Biggest wheel/tire to fit on stock tire carrier?
 

Can I get by with a 33x12.5 tire on the stock carrier or would I need a spacer? Most likely the tire will be mounted on a 17x9 or 18x9 wheel. I've tried a search and I am not having much luck finding my answer (unless I suck at that thar searchering.) :crazyeyes:

I have 35x12.5 on 17" AEV Pintlers on my stock rack. Put the spacers on and the wheel lug nuts actually wouldn't thread in because it pushed the wheel too far out.

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Thanks, Hoss. :cool:

Sounds like it should fit, but I'll have to pick up a set of Daystar tail gate stops in case the wheel offset causes any issues.

Backspacing aside, you should really consider this as a short-term solution. I made the mistake of mounting my 35 x 12.5 spare tire (17 x 9 wheel) on my tailgate, using an adapter, and two months later I have CRAZY rattling, squeaking, etc., from the rear. I had the spare taken off literally 3 hours ago ... and the sounds went away. I bit the bullet and ordered the LOD Gen 2 rear bumper w/ tire carrier, which was the *real* answer to begin with!

I'm going to bump my own thread since the new wheels/tires are currently on a UPS truck and I am still not sure if the spare will fit with the stock carrier configuration (width, not height).

According to my research...

Stock JK Wheel/tire: 255/75/17, 7.5" wheel w/ 44+ backspacing
New Wheel/tire: 325/60/18, 9" wheel w/ 10+ backspacing

If my calculations are correct, the inside of the new wheel will give me 15mm more clearance. The new tire is 70mm wider overall, so I am losing 35mm of clearance with the tire. The net clearance change will be a loss of 20mm.

20mm is just over 0.75" of inside clearance lost, yet there's maybe 1/2" of clearance currently between the 3rd brake light bracket and stock tire. It's close, but will this work with some elbow grease or do I need to purchase a different 3rd brake light bracket?

So what happened? Did you install the tires?