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After market rims and tires on my 96 1500

Old Mar 11, 2013 | 11:12 AM
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I just recently bought my 96 1500 4x4. It has American Racing rims on it (not sure of size/width) along with BF Goodrich 32x11.50r15 tires. The tire says max psi cold 50lbs and door jamb also says the same but that's for OEM tire setup. I filled mine to 45lbs and noticed that the left rear tire beads inner/outer were exceding past the rim by a 1/4 inch. I took the tire off the truck, deflated it, broke the bead and tried to reseat the tire on the rim but to no avail...same result. I went to Pep Boys this morning, explained to the tech my issue. He put it on the tire machine and came back and that it's normal, that "sometimes" based on "certain" tires, they will extend past/over the rim. Said not to worry about it.

Visually describing it...it looks like the tire is either too big for the rim or the rim is too small (which is not the case b/c all the other rims/tires look exactly how a tire is supposed to be seated. I'll attach a picture so that you can see what I mean...

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Old Mar 11, 2013 | 11:32 AM
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Looks normal to me.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2013 | 11:39 AM
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I looks like your wheel as a flat edge, so that's likely normal.

Look at the PSI on the side of the tire if you're unsure as to the MAX PSI.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2013 | 11:40 AM
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really? any reason why the other 3 would look different/normal?
 
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Old Mar 11, 2013 | 11:41 AM
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Old Mar 11, 2013 | 12:54 PM
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Looks normal to me also.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2013 | 01:27 PM
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I bet you have all terrains and if you look closely at the tire you have an issue with, it says all terrain KO.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2013 | 02:15 PM
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newman1367...are you saying that there IS an issue with the tire?
 
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Old Mar 11, 2013 | 02:20 PM
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newman1367, you are correct...it IS a BFG All Terrain and says KO...the fronts are yokohama's and the right rear is a Falken.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2013 | 02:38 PM
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Here are pictures for comparison, you can see the difference in how the tire bead is seated.
 
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