 10% - 15% loss of power when you move up to 31's.
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Post by 3wheelerdude on Jan 24, 2005 14:47:14 GMT -5
ok, so im not too good at calculating tire sizes, but I found a good deal on 215/75/15. They should fit easy on a stock 96 kick right? And what am I looking at as far as offset on the speedometer?
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Post by tuckerx1111 on Jan 24, 2005 21:09:59 GMT -5
www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.htmlhere is a link to calculate your tire size. I have been running 215-75R-15 for the past year on a 4 door 94 sidekick with no problems. I'm going to try 225-75R-15 next 
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Post by 3wheelerdude on Jan 24, 2005 23:14:00 GMT -5
Thank You for the calculator, Good to know my speedo will only be off by 2%.
Have you ever used BF Goodrich All Terrain T/A??
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Post by tuckerx1111 on Jan 25, 2005 4:16:52 GMT -5
I havn't used all terain . I've been useing goodyear mud and snow all year round.
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Post by RockJunkie on Jan 25, 2005 12:22:40 GMT -5
When I first bought my Sidekick I was running a set of 215 75R15 Peerless AT's. These were fine tires, they ran great on the road and I did a few off road trails. Then I moved up to 31x10.5x15 Goodyear AT's. These were better, but I think more because of the size and that they were new. I prefer the Goodyear GSA to the RTS due to the side pattern. Currently I switch between the 35x15.5 Super Swamper SX and a set of 33" BF Goodrich AT's The swampers kick butt on everything but the road. I like the BFG AT's on the road, they are super smooth at 90mph on the highway and quiet. These tires are probably the best all around AT tire. I really like the off road performance of them. They are still quite good off-road. I also run the BF Goodrich MT's on my Tacoma. I have run them for about 50K miles now. They have good road manners, and great off road characteristics, the down side is that the sidewalls are weak. I have seen several sidewall tears on these tires. I would probably prefer the Goodyear MTR's over the BFG MT. Personal opinion.
Here is how I would break it down.
80%-90% on road 10%-20% off road. Go with a good AT like the BFG AT or the Goodyear AT.
60%-80% on road 20%-40% off road. Go with a good MT like the BFG MT or the Goodyear MTR.
If you around the 50%-50% mark then I would probably step up to the Super Swamper Thornbird, SSR or the TSL Radial.
If you get to the point of only running on the road 10%-20% and the rest of it hard core wheeling then I would recommend going to the Super Swamper TSL, Bogger, or SX. Each one of these is geared differently, so you need to think about what you want to do.
A couple of other notes. I wheel all kinds of terrain and I have two sets of tires that I run on different types of terrain.
Hope that this helps.
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Post by 3wheelerdude on Jan 25, 2005 14:43:19 GMT -5
Perfect, im definitaly in the 10%offroad/ 90% highway category so BF A/T it will be.
Thanks
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Post by tracker96 on Apr 9, 2005 23:11:28 GMT -5
I have to say it's 90% on road/10% offroad for me as well.I've been running Cooper Discoverer Radial all terrain in the stock size.They are great on and off road.
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Post by joe on Apr 24, 2005 13:57:40 GMT -5
I would say that if your going to stay stock then the largest you can go is 225 x 75 x 15...i would not recomend putting anything larger on stock rims as they are only 5.5 to 6 inches wide. cooper makes a tire called the courser traction LT and the size is 7.00-15LT and it only requires a 5.5 inch wheel and is 30 inches tall. I plan to put them on my 95 tracker but I have a small body lift and 2 inch wheel spacers.
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