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Tire width - 13.5 or 12.5?

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Old Dec 17, 2012 | 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by inspect-a-home
I am goin' to a tall and narrow rubber since the Jeep is also my DD, I dont like weaving, struggling, and driving off the lane when there's a crown on the rode and I dont like hydro planing everytime I hit a pool of water (even at slow speeds) so the wider tire would be more pronoun. Now, a good thing about wider tires on a small width wheel is that it acts like similar to a beadlock and will stay on the rim a little better than a wider rim with almost same width tire. I have been to 12 PSI with my 15x8 and 35's with no issues. Of course, I want even more traction and a larger footprint so Im going 37x12.5 on ATX slabs.
My rims are 17x9 so hopefully getting down to 12psi won't be an issue. With my current setup I run them at 12 when i'm hitting the rocks which is what I prefer Maybe I should run a smaller rim - I like more sidewall anyhow :P
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