my dealer told me yesterday when i asked him about putting 27's on mine with out spacers and he said you couldnt w/out doing damage. have you heard this?

 

It sounds like your dealer doesn’t have much experience with aftermarket tires & wheels.

You can put 27s on your 800 without a lift kit and they’ll fit just fine. The only problem you may encounter is if you mount wider front tires on your stock wheels, depending on how wide and which tire, you may have a clearance issue between the inside sidewall of the tires and your outer tie rod ends. Using aftermarket wheels gives you enough room to mount 9” wide tires on the front because they have a 1” wider offset.

 

There will be more wear and tear on your bearings but other than that nothing else should be affected. My dealer tells me that I am wrecking my ATV every time I go in there. What does he know.

 

well im not going to try to kill mine but plan on having alot fun in the mud. i was just looking to put m. lites radials on instead of the stockers. i dont care about about putting a lift kit or any thing like that. he just mentioned to me that there wasnt much room in back. i didnt even check to see since its another garage. id dint have too much problems w/ the 25"raw hides on my 500 so i guess the 26"'s willl be fine.

 

There are no clearance issues in the rear at all. You could run 28s back there if you wanted (not suggesting you do, just emphasizing a point).

 

I run 28" gators and 28" vampire EDLs with no clearance problems. I should add that I do have 1" spacers front and back but I don't think that I have to run them I just want to.

 

you can get by with 27's if you run a 9" up front on stock wheels.
2-3 washers is all it takes up front behind the stud to keep the tire off the tie rod.

 

That could work depending on what kind of terrain you play in and how much clearance that gives you. I had 10” fronts on mine for a while with aftermarket wheels. There was enough clearance to mount the tire but it was still close enough to the outer tie rod end that if the tire picked up any mud (not that I would EVER ride my machine in mud, hehehe) it would trash the tie rod end boot resulting in a bad tie rod end real fast.