hey, was wondering if these rims would hold off road tires? heres the ebay number 250136291865 not sure how to link it to this page....Thanks

Yup they would, and it would look fricking sweet.

Yes, but you would be unwise to run alloy's off road. If all you care about is looks those are pretty sweet rims for sure. I would run them on a street Brat.

 

Alloys are too expensive to replace when (not if) you crack one by smacking it against a rock. The best you can hope for is to have to shell out big bucks for a new matching rim - the worst is a catostophic failure at freeway speeds assuming it's still holding air.

 

Steel rims are inexpensive, and when confronted with rocks will flex some, or will bend. If they bend and the bead pops you can smack them back into shape with a BFH and then reseat the tire and drive on. Replacement is rarely more than $30 and even the most depraved, redneck town has a few lying around. You can redrill your hubs to accept 6x5.5" chevy/toyota lug pattern rims and the toyota rims are almost an exact match for offset, or drill most steels out for 4 lug using two of the existing hoes as a guide.

 

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Was wondering how big of rims and tires i could go with wouldout having to get a lift? i have a 1985 brat? i plan on getting a lift in december but as of right now my brats on jack stands.... -GwyNative

Probably about a 25" or 26" tire - like a 195/80r13 would probably fit without cutting but there would be a lot of rubbing. I wouldn't do any trimming on a Brat as they are too valuable and rare to be hacking up just because you want big tires and don't have a lift.

 

With 4" of lift 27" tires fit well, and as luck would have it that's the smallest interco swamper made....

 

With 5" I've got 28" (215/75r15's) on white chevy wagon wheels (standard trailer rims - $30 each) with modest trimming in the front and some beating of the body ridge in the wheel well.

 

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