Sorry for bringing up another 31" tire thread but I couldn't find anything on this idea. I'm a new driver with no job so I gotta find a cheap/safe way to lift my blazer so I went out and measured my blazers fender space above and around the tire. And from top and sides their would definatly be enough room for 31x10.5 even at full lock and flex but the only problem is the frame behind the tire... I was wondering if u could just add wheel spacers to them 31s and clear? I heard it mentioned but never confirmed. If it would work then what size backspacing??



1996 4.3l 4 door Blazer

 

search some more theres many threads covering this topic

 

Simple answer is no.. not unless you have the special suspension package. They might look like they will work but they will rub when your suspension flexes.

 

When your suspension gets flexed, your tires move in. And even at full compression during a turn, your tires will rub. Whether it be the bolts on the inner panel, or... ANYTHING.

 

Just look at it this way. I'm lifted 2 inches and my front tire on both sides rubbed the back of the fender. I also have the z85 suspension package, so supposedly my suspension is heavy duty. But trimming still had to be done to get 'em to fit. Plus, wheel spacers aren't safe imo. Too many horror stories going on. I knew a guy who had a spacer fall off therefore his tire came off going 100 mph. Luckily it was a car so all it did was spin around and around. He got lucky though. He could of been seriously hurt!

 

i would think doing 100mph would hurt him over a wheel coming off; at say, the speed limit.......? lol. but u will rub no matter how u look at it. if u do nothing but smooth pavement str8 line driving ul be fine, but in the real world ul rub like crazy. cheap lift is a 2" body lift and u can clear 30s.

 

I bet his underwear was seriously stained, I know mine would have been.

 

Yeah, it shook him up real good. And I know he was going way over the speed limit, but just wanted to share his story of why he hates them.

And you can clear 31s with just a 2 inch body lift and some fender trimming. By clear, I mean off-road. I'm pretty sure you can clear 30s stock.

 

I have 31's on my 98 4X4. I rub at full lock on the frame and on the sway bar. When entering certain driveways and my wheels are turned at certain angles, I will rub on the inner fender. There is a bolt that mainly does the rubbing.

 

i have 31x10.5 on my stock 15 inch rims on my stock 98 4 door 4x4, they rub when i turn all the way at full lock and they dont rub too much when i flex, not as much as i expected but its not as bad as people say it is. i have no lift and didnt touch my t-bars and i got the tires cheap so thats why i dared to try and fit them on stock.