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crazy how much difference it makes. The geolanders measure on then tall side too.

 

Pretty certain it will all be explained soon.

 

You’re correct that a 7.5” and 9” wheel with 3.5” backspacing aren’t the same, but you don’t need to know the offset to know that. All you need is wheel width and backspacing. Just those two numbers and you can determine how much poke you’ll have and all the other stuff you mentioned. Offset is really only good for calculating backspacing.

a 30” wide wheel with 0 offset compared to a 2” wide wheel with 0 offset. Offset is the same, but scrub radius is obviously very different.


Now if you had a 30” wheel with 15” BS and a 2” wheel with 1” bs, you still know how much wheel is going to be sticking past the hub.

Hopefully that rambling makes sense. There’s more than one way to skin a cat, but I prefer using backspacing because it’s static across all wheels.

 

I see what you are saying now. Much easier approach. I just try to over complicate everything, lol.

I also have wheel envy

 

Don’t be too jelly. My hand just cramped and one of my fingers started spasming from these damn bolts. I’m gonna be sooooore tomorrow.

 

Ohh yea you are. I don’t envy that part at all...lol.

Are you using balancing beads or getting them balanced at a shop?

 

The ol' claw hand strikes!

 

I’m gonna see if discount will balance them. Pretty sure I have free balances for the life of these tires. Doesn’t say anything about which wheels they’re on.

 

haha. Get em!

 

I just timed myself on the bolts for this third wheel. 40 minutes. 40 fucking minutes, sitting on a bucket, going round and round and round. Beadlocks are not for the weak apparently.

 

https://youtu.be/0u8teXR8VE4

 

I got 3 out of 4 done and I’m calling it quits for the day since I’ve been at it for 6 hours now. I’ll reattack tomorrow or Thursday to finish it up. Then get them balanced and hopefully get these tires sold.

 

you like the hankooks over the yoki's?

 

Dunno, I don’t have any experience with the yoko. Only swapping them around because the yoko’s are smaller than my hankooks, and I’m not gonna downsize.

 

ohhhhh I got ya. That makes sense then. I wish I could convince my friend to snag these. the 4runner they got it technically his wife's and MTs are forbidden lol

 

Boooo, I wish he’d buy them too lol at the price they’re listed, it’s pretty much buy 3 get 1 free.

 

i also think that they are on stock suspension might turn them off of the 295/70 size lol.

If I was sticking with this size for my next set of tires AND wasn't planning to buy a house i'd snag them as spares lol

It's a great price honestly

 

Thanks, I try and price stuff fair. I’m not trying to get rich off used truck parts lol

 

Two things:
a. idk anything about beadlocks, but wouldn't a socket attachment on your cordless driver be a lot faster?
2. you need some more of that vodoo black tire goop in the 5 gal bucket.