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Poll: Best tire for the steel wheel?

235/85/16 - BFG MudTerrain KM/2
0
No votes
235/85/16 - BFG All-Terrain T/A® KO
2
29%
255/85/16 - BFG Mud Terrain KM/2
4
57%
255/70/16 - BFG All-Terrain T/A® KO
1
14%
Total votes: 7

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reinhardtius
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Re: In need of the perfect tire for the 460 Wheel

Post#11 » Wed Jul 21, 2010 10:36 am

Guys,

Does the 255/85/16 fit safely on a 16" steel wheel with a width of 6"? On tirerack is says the rim width range is 6.5-8". Can I stretch it a little bit safely? Otherwise I'll just do 235/85/16...

Thoughts?

kerry460
Posts: 235

Re: In need of the perfect tire for the 460 Wheel

Post#12 » Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:40 pm

G,,day i know the specs say you shouldnt ,
but they fit and work fine, the bead is tucked in but does not look wrong.
i am on my third or fourth set , all have been run on 5.5 or 6 inch rims.
i am not the only one doing this, and none of us have experienced any problems.
cheers kerry

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mk216v
Posts: 1173

Re: In need of the perfect tire for the 460 Wheel

Post#13 » Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:41 am

Dai C wrote:I am a BFG AT fan but I am running some General AT's load range E on the work truck in a 16" size and they are great. You might want to check those out. If I could get load range E on the 15's I would run them. BFG doesn't make them.
the General's are here: http://www.generaltire.com/tires/T5/Grabber-ATsup2-sup
They are clearly a clone of the BFG AT design. I think they wear better on the tire erasing Dodge Cummins. They are as load capable as the BFG's.
-Dai


FYI, General is owned by Continental now so German technology but a bit less than a German price. :)

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bram_r
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Re: In need of the perfect tire for the 460 Wheel

Post#14 » Fri Dec 18, 2015 1:25 pm

kerry460 wrote:G,,day i know the specs say you shouldnt ,
but they fit and work fine, the bead is tucked in but does not look wrong.
i am on my third or fourth set , all have been run on 5.5 or 6 inch rims.
i am not the only one doing this, and none of us have experienced any problems.
cheers kerry


Any other owners running 255/85 R16 tires on 5,5J steel wheels?
I know they are recommended for 6,5 to 8" wheels, but looking for some real life feedback as I'm looking at some old 5,5J 3-piece wheels take look interesting but can not be widened.
'experience is what you have, just after you needed it..'

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pierre repairs
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Re: In need of the perfect tire for the 460 Wheel

Post#15 » Mon Dec 21, 2015 12:04 pm

Hi in Europe you hardly get the 235 on original 5,5J wheels - guess the 255 is kind of mission impossible..... You need a minimum 6J - Alloy is not a problem to find it's more a question of taste.... Steel you could try to find the ones from Mercedes bus... some of the models had the same hole pattern and were available in 6J
G300TD - W463.331 & G250 - W461.401 Wolf LL

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vadimivanovich
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Re: In need of the perfect tire for the 460 Wheel

Post#16 » Mon Dec 21, 2015 7:57 pm

I bought some Interco Super-Swampers and had to order a rather narrow size so that the tire shop would agree to install it on my 5.5" wheels. I like the tires but oh man how I wish I had gotten the wider version. I've seen and driven multiple G's with wide tires on officially "too narrow" wheels - they felt 100% normal and I've never seen anyone have an issue. I've certainly had issues with my fancy new tires cutting down into soft terrain rather than climbing over it, especially in sand! I'll never buy narrow tires for my G again.

Buy the wider tires!
"The way you think is the way you live"

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bram_r
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Re: In need of the perfect tire for the 460 Wheel

Post#17 » Tue Dec 22, 2015 9:49 am

Thanks guys.

I've got 2 sets of widened steel rims, but now came across a set of 3 piece BBS rims which look nice, but are 5,5J on the downside...

That's why I'm now investigating my 5,5J tire possibilities.
Does anybody know on what rims width the 8.25 R16 tires should be mounted?

Gr. Bram
'experience is what you have, just after you needed it..'

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offroad-world
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Re: In need of the perfect tire for the 460 Wheel

Post#18 » Wed Dec 23, 2015 12:13 am

bram_r wrote:Thanks guys.

I've got 2 sets of widened steel rims, but now came across a set of 3 piece BBS rims which look nice, but are 5,5J on the downside...

That's why I'm now investigating my 5,5J tire possibilities.
Does anybody know on what rims width the 8.25 R16 tires should be mounted?

Gr. Bram


hi bram .

the 8.25 michelin XZL is mounted on a hutchinson rim which has the size 6,5 x 16 ET63 , the canadian army use these .

mfg. guido .
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