2000 Wheel size replacement?

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May 25, 2011 | 08:14 AM
  #1  
Hi, new member here. My wife has a 2000 Grand Cherokee Laredo with 225/75/16 tires.

We have a set of tires and wheels that are 225/75/15 from her son's Jeep that are in good shape.

Can we use these wheels on her car?

Thanks!
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May 25, 2011 | 08:28 AM
  #2  
No, all 15" late model Jeep wheels are 4.5"bolt pattern. Your wheels are 5"bolt pattern.
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May 25, 2011 | 08:31 AM
  #3  
what do you mean by "late model"? His jeep isn't very new either. Is there a way I can tell?
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May 25, 2011 | 08:39 AM
  #4  
If they are different what about getting wheel adaptors? Is that safe or a bad idea?
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May 25, 2011 | 08:41 AM
  #5  
it is safe just remember aluminum and steel have different heat cycles so they need to be torqued constantly. I would Just get a second set of wheels. You can get them for about $200 where as wheel adapters are $150
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May 25, 2011 | 08:43 AM
  #6  
We need new tires cheaply. The car has 16" wheels, her sons tires are already mounted on 15" wheels.
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May 25, 2011 | 08:48 AM
  #7  
also something to look into is that you may have to clearance the brake rotor a little with 15" wheels.

You can get pretty cheap tires for a 16" wheel now a days too...
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May 25, 2011 | 10:32 AM
  #8  
Quote: If they are different what about getting wheel adaptors? Is that safe or a bad idea?
the problem w/ the adapters is the offset. A 2000 GC has a very high offset, most wheels will stick out even without adapters. The adapters will set the wheel offset out too far.
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May 25, 2011 | 11:03 AM
  #9  
Seems like we can't use those.

Any suggestion for inexpensive tires? Cheapest I've found are tirerack $78, and around $110 or so locally.
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