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Old Aug 31, 2013 | 12:11 PM
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Default Jegs D steel wheels any opinions on it ?

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Are they any good Im looking at 15x8 they go for 46 bucks pretty good price, anybody use them before ?
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Old Aug 31, 2013 | 12:16 PM
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Its a steel wheel, What do you want to know about it?
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Old Aug 31, 2013 | 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Boost Happy
Its a steel wheel, What do you want to know about it?
This.

They're just like any other steel wheel.
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Old Aug 31, 2013 | 01:24 PM
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aha well for instance I was reading about the summit brand wheels and people had problems balancing them and crap like that they said over 50 they had bad vibrations and stuff like that but anyway just wanted to see if anyone ran the jegs, I did some research and ppl say these are solid.
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Old Aug 31, 2013 | 01:25 PM
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Also what backspacing should I get im doing a 3in lift and I want to put on 31s atm i only have 235s, I was thinking 4in or 3.75in backspacing I want the tires to stick out a little but dont want them tearing up the flares if i hit a bump
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Old Aug 31, 2013 | 01:48 PM
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3.75 or 4" will be fine and I've run several sets of the Summit/Cragar wheels and they balanced fine. You just have some shops that don't know how to properly balance them.
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Old Aug 31, 2013 | 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by huntsman
Also what backspacing should I get im doing a 3in lift and I want to put on 31s atm i only have 235s, I was thinking 4in or 3.75in backspacing I want the tires to stick out a little but dont want them tearing up the flares if i hit a bump
I went with a 4.5" backspacing, they stick out a little. No rubbing on 4.5" lift, 31s. 5.25" is stock backspacing, FYI.
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Old Sep 1, 2013 | 10:52 AM
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Okay thanks everyone
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I bought the Cragar "Soft 8" wheel for $58 from Jeg's nice steel wheels. They are 15x8" with 4" of backspace I'm running 33x12:50x15 on mine 3" lift with a spacer and trimmed ft. fender wells no problems. Do have good suspension travel adj. lower control arms, sway bar disconnect still needs improvement.


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Old Sep 4, 2013 | 11:52 AM
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I run the summit wheels with 35" mtrs never have had a vibration or balance problem
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Old Sep 4, 2013 | 12:54 PM
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Ah ok well just wana say i found a pretty good deal on craigs paid 200 got american racing outlaws 2 rims 15x8 with 31s on them. Tires still got a decent amount of tread left. Only problem is it seems like the car they were on the alignment was off because the outer edge has more tread than the inside edge but thats only on 2 tires the other 2 are fine. I was thinking the ones that have uneven wear to put them on the rear and the good ones on the front does that sound right ?
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