I have a stock TrailHawk getting the daystar lift kit but my first upgrade are tires, the BFGoodrich T/A KO2 225 65 17. Will I need to run wheel spacers to fit these tires?
I have BFG TKO2s 225/65R17, daystar lift, and Renegade Ready 1" spacers, here's a pic. Rubs ever so slightly on the pinch seam.
I was speculating about this in other forums... When I had my Trailhawk up on the lift I measured the gap between the sidewall and the strut. The front tires were 0.8" or about 20mm from the front struts. The rear tires were 0.6" or 15mm from the rear struts. In both cases I have rounded down, not rounded up. My main reason for measuring was to find out if a wider tire of the same approximate diameter (235/60/17 in particular) would have a chance of fitting. The tire in question is 20mm wider at the section, so 10mm to the outside and 10mm to the inside. Assuming that the dimensions truly work out right, front clearance would go from 20mm to 10mm, and rear clearance would go from 15mm to 5mm, to the struts. I did not measure wheel-lip or possible rubbing when turned to-lock, but I wanted to know if this tire would possibly fit without spacers, and it looks like it will, or like a very thin shim of a spacer, like 1/4" or 5mm, may be adequate, if the wheel can be installed without a proper hub-centric spacer and not be a problem. Another possibility that came to mind, since this is a daily-driver, once these stock tires wear-out, put street-tires on the aluminum wheels, and get a set of steel wheels with a little less positive offset for some much more aggressive offroad tires for overland/trips, and swap the wheels for those trips. That kind of depends on the cost of such and how long they'll last, and how often we go out to know if it's justified. Going from a 40mm offset wheel like the stock 17x6.5 to a 35mm offset wheel like this one from tire rack: https://www.tirerack.com/wheels/Whe...=Renegade&autoYear=2015&autoModClar=Trailhawk might give just enough clearance for that 235/60 to replace the 215/65 without any rubbing problems at all, without the need for spacers or for a lift. Ours is a daily driver, I'm not allowed to negatively impact her fuel economy, so admittedly that's limiting, but that's OK.
Would these same specs listed throughout this thread hold true for a 2016 Latitude 4x4. Looking to get more aggressive looking and A/T tires on stock 17" wheels and not getting lift or spacers. It is a daily driver. Any suggestions are appreciated.
