Following.
Been wanting turf tires for my 825i S4 as well as it gets run around town on the street a good bit in the summer.

 

I put Carlisle All Trail tires on my Gator and I absolutely love them. They are easy on lawns, don't leave rubber marks when turning sharp on pavement and ride smooth. I don't think they make them in 14" but what I did was buy a cheap set of steel rims so I could have two sets of tires mounted and ready to go. It makes switching from aggressive off road tires to turf friendly a easy 10 minute job.

Surprisingly though since getting the extra rims I find that the Carlisle All Trail's stay on my Gator 99% of the time. I only need the more aggressive tires for chasing hogs and gators in the swamps. The rest of the time driving skill (chuckle) and 4 wheel drive (OK, 3 wheel dive on my 550) can get me out of trouble.

 

Well this is exactly what I wound up doing. You are correct though Carlisle makes nothing in a 14" tire. So after some internet searching I found some decent priced aluminum 15" wheels in the correct bolt pattern for my RSX at Discount Tire. They are $75 each and look pretty good. So I got some 15x7s for the front and 15x8.5s for the back. Then ordered Carlisle Multitrack C/S for it. I went up to a 27" tire from the 26s that I hope will also cure a second problem that is how ridiculously short the RSX is geared. Going with a little taller tire should help some. Everything will be in, mounted and installed in a couple of days. Total outlay was around $1,000 but as you said, I now will have two sets of wheels and tires.
I already felt I had made a good decision but after seeing Carlisle's on so many of the other work UTVs and hearing you speak so highly of them I'm confident I will be happy.
Now to quiet it down without losing all the added power from my big gun exhaust...

Thank you for the input!

 

Post some pictures after you get your new rims and tires. I think the taller size will work well and they should hold up well if you drive much on pavement.

 

Well.. Here is the first trip to the tire store. It seems 2x6 means 6" of negative offset. So, I can't run the rear wheels. (see picture and you'll understand why). So, I went to order the rear 8.5s in the only other offset they had (4x4) and they don't make them anymore. So, we are ordering a second set of the 7" wide front wheels. Hope tires will mount ok. They are 3" of positive offset. The front looks fine and can turn from stop to stop without any problem. The rears stuck out WAY too far.

Should have the other wheels in, picked up and mounted by this weekend...

 

Also,
After reading another thread on here. I didn't even look at the hub.. as there was a center cap on the wheel. They seemed to bolt down fine... but I'm going to have to check. I wonder. Someone in the other thread said they don't fit.

 

Set Medic, thanks for your support. Make sure you have them check the fit on the hubs. There has been some fitment issues in the past as you noted.

 

Yes, and if I go by the published numbers they won't fit. My understanding is our hub bore is 5.3 inches and the spec sheet on these wheels says they bore is 110mm or 4 inches and some change.

Due to the very limited availability and choice of wheels I'll probably just have the wheels milled to fit. I'm running out of time to have this thing ready to go...

 

I like the look of those turf tires and rims.

 

Thank you. I think it will look ok once I get another set of those positive offset front rims in the back so its the same...

 

I can feel your pain. I had a time finding rims for my 550. I found the correct bolt pattern but the hub bore was slightly undersized so I had to open mine up to make them fit.

 

So, my hub bore is just a touch too small. Between 1/16" and 1/8". But the edge of them is chamfored (sp?). So they center pretty well. I test drove it to top speed and got no vibration. I will pull them back off and either have them opened up at a machine shop or spend a few hours with some type of grinding wheel. I was thinking maybe a cylinder honing tool would open them up evenly. Any thoughts on that? What did you use Dane?

Anyway, a few pictures of the (almost) finished product. I wound up running the same width rims as the front. The 4x4 worked fine... no binding. And I can now rent services at golf courses and the like and not have to worry about a customer freaking out about me tearing their grass up... Total cost $1080.00

 

Looks very good.

 

I've done two sets of rims. On the steel wheels I did it with a die grinder and half round file. Just worrying the hole open. When I was close I covered the shiny bare metal with a black marker and test fit. Where it hit scraped off the marker indicating where I needed to take more off.

For the aluminum rims I made a fly cutter and clamped the rims in my mill. I used a dial indicator in the chuck to center each rim. Then put in the fly cutter to open the hole. The mill was probably more accurate than hand fitting the steel rims and the first one went slow but by the fourth I had the process down and moved a lot more quickly but if I were to do it again I'd buy a fly cutter instead of the one I ghetto made.

 

I bought a digital feeler gauge that goes up to 6" and a cylinder honing tool that came with 100 grit stones and up to an 8" spread. My thinking is some hone oil and my 1/2" drill ought to make pretty quick work of the aluminum hub of the wheel. Tools should be delivered this week and I'll post the progress.

I've been using it at my last three events. Fully loaded with all my emergency medical gear and it has worked just fine. Wheels are spinning (mostly) true.. Haven't had any problems.

I did notice one thing. The rear tires seems to be significantly toed in. I want to measure them and square them up (basically an alignment). Does anyone know why they are toed in so far? Is that some off road traction trick I don't know about? Obviously it will chew up street tires and I've never seen it before. Adjustment looks pretty easy.. Just hit that adjuster arm on the front side of the control arms. Pull a tape to tread edge on front and back side of the rear tires and square it up...