OK I can't tell if these are aluminum or steel wheels. What do you think? I didn't think aluminium could rust like that so I'm thinking steel.

I'm really new to this so sorry for noob question.

 

Stock Steelies I call em. There is a list of wheels that came stock for a specific year somewhere on here and a list of other vehicles with same bolt pattern. My current wheels are from a wrangler, bought off ebay for $75 like new.

 

hey thanks...gonna look up that list!

 

Yeah Jeep made a few really cool stock rims in my opinion. That style is not my favorite but it's also not my least favorite either.

 

ecco is my favorite style lol

 

On a pre97 my favorite factory rim is a set of clean turbines.


All this XJ needs is some round roof lights, a rear tire carrier and it's pretty much just right.

 

Those are the stock steel wheels that came only on the XJ Cherokee SE's and early base-model 1993 Grand Cherokee ZJ's (and later base-model Wrangler TJ's as well), but were still a popular wheel. Most customers that ordered the SE were either fleet or government customers, so they didn't upgrade anything. I believe it also came on the Sport if you didn't order the Full Size Spare option, as I have seen these mounted on reduced diameter spare-only tires.

 

There was an old rusty one of those on my 2000 XJ Sport when I bought it last year. The other 3 were much corroded aluminum. As long as the wheels are a 5x4.5 bolt pattern with a 5" backspacing, I think stock is 5.25, they can be from just about any vehicle. If you get wheels that are over 15" diameter, you'll have to adjust tire profile to make them fit, unless you have a lift of some sort. In other words, you can run a 75 ratio tire on 15s, but with 16s you'll need a 70 series tire to be the same diameter. Any good tire supplier can tell you the overall diameter on the tires.

Afterthought, make sure the center hole is at least as big as the stock wheels. Contrary to popular belief, you don't need hub-centric wheels. I've run many Chevy trucks that were only stud-centered wheels. Just check the nut torque occasionally. Wheel spacers must be hub-centric.

 

You've already gotten an answer but...

2 ways to tell.

1) Magnet
2) The lip will be thin (like yours) and on aluminum it will be much wider like Chick-N-Picker's in post #6.