For my beloved, totally stock 1998 Jeep Cherokee XJ Sport, I'm looking to get a set of dedicated wheels and snow tires for this coming winter. I'm looking at the Quadratec site and they recommend a 15x8, with a 4.5" bolt pattern with backspacing of 4.0. The rep said I could also consider a 15x7 as these wheels will be for snow tires and a narrower contact patch would give better traction.

Any suggestions on this? Thanks for any input.

 

235/75/15s? 15x7s....

 

Yes, the tires will be 235x75 15. So, would the 7" width be better?

 

15x7 is the stock wheel size, and that works perfectly fine with 235/75-15 tires.

 

That's what I had on mine when I lived where it snowed a lot in the winters and never had an issue.

 

Recommend BFG 235/75R15 load range C all/terrain TA KO tires