drag slicks on my baja! how wide could I go?

worm burner

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Saturday I am going to take my off road tires off they ride to ruff and the fonts aren't even d.o.t. legal..
I have a few concerns!
1. How wide can my back tire be safely to fit a 5 lugs jeep style rime on the back ?
2. Could I go a bit bigger in the front? I don't want to risk breaking any steering components but I kind of want to achieve the "bulldogged" look . I don't necessarily want to go wider in the front but taller .
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worm burner · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 4:32 am Post subject:

Weirdly enough the tires on the front are tractor tires and the rears are super swampers 34 inch 9.4? Lol weird size.

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Mike Fisher · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 7:24 am Post subject:

It will be a nicer ride/noise street car without the mud & snows! It might be hard to find street tread that are 34" tall? They make grooved 34-35" drag slicks?
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NJ John · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 12:54 pm Post subject:

Put some big metric radials on it. Try searching Summit Racing.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/mft-05617/overview/
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worm burner · Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2014 4:40 am Post subject:

I am thinking of a 290/50 r15.
That is similar to what guys put on there t - buckets and hot rod trucks. Not crazy wide but noticeably wide.
Just don't know if they will work on the rear rims I have and or fit without rubbing inner well. Amazingly there aren't very many pics I can find with baja s running slick wide tires.
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bahamianbug · Samba Member Joined: July 10, 2012 Posts: 165

I'm going 275 50 15

Also slicks suck in the rain. Try drag radials. Nitro or Hoosier even Mickey have some cool street patterns

bshertzer · Samba Member Joined: July 28, 2002 Posts: 259 Location: PA

these are 295/50/15 on 15x10 w/ 4.5" or so backspacing.


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