[rickytz7111]

I was wondering if it's alright if I run 25-8-12 tires on the front and 25-10-12 on the rears. I asked the guy at the honda shop about how it's set up with 1" smaller tires on the front. He said it wouldn't hurt anything if I went with 25's all the way around. I was planning on buying new rims as well. What do you guys think? How are most of you running your 300 4x4's? Thanks for any advice.

 

[blowfishRus6]

alot of people run the same size all around with no issues.

 

[tlshnaekel]

im interested in running 25" gators or the dirt devil 2's. Are 8" wide tires the standard for rubicon pull off tires?? Reason i ask is im running the stock aluminum 12" rubicon pull off tires and wheels. Dont want any rubbing issues or considerale lack of power. I've never bought just tires to put on a bike. Only now am i considering it since the fronts are bout to smooth over. Hopefully some dedicated 300 owners will comment. What are the draw backs of riding with narrower rear tires???

 

[Helmut]

I was wondering if it's alright if I run 25-8-12 tires on the front and 25-10-12 on the rears. I asked the guy at the honda shop about how it's set up with 1" smaller tires on the front. He said it wouldn't hurt anything if I went with 25's all the way around. I was planning on buying new rims as well. What do you guys think? How are most of you running your 300 4x4's? Thanks for any advice.

Like Blowfish stated, a lot of people run the same size tires and say they have no issues. Personally, I never would do it, but I ride on quite a bit of asphalt and was afraid it would damage my diffs or transfer case, eventually. If I never rode on asphalt or anything hard, I wouldn't have a problem doing it. Most people that are running the same size tires are putting a little more air in the rear tires to try to make them taller to make up for the difference.

 

[tlshnaekel]

thank you sir! i've been looking at the dirt devil 2's and the gators, ya'll know much about either of them? I think they're both comparable in price, but just thought i would ask before looking too hard at the two.

 

[Helmut]

I don't know much about the Gators or Dirt Devil 2s. I've run regular Dirt Devils and they were OK, but I thought they rode a little rough. The Dirt Devil 2s might not be that way.

Are 8" wide tires the standard for rubicon pull off tires??

I believe the Rubicon has 8 inch wide front tires and 10 wide rear tires, from the factory.

 

[tlshnaekel]

once again, thank you for the unending knowledge base helmut!

 

[rickytz7111]

Thank's for the info Helmut. Do you think I would be ok as long as I did air up the rears more then the front's? ITP mudlites don't come in a 24x8x12 tire. They make a 11 from what I saw on the website last night. Thanks Again

 

[Helmut]

Thank's for the info Helmut. Do you think I would be ok as long as I did air up the rears more then the front's? ITP mudlites don't come in a 24x8x12 tire. They make a 11 from what I saw on the website last night. Thanks Again

I can't guarantee anything, but seems like a lot of other people are running them like that and aren't having any problems.

 

[Bayou_Bengal]

One of my buddies has a 2000 trx300 4x4. He put 25" excavator's all the way around as soon as he got it. Since he has had to rebuild his transfer case, front and rear diff's. But we did alot of road riding back then.

 

[HondaDave]

A good way around this problem is installing a Warn 424 if you can find one. That way you can use 2WD when on asphalt etc and 4WD is still there when you need it.