Rubicon 2012 Wheel size 17x7.5. Does anyone know the offset and spacing? Not planning on lifting. Need to buy second set of wheels for snow tires. Want to go with 17x8 or 17x9 but need to know the appropriate offset and spacing.
For winter I would go with 16 steelies. They are all over eBay and CL and cheap. I am running a KJ 16" wheel on my TJ with snows. The BS is supposed to be 5.5 inches. I would like to get spacers bc I have a slight rub on the LCA at full left lock and in the back if I go offroad at full ext I will have issues w/o spacing them out.
ok here is my story. i've been all about honda civic tunning but i changed my style. i just bought an 1990 jeep wrangler yj. but do i have to lift it to throw 2010 rubicon 17 inch wheels 31inch tires. ? i know i need to buy adapters to change lug patterns. sorry for the dumb questions but im new to this. please PM me
I have a 2008 4 dr wrangler, I have received 5 new ameriacn eagle black rims my jeep currently has 18" rims. my question is what is the biggest tire I could fit onto the 17" rims without lifting my jeep?
I'm trying to decide what rims to buy. One set is running 3.5'bs, and the other a 4'bs. If I run a 10.50 wide tire on the 4'bs rim, and later switch to a 12.50 wide tire, would I have any rubbing issues?
I can't decide on the mickey Thompson wheel if i should go with a 15x12 or any other 15xanthing what would be the best decision for going off road and on the beach but also on the road.
ok here is my story. i've been all about honda civic tunning but i changed my style. i just bought an 1990 jeep wrangler yj. but do i have to lift it to throw 2010 rubicon 17 inch wheels 31inch tires. ? i know i need to buy adapters to change lug patterns. sorry for the dumb questions but im new to this. please PM me
Why didn't the wheel spacers work? Your other option is buying wheels with less backspacing.
4BY44ME said:
I have a 2008 4 dr wrangler, I have received 5 new ameriacn eagle black rims my jeep currently has 18" rims. my question is what is the biggest tire I could fit onto the 17" rims without lifting my jeep?
I'm trying to decide what rims to buy. One set is running 3.5'bs, and the other a 4'bs. If I run a 10.50 wide tire on the 4'bs rim, and later switch to a 12.50 wide tire, would I have any rubbing issues?
You have an 01 TJ? I feel like you may have issues with 4" of backspacing and 12.50 wide tires, but I don't know for sure. I have just about 1/4" of clearance from my sway bars with 3.75" of bs.
doghound93 said:
I can't decide on the mickey Thompson wheel if i should go with a 15x12 or any other 15xanthing what would be the best decision for going off road and on the beach but also on the road.
How wide of a tire? Many run a 15x8 or a less popular 15x10. DEFINITELY don't get a 15x12! With a 15x8, they'll be lighter than a 15x10 and you'll be able to air down more when off road. A negative is that it is harder to get a good contact patch and some don't like the look of a 15x8.
Here is what my 15x8 wheels with 3.75" of backspacing looks like with a 33x12.50x15 tire
Iv read so many definitions of backspacing from so many different people and I still dont quite understand it. From my understanding, backspacing is like the radius of the wheel? anyone wanna hold my hand through this question? haha
Iv read so many definitions of backspacing from so many different people and I still dont quite understand it. From my understanding, backspacing is like the radius of the wheel? anyone wanna hold my hand through this question? haha
Not exactly haha. Okay so imagine a wheel. Now flip iit over so that the side that is supposed to be out is not facing the ground and you're looking at the back of the wheel now. Now imagine laying a straight edge across the surface of the wheel and measure from the middle of that straight edge down to the mounting surface where the lugs are. That measure from the mounting surface to the height of the lip is back spacing. The less back spacing there is, the more it will "stick out" when mounted.
And if you find a rim you like, but only the offset is listed (such as -12mm), and you wanna convert it to backspacing (in inches), here's a formula for doing the math:
Offset to Backspace conversion:
Take offset, divide by 25.4, then add the overall rim width (rim width +1) divided by 2
so: given a 16x8 with -27 mm offset, your backspace would be: -27mm / 25.4 = -1.06" + (((8"+1")/2)= 4.5") = 3.43" BS
Advice needed, I have a 90 wrangler I just ordered a set of 33x12.5x15 Duratrac's. I now have 15x10 M/T classic II with a 4" b/s and the same size 33" BFG All Terrain's. I want to go to an 8" rim. Question is can I get away with a 4.5 b/s? For a more "tucked" look. I turned the wheels lock to lock an have around 5/8" between the tire and spring. Present tires have probably 1/2 tread left there just dry rotted. A PO put on in '89 or '99 according to tire date, (It's time).
No. Hole in the middle of the tire will be 17", Your 15" rim will be 2" too small. You will have to stick with a R15 tire, or look to buy 17" rims for that tire size.
BTW - I'll be looking at new rims for my TJ soon. Eventually I would like to go to a 32" tire. Probably a GY MT/R w/kevlar in 32x11.5R15 - not a whole lot of choice in 32" tire size. I'll be sticking with 15" rims. Costs are generally much higher for 17" tires than similar size in 15". I think I'll go with 15x8 4BS 5x4.5BC rims. My Canyon rims with 5.5BS and 31" duratracs still rub a little at full lock, even with a 2" lift.
So i know I saw it somewhere in this thread but can't find out now that I'm in dire need....I have an 06 LJ and am keeping stock rims for the time being. I want to beef up my tires a lil, what is the most I can get away with? It's 30.5 now, would both 32 and 33 be ok?
Trying to get an opinion as I don't fully understand backspacing; I was planning on getting 15x10 rims w/ backspace of 3.625 backspacing and Goodyear silentarmor tires 31", 10.5" wide... would these work on a stock TJ? Or should I look into something else? I don't want it to look like a skateboard, so to speak.
Trying to get an opinion as I don't fully understand backspacing; I was planning on getting 15x10 rims w/ backspace of 3.625 backspacing and Goodyear silentarmor tires 31", 10.5" wide... would these work on a stock TJ? Or should I look into something else? I don't want it to look like a skateboard, so to speak.
You can't put a 10.5" tire on a 10" wheel. It won't hold a bead. You'd be better off with a 15x8 wheel and ~4" of backspacing
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