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: 16" rims good bad ?

IBGPIN
02-25-2002, 07:39 AM
I have a line on some Q78x16 Swampers (36x12.5x16), I am wondering what if any downfalls there are with going to a 16" rim.
They will be going on a 84 CJ7
Thanks
TEX
02-25-2002, 08:36 AM
No problem with 16" rims. Same bead design as 15" rims. It's 16.5" rims you want to avoid. BTW, the Q78 isn't equivalent to a 36X12.50. It's a 35.5X11. The 16" version should measure a full 35.5" on a 7" rim (the 15" version is .5" shorter). Also, Q78's will kick the snot out of 36X12.50's in the mud :smokin: I had 38X12.50's before I got my Q's. Shoulda got 'em a LONG time ago.

TEX
IBGPIN
02-25-2002, 09:17 AM
Do they work well in the rocks, they maybe a bit skinny
TEX
02-25-2002, 09:26 AM
Originally posted by IBGPIN
Do they work well in the rocks, they maybe a bit skinny

No idea. Mine are on a competition-only mud bog machine.


TEX
Aceguy
02-25-2002, 04:15 PM
Hey tex, out of curiosity, what's the reasoning behind avoiding the 16.5" rim?
gunracer1
02-25-2002, 04:19 PM
no safty beads
FordPowr
02-25-2002, 04:19 PM
Originally posted by Aceguy
Hey tex, out of curiosity, what's the reasoning behind avoiding the 16.5" rim?

Ever tried to air down a 16.5??
Aceguy
02-25-2002, 04:30 PM
No, but answer me this: if you were using a hummer wheel w/ the insert cut out and replaced backwards w/ a rockwell insert, so that the 8bolt beadlock was on the inside, and you welded a rockstomper beadlock on the outside bead, then would you have a problem with 16.5"?
Ben W
02-25-2002, 04:35 PM
Originally posted by Aceguy
No, but answer me this: if you were using a hummer wheel w/ the insert cut out and replaced backwards w/ a rockwell insert, so that the 8bolt beadlock was on the inside, and you welded a rockstomper beadlock on the outside bead, then would you have a problem with 16.5"?

Unnecessary, if you are using the internal hummer beadlocks, they lock both inner and outer beads.
Aceguy
02-25-2002, 05:59 PM
Really! Just goes to show how little I know about anything un-Toyota. Is it a decent beadlock? Have leak issues at 5psi?
Ramsey Offroad
02-28-2002, 11:22 AM
Dude,
The only problem with 16" rims is that the max tire size available is from Interco and is a 38" x 13"
borton
02-28-2002, 12:17 PM
Originally posted by Ramsey Offroad
Dude,
The only problem with 16" rims is that the max tire size available is from Interco and is a 38" x 13"
:rolleyes: and the only size anyone would ever want to run start in the low 40's :flipoff2:
Old Fart
03-05-2002, 12:29 PM
Pretty much the plan I'm looking at - Ford take off rims are plentiful here in SoCal (and the right 5 on 5-1/2" pattern for my bastard YJ)

Need to figure out backspacing, then it will probably be Q78's. Had some other ideas, until Tex posted pix of his Q78's (long ago.......)
ROCKILLER
03-05-2002, 05:00 PM
maybe I just dont get it but whats so coolabout Q78's other than their size?
ItsaCJ6
03-05-2002, 05:17 PM
I run QR78 16's (Buckshot's ) I love the size.