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I've been working on my CJ-7 - I've finished the front clean-up and repair. Por-15 on the axle and frame, stainless brake lines, new shackles.... The rear axle comes off next. I'm only able to work on it on the weekends so I have time during the week to ponder. A friend of mine gave me a set of

235-75R15 tires that have some life left on them and I have not purchased wheels yet. If I buy wheels for those tires, will I be able to buy a slightly larger tire down the road and mount them on the same wheel? When it's all done, I'll have no spring lift (I dont really want one) and a 1" body lift (That is existing) According to what I've found on the net, I can put as large as 31" tires on it. I guess I just want to know if I can mount 30" or 31" tires on the same wheels as the 235's?

Thanks,

Chip

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Chip
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I had stock (15x7?) wheels with 215's. I went to 30" MT/R's and had no issues. I recently upgraded my wheels to a 15x8 and it really helped the tires fill out. They look MUCH beefier on the 15x8 than they did on the stock wheels I would suggest a 15x8 wheel for the 30's or 31's, not sure if

235's will fit a 15x8, though I don't see why they wouldn't.

Carl

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Carl Saiyed

I am very happy with my stock Jeep CJ Laredo rims that are 15x7". They will fit anything from the smallest P215 up to 35's or bigger if I wanted. I currently have 33x9.5's on them.

If you are going to stay basically stock, then it isn't wise to get a fat rim or anything like that. The stock 7" rim will fit up to 10.5's properly and lots of folks even mount 12's on although that is getting a bit wide.

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

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