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Well, your acceleration certainly isn't helped with a larger tire. That's especially true if you leave the run-flat inserts in place. This is already a very heavy wheel/tire combo, but with the run-flats each wheel and tire weighs in at about 150 lbs. I only know this because when they were shipped via freight to me the packing slip said 600 lbs for the 4 of them. My solution is just to floor it, but even then you won't win any drag races.What did these tires do to your mph?
You cannot fit the 37" HMMWV tires on your stock wheels. The HMMWV tires are a 16.5" tire and are too wide for the stock CUCV wheel. You will need to get a different wheel, the stock HMMWV wheels just happen to bolt up to the M1008 axle (not the M1009 axle, 8 vs 6 bolts) and they're relatively cheap, so that's why a lot of guys go with them.Is lifting an M1008 the only requirement (trimming not withstanding) to fit HMMWV 37's ? No mods to the wheels? Seems like HMMWV wheels is the way to go for me, just want to make sure I'm not missing some critical detail.
Everybody loves pictures, here are my new wheels and tires on my M1031.
Ultra 164 16x8" wheels
Goodyear Wrangler MT/R LT265/75R-16 tires.
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Communication support truck...Why do you have a satellite dish mounted to your fender?
On stock wheels? Any wear problems? The other option would be a 255/85R16 but the only tires I can think of off hand in this size are the BFG KM2, Toyos, Maxxis Bighorn MT and the Interco Truxxis.I run Cooper SST Discover 285/75/16 rated to 3750 LBS Only the LT315/75R16 is higher......3860 lbs
http://us.coopertire.com/Tires/Light-Truck/DISCOVERER-STT.aspx
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