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Originally Posted by dangeroustoy

I will also add that while not everyone is into running skinnys on the front I noticed a big difference when I changed the front wheel/tire combo to the smaller 4-inch wide wheels and smaller tires.

Dave Brisco

Was the difference an improvement or just different?

I was wondering since my 31 on 32 rails project is running a skinnier tire on the front - and rear - than the 32 and the front ends are similar cept for the 32 has four bars and the 31 has radius rods which shouldn't affect the handling to any great degree.

When I first got the 32 running, it had 7" x 14" slot mags up front with a pair of 185/70R-14 BFG's.
It handled pretty good.

Later on, I found a pair of 5 1/2" x 14" slot mags and stuck on a pair of 195/70R-14 BFG's.

The larger tire due to I wanted a little more ground clearance.
That due to the 2nd pair of front tires - on the 7" wide wheels were metric - still 185/70R-14 and had a smaller diameter than did the original 185 non-metrics.

Handlling changes - if any - were imperceptible with any of the tire/wheel swaps.

Next set of front tires will be skinnier than the BFG's, but I'm not sure what brand yet.