Gary, thanks once again for the pics and info.
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1st: tire to wheelwell lip. About 1-1/8". It gets a little tighter up inside, however, depending on your ride ht.
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The section width on the tire in the photo (Dunlop GT Qualifier, 245/60/15) is reported to be 9.6" on a 7" rim.
The Sportsman 255/60/15 is reported to be 10.25" on a 7.5" rim. Accounting for the difference in the backspacing, the Sportsman on a 7.5 rim would, indeed, sit ~0.6" closer to the lip. How much would an 8" rim change the section width?
Based on the two above quotes, a 255/60/15 would leave me with ~0.5" between the wall and wheel well lip, I'm not sure that's not cutting it too close?
Plus, your 245/60/15s do look very nice in there... It's a safe, viable option.
Then there's 235/60/15. The Mickey thompson site lists them as being only 0.3" narrower in the section width and 0.5" shorter diameter compared to the 245. And for some reason, the 235s are $110 cheaper per pair from the tire supplier I'm looking it.
They're not an ideal choice, but the savings are hard to ignore for relatively small changes in tire size....
Choices, choices, choices.....
