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Will 33” x 12.5“ tires rub?

Discussion in 'Wheels & Tires' started by wilmertoribio98, Mar 8, 2023.

  1. Mar 8, 2023 at 8:25 PM
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    I have a second gen Tacoma lifted 3 inches and recently bought some used rims. The current size on them is 35” x 12.5” 17R but I wanna size them down to be 33” tall. I’m gonna keep the width the same but I’m afraid they will rub while turning. I don’t mind if it’s a little rub at break but if it’s a lot of rubbing then imma have to trim and I don’t wanna do that yet. Please help!
     
  2. Mar 8, 2023 at 8:26 PM
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    If only there was a search function for the 4 million tires posts of will this fit
     
  3. Mar 8, 2023 at 11:03 PM
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    Yes they will. Search. CMC.
     
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    @wilmertoribio98 with us not knowing the offset of the used wheels, it could very well rub like a big dog. Do you know the offset? What tires are you considering?
     
  5. Mar 9, 2023 at 8:39 PM
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    From what the owner told me the rims are 17” x 9” with -12 offset so I’ll probably size down the width as well to 11.5” or 11”.
     
  6. Mar 10, 2023 at 7:50 AM
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    Yep they’ll rub. It can be done. I have 8.5 -10’wheels with 285s . Aftermarket ucas and a very good alignment guy, mine don’t rub at all but it’s more work than you think.
     
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  7. Mar 10, 2023 at 9:51 AM
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    @wilmertoribio98 a 9inch wide wheel requires a +5 at least. I'd say your going to have issues.
     
  8. Mar 10, 2023 at 10:45 AM
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    But how much would they rub though? If they rub a little bit when the wheel is fully turned I don’t mind but if it rubs like crazy then I’ll probably sell them or trim a little bit of the plastic off.
     
  9. Mar 10, 2023 at 12:27 PM
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    Going to rub a lot. Just took my 33x12.50R20 off my truck because that reason. They are going to rub way before full lock just an fyi.
     
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    Are you running any kind of aftermarket UCA?
     
  11. Mar 10, 2023 at 7:18 PM
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    What size width are you sizing down to because the rims are 9 inches wide so I wanna get an idea of what would be best.
     
  12. Mar 10, 2023 at 7:19 PM
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    No the lift that I got was a spacer lift so I basically did it just for looks.
     
  13. Mar 12, 2023 at 2:14 PM
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    I was running 20x10
     

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