terzdesign

Hey

My tires are shot and the rims are original to my 99 xj sport. I don't offroad in this thing but do much city and highway driving for commuting. I'll admit Ive never bought rims before and see some the cheapest on tire rack for 85 bones a piece. Are these bad news? Is there something about cheaper rims that I should avoid? Should I go with steel?

I am really just looking for some cheap black ones.

LiamLikeNeeson

Go to a salvage yard and pick some up for dirt cheap (make sure they are round of course bad not bent and eaten up) in a pattern of your liking and then score you get the tires installed paint them with some automotive spray paint (I'm sure others have better ideas on painting wheels black than I do) and there ya go. Dirt cheap and black. But get new tres of course. I am getting Goodyear Wrangler Radials. They are basic AT tires with a lot of life and good all round statistics. And $85 a tire for what I've seen. Good luck to ya sir!

Waynerd

Rough country, $45.
http://www.roughcountry.com/wheels.h...heel_width=108

2000CHERO

Steel. Cheap, bends doesn't crack, and cheap.

Bought 5 Cragar V5's for $240 shipped. And if one bends and I can't fix it, easy and cheap enough to replace.

thatXJguy

I run Cragar V5 steelies all the time.

I was running the 15x8, but I went with 15x10 when I upgraded to new tires.

Steel wheels are always super cheap, hard to destroy, and in my opinion, better for handling. Aluminum wheels are lighter weight, and typically look better, hence the price tag.

LiamLikeNeeson

Can you guys post pics of your steelies. I'm kind of curious as to maybe buying some myself.

2000CHERO

Soft 8 on my old jeep:

Same Soft 8 on current jeep:


New V5's I got for $240 shipped:

thatXJguy

I ran these for a little while with KJ center caps:



Later decided to retire those tires and wheels:



Now run these:

Fred/N0AZZ

I only run steel wheels on my XJ on both sets of rims for the 33's and 35's. For DD the Cragar Soft Eights & 33's are what I run a 15x8" wheel with 3.75-4" of BS.


Steel is real stronger and will not break like Aluminum wheels will and can not be repaired like a steel one. You can find wheels from places like Summit, Jegs and others with free shipping remember you need 5.


These are the Soft Eights

LiamLikeNeeson

What about getting them used? Or is that not advised?

thatXJguy

Steel wheels are so cheap that you might as well get them new. Used ones always have a chance of being warped because you never know how the previous owner treated them.

LiamLikeNeeson

I found a single listing on Craigslist of soft 8's for $200 for all four (would get a spare separately.) and I believe they are new? Or probably lightly used. If you want to check em out and let me know what you think that would be cool.

2000CHERO

Brand new from an online retailer they're around $58 a wheel. Unless you really can't afford the extra $8 tire, there's no excuse not to buy new. I buy mine from Morris who always has a 10% off coupon floating around, so there's even less of an excuse, esp when you get free shipping through them.

LiamLikeNeeson

Good to know thanks!

abodyjoe

i like the stock style alumn wheels. they tuck inside the wheel wells nicely. can't stand the ones that stick way out of the wheel wells. looks goofy to me.. got mine for $100 off craigslist then repainted them..

if all you want is cheap black wheels (totally over done at this point in my opinion) then find a dirt cheap wheel that fits on craigslist and paint or plastic dip them black.