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Old Sep 2, 2013 | 07:23 PM
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widest tire on stock wheels
i was wondering what the widest and tallest tire you can run on a 87 tII with stock wheels and suspension. i searched but couldnt find anyone that used factory wheels.
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you can fit 225/50/16s on them, but need a 5mm spacer on the front... I wouldn't really recommend going any wider.
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dam i was hoping to put a set off 255/50r16 mickey thompson drag radials on the back.
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dam i was hoping to put a set off 255/50r16 mickey thompson drag radials on the back.
The drag radials will fit fine on the 16x7 wheels. I ran this same setup for a few years until I changed it up to some Hoosier 26x9.5 on the same TII wheels.



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Be careful with the drag radials on the strip. They have a stiff sidewall so will have a lot of driveline shock that will probably break half shafts or even diffs. I have done both multiple times
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Pic with the Hoosier's and M&H front runners on EVO 8 spare wheels. I should have gone 26x10.5's instead, but the 9.5's have been holding up.

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Old Sep 2, 2013 | 10:22 PM
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thanks silverfc88.

did you replace the diff and shafts with factory ones or did you upgrade. and what suspension did you run
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Shafts I replaced with factory ones. The diff I ended up installing a KAAZ unit. I do plan on upgrading the shafts soon. Just hoping they will last while running the slicks.
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silverfc88 were you running stock coilover with the mickeys.
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With the mickey's I was running tokico blue's with eibach springs.
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Be careful with the drag radials on the strip. They have a stiff sidewall so will have a lot of driveline shock that will probably break half shafts or even diffs. I have done both multiple times
that's why you shouldn't run drag radials on a manual trans car
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