Whats the biggest tire you can fit on a stock height xterra?? I found out that I am not allowed to lift mine at all. I want to keep the stovk rims though. just big tires to show off to the neighborhood chics.

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sry. i didn't know. I will search it now

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Just out of curiosity, why aren't you allowed to lift your X? Is it fear of voiding the warranty?

Just out of curiosity, why aren't you allowed to lift your X? Is it fear of voiding the warranty?

x2 good question.......

because......we know some stuff about that

It doesn't have a warranty cuz we bought it from some lady. My dad has it in his head anything lifted flips over immediately and he wants me to spend money on dumb things like kolij. lol. He will let me do a poor man's lift but he wants me to make the shackles myself. I don't know why. The Calmini ones I see are only 50 bucks. They are so close I could drive to get them. Oh well he owns where I sleep so I can't really argue.

This is old but stay with me. I have STOCK tires. When I got them there were at 42 PSI!! That seems really high to me so i dropped down to 36. I can't read what the car say so does anyone know what the correct PSI is for a stock 2000 X with stock rims and tires???

What happened to the sticker on your driver's door frame? Kind of important, it's got all kinds of good info on it. Anyway, just read the one on my 2000 X....

265/70R15's on a 15x7" rim at 26psi.

I keep mine around 28psi during the days I'm pretty much strictly interstate. When I'm wheeling, I'll drop down to around 20 to 22 psi. It's not much of a drop in tire pressure but with my 17" rims I really can't drop it that much. But that's about to change really soon.

With the 4.75" BS, I'm expecting to have to do a little trimming but shouldn't be more than the "lips" of the mudflap and possible a shaving off of the front bumper. My wheeling partner has 15x10's with 3.5 BS!!! Talk about a bow-legged X. lol

thanx guys. IDK waht happened to the door sticker but its so faded I can't read it hardly

The main thing to know when dealing with your wheels is:

Bolt Pattern: (1st gen) 6-5.5
Stock BS: (1st gen) 5.5

With the BS, the less the backspacing, the more the wheel will stick out from the wheel wells BUT you will also begin to have rubbing issues and some trimming may be required depending on the width and height of the tire you run. Stock set-up (no BL) is a 30.5" tire and I believe a 31" will fit as well. I know of some who have gone to a 32" but had some trimming in order to make them fit. When we say trimming, normally it is minimal trimming done only to the plastics like the mudflap and front bumper lip inside the wheel well.

I am planning on doing my PML within the next month. Just scraping together leftover allowance money. Dates aren't cheap either but those are worth the money. I like the blue shackles. I am gonna do a little offroad at my grandparents property. not much but fun. Once I get the PML Ill go offroad more hopefully. Having a permit isn't as cool as having a license. I get the license in August

To make sure you understand, if you haven't seen this mentioned already, a PML will not allow you to run larger tires. Any suspension lift only allows for more wheel travel. Only a BL will give you standing clearance for larger tires. FYI - 2" BL will allow you to clear up to a 33" tire with minimal if any trimming necessary.

ohokay but I think I'll just go with 31' cuz you said they'll fit. I want the body lift so my X looks cool. All my friends are already jealous of my X, I'll just have more to rub it in. I still need the best mod a ClubX sticker. I think I have enough money for it now. I like the look of lifted vehicles (except toyota camrys thats just dumb).

which would require less trimming? 15x8 with 4.75 backspacing or 15x7 with 4 backspacing?
there has already been about an inch cut out of the flaps on the wheel wells. not the mud flaps, the plastic part, i dont know what that would be called

and which would look cooler?

It will come down to tire width more than rim width. With an 8" wide rim you could go all the way up to a 12.5" wide tire but in your case I wouldn't go more than a 10.5".

I can't be certain but IMHO, I actually think the 15 x 8 with a 10.5" wide tire would require less than the 15 x 7 with say a 9.5" wide tire. But don't quote me on that.

So many numbers involved in tires!! ugh

ok, i for some reason assumed tire width and wheel width were the same. i didnt think about the fact that they could and probably were different.
makes sense, i kept wondering why you would get a 7 inch thick tire, that seemed small.
so you think i should go w/ a 15x8 with 4.25 bs and either 31 or 32x10.5 or so tires.

That's really hard to say bro. Tires are so different, it's just one of those things where you won't know until you try honestly. Unless you know someone running the exact same setup. With a body lift, if you went no bigger than a 32", I think it would be fine. I wouldn't dare try it without a BL though unless I was ready to do some cutting and probably a good bit at that.

Here's my theory on why I think you get so many conflicting stories about this topic. Let's say you have two identical xterras running 15 x 8 rims with 4.75" BS. Both running 31 x 10.5 tires. One X had to do a lot of trimming to the mudflaps and front bumper lip while the other didn't have to do any trimming at all. WHY? The first guy who did the trimming had Dick Cepek FC II tires. The other had General Grabber A/T-S tires. Both tires are listed as 31 x 10.5 x 15. However the DC is actually 31" but the General Grabber is only 30". That's the difference between clearing the tires and losing your mudflaps. Standard tires sizes are pretty generic and not exact. When I'm shopping for tires, the actual tire diameter is what I look at first. Go to summitracing.com, they give you the actual diameter.

Am I making any sense or is it past my bedtime? lol

no, im sure you make sense, its just past my bed time man. ive got a 3" s slift and im gonna get the rake taken out w/ a bit of a pml...dont know if that would help at all. im running 31's right now, and i have a bit of room i think. i think ill just stick w/ 31's and play it safe. there has been some cutting already to my bumper and such, so i could probably fit 32's but i might as well jsut keep it simple with 31's and like 10 or 10.5 width on 15x7 or 8 soft 8's with 4.25 or .75 backspacing.

That's really hard to say bro. Tires are so different, it's just one of those things where you won't know until you try honestly. Unless you know someone running the exact same setup. With a body lift, if you went no bigger than a 32", I think it would be fine. I wouldn't dare try it without a BL though unless I was ready to do some cutting and probably a good bit at that.

Here's my theory on why I think you get so many conflicting stories about this topic. Let's say you have two identical xterras running 15 x 8 rims with 4.75" BS. Both running 31 x 10.5 tires. One X had to do a lot of trimming to the mudflaps and front bumper lip while the other didn't have to do any trimming at all. WHY? The first guy who did the trimming had Dick Cepek FC II tires. The other had General Grabber A/T-S tires. Both tires are listed as 31 x 10.5 x 15. However the DC is actually 31" but the General Grabber is only 30". That's the difference between clearing the tires and losing your mudflaps. Standard tires sizes are pretty generic and not exact. When I'm shopping for tires, the actual tire diameter is what I look at first. Go to summitracing.com, they give you the actual diameter.

Am I making any sense or is it past my bedtime? lol

thanx dude I'll check out summitracing.com