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I intend on pulling the trigger on these tomorrow anyone have thoughts on this brand? $172 shipped to my house is not bad. So by the time I return from my trip out of town later this week I will have tires waiting to mount on them. 33x12.50x15 tires should mount just fine on 15x8 wheel with a 4.5 back spacking right?
I also took notice to them being 28lbs a piece so that is 112# added to my XJ weight. This something that I should be wary about or fine?
I have those wheels on mine. They are heavy cause they are super thick and in my opinion, thats good. I cant say anything bad about them. Cheap and good. Get them.
Side note - not sure about the 4.5 back spacing with 12.5 tires. Im on 10.5 tires with 3.75 back spacing.
Sweet good to know someone is running the same setup! Thanks to you and Kevin who chimed in with some solid advice. I will be purchasing these wheels today. The tires I will check more on but at least I will have these coming and then I can take a look at the tires. 10.5 for me is just too skinny I really want to stay with the 12.50 for winder stance. I'm running the 32x11.5 now and it just looks funny with that skinny tire. 12.5 will help out more. I got a buddy who is running 15x8 black steelies with 3.75 back spacing like you said you have, and he is running 33x12.50x15 tires so I think I'm good. Though I think he did say he has a 1" spacer on his.
The bigger the back spacing number, the more sucked in the wheels will be. So if your buddy is running 3.75 bs with a 1" spacer, those things probably stick out crazy far. I will probably go to the 4.5 bs wheels when I step up to 12.5" wide tires. I dont want my tires to stick out any farther then they already do.
The bigger the back spacing number, the more sucked in the wheels will be. So if your buddy is running 3.75 bs with a 1" spacer, those things probably stick out crazy far. I will probably go to the 4.5 bs wheels when I step up to 12.5" wide tires. I dont want my tires to stick out any farther then they already do.
His jeep sits pretty nice I think. Up here in PACNORWEST cops will get you if they stick out too far and he has been good so far. He didn't need spacers he just wanted to run them like that to see. He told me today spacers coming off anyhow.
Since I'm gone on the ship until this coming Friday I wrote to my wife last night to verify if my wheels came in. She told me yes and I don't think she was very thrilled to have to move them into the garage lol. I know my son helped her out but I'm stoked they are there waiting for my arrival. I just need to source out my tires now and get ready to pull the trigger on those in a week or so. I'm okay with cheaper and $140 a tire instead of more expensive brands that probably won't do me any difference.
Oh and I realized I never posted the finished or close to finish shot of my XJ with the full lift and long arms. Tires will be replaced as you all know but here she is 4.5" lift on 32x11.50x15.
Can’t wait to see what it looks like! What size tire are you going with? I’m really tempted to go with 32s or 33s was on mine but I’m worried my lift won’t be enough to clear them without some serious trimming
I'm running some worn out 32's on it now as I stated and I don't like them. So my plan is defiantly 33's. I could probably run 35's but I think that is just too much. Yea it is going to look much better with Black Steelie wheels and some fresh 33's.
Once the weather warms up I'm gonna look at stripping the pain and repainting entire Jeep. That is another project for a later date though.
Cool! I was thinking about possibly repainting mine as well. I’m going to give it a good wash and buff once it’s running again and see what it looks like
Cool! I was thinking about possibly repainting mine as well. I’m going to give it a good wash and buff once it’s running again and see what it looks like
Yea painting it will really set it off! It is coming along little by little. I over did it the past week or so getting all the suspension stuff lined up but perfect timing because I'm gone now. When I get back I will slowly do other things. I'm just about ready for it's first shake down so I'm getting excited.
I know right and to think that I bought this rig while I was overseas, never seeing it in person, Believing the seller for his word and him allowing me to buy, it holding it until I return. I put a lot of time and energy into this rig already and plan to continue. Even though it will never be a show truck or restored to normal driving conditions I'm very pleased so far and do not plan to beat the crap out of it.
I'm also considering driving it to work often once the weather breaks some and I get all my leaks fixed. Windshield is on the list of pulling and reseal. Then all the weatherstripping as needed will be replaced. I still need to reapply the rear hatch seal that I removed. I never got around to putting the new one back on yet.
Last edited by XJIrish4x4; 02-24-2018 at 07:57 PM.
I know right and to think that I bought this rig while I was overseas, never seeing it in person, Believing the seller for his word and him allowing me to buy, it holding it until I return. I put a lot of time and energy into this rig already and plan to continue. Even though it will never be a show truck or restored to normal driving conditions I'm very pleased so far and do not plan to beat the crap out of it.
02-21-2018, 01:21 AM
