largest tire size on an ea81?

[RallyAlex]

I have an '81 4x4 wagon with 13" wheels...does anyone have any pics of the largest tire they currently have on their car? I don't want to switch rims or add a lift kit or anything like that...thanks!

[doobieryan]

You can't get any bigger tires for the 13s. You would have to find some pug wheels or drill some 6 lug wheels to put bigger tires. But without a lift you can put about 27s under your car if your not afraid to do a little fender chopping:grin:

also, if you lift up your back seat there is a rubber plug directly in the middle of the floor pan... Remove this plug and there is a bolt in there(19 mm i think). Take an impact gun, or ratchet if you don't have one, and crank that bolt down. This will raise up your rear end about 2 inches.

Good luck,

Ryan

[RallyAlex]

Ryan--

 

Thanks for the rear end suggestion. I will give it a try. I really do not want to "fender chop" as the car came from SoCal so it is quite clean and rust free. I thought maybe Subaru made 14" wagon wheels. I guess not. I will put as much rubber as possible on these 13" rims. Thanks...Alex

[Subruise]

subaru did make 14" wheels, but not wagon wheels. look in su barus of the 80's, good luck finding a set

 

 

 

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[doobieryan]

Yeah. Those soobie 14s are pretty hard to come by. I looked for a long time then came across some 6 lug wheel Im gonna drill in the near future.

I chopped my fenders just to make room for the bumper i built for it. Lol. And mine is rust free too. Wagons are pretty easy to find rust free ones. Ill Prolly Chop my fenders a little more to make room for the 31s i got for it:grin:

Do you plan on offroading your wagon?

[RallyAlex]

No offroading. I live outside of Chicago where we are FLAT. Besides, this is a super clean wagon and I do not want to wreck it. If you can find plenty of rust-free wagons, consider yourself lucky...

[desdinova]

185/80/13 but they are hard to find . try firestone . they sometimes carry it in their fr380 series .

[doobieryan]

Yeah, if i wasn't gonna offroad my wagon i wouldn't have chopped the fenders either. Lol. And for big city driving a little bigger tires would Prolly be nice for the 4 speed gearing. Lol

[DBOZ]

i have 205/60/13 on my 84 brat

[doobieryan]

i have 205/60/13 on my 84 brat

 

Wow! that's big! isn't That about a 23 or 24? Where did you find those?

[DBOZ]

they came with my brat, so rusty i didnt know they were chrome till lots and lots of cleaning. There outlaw 2 rims 13inch with those tires on her. still looking for center caps

darrell

[brat82]

I've got 185/80/13 on one of my brats. Les Schwab, Signet, Winterguard. "Les" said they were winter tires and would be hot in the summer, may not get the milage etc...but it's such a lite vehicle I get more miles on them then the warrenty. This makes between 23" and 24" total.