# wheel width and tire width

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-width-and-tire-width/7837>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [February 6, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-width-and-tire-width/7837 "2006-02-06T15:04:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![soopa7fly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@soopa7fly](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/soopa7fly)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-width-and-tire-width/7837/1 "2006-02-06T15:04:33Z")

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im starting to look into tires and such for the jeep. i currently have 15x8 wheels, and 30x9.5 tires. im looking into 32x11.5 or 33x12.5 tires. question is, are those 2 widths too wide for an 8 inch wheel? do i need a 10 inch wheel?

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**Author:** ![Choda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/choda/32/7347_2.png) [@Choda](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Choda)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-width-and-tire-width/7837/2 "2006-02-06T16:13:04Z")

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hmm well with my car i fit a 11.5 tire width on a 8 in wheel  
it looked great and wasnt a problem gettin on.

the 12.5 is kinda big for a 8in wheel, but i think itll fit :tup:

my truck has 10.5 wide on 8" wheel. no problems and they are “inline” both the rim lip and section of the tire.

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**Author:** ![Rx3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rx3/32/7194_2.png) [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-width-and-tire-width/7837/3 "2006-02-06T17:43:57Z")

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Tires are 30x9.5 now? No aspect ratio? Is this a Jeep/truck thing? 😕

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**Author:** ![whitenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/da6949/32.png) [@whitenblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitenblue)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-width-and-tire-width/7837/4 "2006-02-06T17:49:40Z")

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my wheels are 15x7.5 and we run 11.5s safely with no problem… there were a few guys running 12.5s on 7in rims at the last run i went to at paragon… i think u’d be safe either way.