The right wheels?

[rustyole88pathy]

Hey,

I'm new to this forum, and I am thinking about lifting my 88 Pathfinder. I'll probably be going with a Calmini 3" lift and 31" tires. I was initially wanting the tires to be 11.5" wide, but that's proving difficult to find -- so I'll probably have to settle for 31X10.5. Anyway, I was looking at cheap black steel wheels to go along with the whole package, and I found some that I like. Cragar Black Soft 8 (http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=CRR%2D3975860&N=700+0&autoview=sku). However, I was wondering about the backspacing and offset for these wheels. I'd like the wheels/tires to be sticking outside of the wheel-well/body (I have flares that I can put on to make it legal when the cops start bitching) -- but I do not know if these puppies will do that for me. Any help from you guys? What kind of backspacing are you running? From what I hear, the less the backspacing the more the the tire will stick out. Is 4" enough to do that?

 

Thanks in advance...

[88pathoffroad]

The problem with that is the more they stick out, the more they will rub and the more fender you'll have to trim off to make the fit right. Stick closer to stock backspacing and it'll work a lot better. Stock BS is around 4.5" IIRC.

[Casey.T]

The Calmini with 31x10.5R15 and 4"bs 15x8... I would not think that there would be any rubbing issues... Maybe some at full flex.... The only time I rub is when flexing on 33's...

Whos got the Calmini SL running 31's???

[Pavelow Leaks]

I'm running 31's on stock legos a 3 inch lift and they dont rub anywhere...its not a calmini lift...but 3 inches is 3 inches.

 

BTW the super swamper LTB's come in 31x11.50R15

[89_trailboss]

I would go with 4". I never ever rubed with 4" BS, 3" sus lift and 31's.

 

I would not run anything bigger then 10.5 tires on 4.5" of BS. with my 33x12.5 on 4" BS I am about 1/4" from the frame on the front at full lock.

[ILoveMyPatty]

I have no lift and 31's. There is no rub anywhere except for under full flex in the rear, they will come in contact with the top of the wheelwell (inside)

[speedbuggy67]

i can second that i have 31's when it was stock no rubbing no matter what. I have jeep grand cherokee v8 coils in the rear and front cranked bars lifted me 2-2.5in in the rear and 3in in the front to level the truck out. i did NOT have to reindex just crank the bars get an alignment and voila done! I'd recommend it much easier then a body lift and much cheaper.

 

Scott

 

ps truck sits like a stock 4runner now...

[tim]

I have the calmini lift with 31's on xe wheels. :I have not had any rubbing at all. I just dont think that the 31's look right. I have plenty of space and would even go as far as to calling it fender gap. I am looking to upgrade my wheel set as well, and was wondering if a 16 x 8 with 265 x 70s would look a bit better or fit the truck more. As it sits now it looks a little silly in my opinion.

Edited January 27, 2007 by tim

[tim]

I would love to show some pics to display the problem if someone could host em for me. any takers?

[88pathoffroad]

Upload them to the forum. There's a button at the bottom of the page when you make a reply...

 

Make sure they're not too big though.