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Old 07-06-2003, 09:07 AM
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Fronts are almost always 7.5-8" the rears are 9.5-10" If you use trigo knock off kits they are 1/2" less in width, 7.5 and 9.5 to overcome the added thickness of their adapter plate.

If you want to step up to 17's you can get 9.5" in front and 11" in back. This is done by replacing the cross sectional width (or bulge) in the tire with a tire / rim that is "flat" or perfectly perpendicular to the wheels axis. The over all diameter remains at 25.5" but the tire height goes from like 5.5" to 3" and the treadwidth goes from 8 in front to 9.5 and 10 in back to almost 12".
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