which wheels for a military look
yeah, dont shoot your rims... i have the same wheels RENIXBEAST has on his rig (minus center caps) and panned to paint em flat black, along with all other chrome trims... while im at it, i might as well pick up a front end (hood, fenders, grill, bumper, etc) from a 2000 cherokee (yay for cash for clunker cars.... NOT) and swap that front end on my rig...
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I think a set of these...

Would look great if you painted the rims olive drab and maybe left the center section black. Of course you could paint the whole thing OD but I just feel like the two tone would look more authentic. And these are the base wheels for the cherokee, and I imagine that's what the military would have had on their XJs if they ever got any. The US military doesn't seem to go for upgraded wheel options, they just want a round steel thing down there to hold the tires, lol. Looks are an afterthought for them...

Would look great if you painted the rims olive drab and maybe left the center section black. Of course you could paint the whole thing OD but I just feel like the two tone would look more authentic. And these are the base wheels for the cherokee, and I imagine that's what the military would have had on their XJs if they ever got any. The US military doesn't seem to go for upgraded wheel options, they just want a round steel thing down there to hold the tires, lol. Looks are an afterthought for them...
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since you mentioned wider tires... you're gonna want to get a rim that's 8 or 10 inches wide (depending on how wide of a tire you wanna go), and 4.5" of backspacing or LESS (stock is 5.25" and will rub the LCA when turning with a 31 or bigger).
I would imagine wagon wheels in black or painted would be the best compromise. They are very similar to the stock wheel design, but are available in a variety of widths and back sets and are rather inexpensive. or the cragar soft 8's like what were posted before. That hats on my truck with 33's


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