My wheels are 4.5" back space.

 

Well the guy i had to talk to dosent work thursdays, so im going in tomorrow.

Did you see my new tires? its in the sights and sounds section.....but theyre 30x9.5x15 baja MT's....think the 4.5 back space is still a good idea?

 

Yes...great stance, and you shouldn't have the major issues 10.50s bring. Worst case you might just need to go up an inch on the tbars (give it a nice level stance, and free up the rubbage)

 

wolfpack. what are the rims on your rig? then general question, whats so bad about steel rims vs alloy besides rust

 

They're Pro Comp Rock Crawlers, series 51. 15x8 with 4.5' backspacing.

Alloys tend to be lighter weight but stonger than the cheaper steel wheels, and then there's the whole rust thing. But alloys can rust too

 

Now I feel stupid buying five Cagar Soft 8 steel rims. Everybody seems to say they are piece of junk? I am thinking of putting 31" BFG A/Ts on them. What do you all think, is it a waist of money [&:]? Also, how much will they stick out farther from the stock rims that I have right now? I don't know the stock backspacing so don't know the difference between the two. The rims I bought have 4in backspacing and the size is 15x7, how many inches will they stick out farther from my stock rims?

 

Your stock rims have 6' of backspacing. you'll be 2' wider on each side.

That's not entirely too bad, my rims are 4.5' backspacing, and I rather like 'em

 

Thanks, WolfPack! What if I put something wider than 31 x 10.5's? I know they don't make 31 x 11.5's but what if a tire with a different size like 255 x 95 R15 or something like that? Basically I want to go with the widest tire they make that will fit on my new 15x7 Soft 8's and so they are about the same height as the 31's.

Thank you for your help!

 

Well, safely, the widest you want to go on a 15x7 is 11' wide. You can find 31x11.50s, they'll just be expensive. And remember with tire sizes, it's width x aspect ration, so a 255 x 95 is less than 10.5 wide (10.5' wide is 265). A 31x10.50 is 265/75/15, if you went wider, it'd be something like 290/70/15 (31x11.50).

 

Thanks for the info. I guess I'll just stick with the 31x10.5's. I am supposed to get the rims tomorrow and will get the new BF Goodrich A/T's installed next Monday if everything goes well. I will post some pictures of my beast! If you (anyone) look at my profile, I am a member here for a good amount of time. I was working on my Blazer and never could get around to post the WHOLE process and a lot of pictures. I will do that soon I think ! As you can see in my signature it says "Under Construction", I think it will always be under construction but I will try and make the AWSOME post and share a little part of my life.

Thanks again WolfPack!!!