I would recommend buying the best tire you can find. And when are Seattle area roads dry LOLĪnyone looking for a easy off road upgrade and keeping as much fuel economy as possible, I would suggest no more than a 30 inch tire and a 2 inch suspension lift. I can still light them up on wet roads no problem, never could spin them on dry pavement. With the 225/75/16's - they measure 29 1/2 X 8 inches, I haven't noticed much power loss or any big fuel mileage difference. If they do I will just move the rear axle back about 3/4 or one inch, it should fix my problems. When I get the lift installed I will see if the rear tires still rub. I am still waiting for my 2 inch lift to come. I am still running stock height and it does rub when flexing, mostly in the back, by the rear doors. You'd be my hero if you went that same route on the sport. Ive been thinking alot what my sport would look like with the rear chopped that way or pickup style. If you want some pics of the general look on the 245's let me know and ill post some up soon.Ĭool looking jeep too. Soon ill be doing a 2in body lift and alot more trimming for 32's, which Ive heard with the 5.12s is still a nice ride with no need to regear. To me the exhaust made a night and day difference in driveability. With the 245's, cone intake, and 2 in after the cat exhaust I honestly think its peppier then it was with the stock tires. i just trimmed the lip all the way off and welded a new seam holding the separate sheet metals together. Now the real prob with the longer shocks in the rear i found the little lip under the rear doors (the little strip that actually makes the wheel well) had to go. The front was pretty close to the back of the fender well so i did trim just for piece of mind. As far as during flex though I didn't need to trim anywhere besides the rear. This includes 1.5in wheel spacers that I'm sure help with lock to lock rub. Ive got just a 2in coil spacer and fit 245/75/16s on with very little rubbing. Ive got a 98 sport and the 2in lift might give you some more clearance then you'd expect. #4 If the stock 16 inch rims didn't cost so much I would buy a set for my brothers rig to add more width to it and betterīack spacing instead of adding wheel spacers. Skirting which adds +2 inches on each side over the tires. #3 The body of the sport model seems to be the same measurements as a stock/normal sidekick. The sport model seems to be about 4 inches wider at the outside of the wheels than a stock/normal sidekick over all. #2 The 16 inch stock wheels have about 1.5 - 2 inch more back space than the stock/normal sidekick 15 inch rims. This is a small list of the differences I have found so far between the sport and normal sidekicks Thanks for the offer tho, if I had known that the sport model was so different I might not have bought it.īut now I love it and have to make it a lil bit better On the front between my caliper and 16 inch rim there is less than 1/4 inch of room, the 15 inch rims hit my calipers and wont fit over my brakes. I was going to try the 15 inch tires and riims off my brothers Asuna Sunrunner ( Canadian Sidekick/Tracker ) but the 15 inch rims wont fit, I have bigger brakes especially in the front on my sport model.
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