tire questions
 

I searched but have not found anything.
Has anyone used any 33X10.50 ?
What do they look like under the vehicle?
Do they look tall and narrow?

Slightly, they just dont look MEATY. The base X tires are 225s, which is 9" wide. 33x10.5 is 4 inches taller and 1.5 inches wider.

Although I haven't run them before, I have seen them and can tell you that they are definitely on the narrow side of things but certainly not bad. In an odd way, they kind of make the tires look taller :)

I just installed BFG T/A 285/65/18 (32.7) without a lift on stock rims and fits find without rubbing. Will post pic shortly.

the little picture you see is when i had 33 's with 2.5" lift

I think they look way too tall and narrow, ive seen a few under TJ's and XJ's. With the large fenders on the JK, a wider tire will look alot better and handle better too.......

255/85/16
 

I currently am running 255/85/16 on my 07 unlimited. These are approx a tall 33 by 10.5 wide. I am running these on stock suspension with no lift. I love the look. The huge wheel wells of the Jk make the tires look proportionate. I have bought a 2 inch spacer lift, but for the time being I am not installing it. I am not sure I need it. So far there is no rubbing, but I have not wheeled it with these tires. I really don't plan hard wheeling for the Jk, I have a payed for 97 wrangler with 35/12.50 and rear dana 44 with a detroit for hard wheeling. I can also say from experience that a slightly skinny tire handles better, gets better gas milage and works offroad better than some think. I have ran tires from 9.50 to 14.5 wide and wider tires no not equate to better handling on the road.

They may get a little better gas mileage and may work better offroad in some situations, but they do not handle better.

Thanks for all the input. I am still mixed. I was not thinking so much about gas mileage and handling. More things to think about now, but better now than later.

When you guys talk about handling, what is the handling different?

reply to handling
 

In my experience wider tires tend to grab more of the irregularities in the road (ie. pot holes, road crowning, ect,). Where a narrower tire, because it has less tire on the ground tends to be not so grabby. This becomes even more of an issue with more aggressive tires, especially something like a bogger. Don't get me wrong I love wide tires and feel they definetly off road better. However a narrow tire has several advantages including less drag (better gas milage and your rig will accelate better), there better in inclement weather due to more contact pressure (less tire on the ground), wider tires tend to hydroplane easier, grab the road more ect ect. All the previous are part of the term "handling", handling is more than just going around corners. Once again for offroad or a offroad biased rig I prefer wider more aggressive tires. In a mud pit there is no subsitute for a bogger, everything else just plugs up. On the trail a nice mud terrain, swamper or bogger. However for me,my JK will be a family camping rig until the day when my built TJ bites the dust. So I am very happy with the 255/85/16. I am running a Cooper ST. On my jeep TJ 35/12.5/15 procomp Xterrains and my Toyota with custom bed 35/14.5/15 boggers. Love the boggers and the Coopers, can't say the same for the x terrains