I have already seen posts regarding this topic but I have yet to get an answer that will convince me to pull the trigger on the 35 inch KO2. I got my truck leveled today and it as always, made a huge difference and I love the difference it made. I am now considering 35 inch tires but do NOT want it to rub at full lock. Does anyone have this particular tire on a rebel with a 2 inch level? Thanks, I will include pics. I really hate tire rub but if it is minimal I can live with it.
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I don't have a rebel but my experience may still help you. I have a Bighorn "Lonestar" with night edition 20" wheels. +19 offset I believe on these factory wheels.
I started off with pretty heavy rake on my truck, 39" ground to rear fender and 36.25" ground to front fender.
I installed a 2.5" leveling kit and now have Yokohama Geolandar MT 295/65r20 on the stock wheels. No rub anywhere.
My main concern was with space between the inside of the tire and the upper control arm/ball joint. On stock wheel/tire setup I had maybe 5/8" of space at this spot. So I was worried about going to a 35x12.5 tire because it seemed like it would touch the ball joint. I thought about getting new wheels with more negative offset (maybe +10 or less) but i really liked the night edition wheels and didn't want the tires to poke past fenders.
So I went with the 295/65r20 on what I read to be a fairly narrow tire once mounted. After motofab 2.5" level it did change the angle of my UCA and move it further away from the tire, so that helped. Once new tires were mounted they measured out at 34.75" x 11.8" wide or so. 11.8" wide mounted compared to maybe 10.8" or 11" mounted on stock tires made the tires move .5" closer to UCA, but with new angle of UCA after level it clears just fine. I have anywhere from 5/8" to 3/4" of space now between ball joint/UCA and tire side.
the 34.75" mounted tire didn't rub anywhere else. Nice gap between the tire when turning both directions at full lock. Only place i had touching was when reversing while turning the tires to the left. The passenger front tire would catch the thin wheel liner a bit, so I chopped a small piece off and all is well.
I've had "35x12.5" tires in the past and they've always seemed to measure about 34"x 12.5" wide. Actually had Nitto Ridge Grapplers that measured closer to 13.5" wide side wall to sidewall. But height was still around 34" mounted. The ko2's I believe will run a bit smaller than spec size say, so you should be fine with the added height of the tire.
Only place of concern will be with your offset and how much space you have between tire and UCA/ball joint.
i melted the driver side alittle. so hen i off road i dont rub as much as i did but outside of going off road no issues… im gonna change my uca maybe it helps a bit
