Yes, the wheels are the Quadratec CJ Retro white spoke. At first I thought the large chome center cap fitting was their idea, but then a WF member found and posted a CJ-7 with the white spoke wheels and the large chrome center cap extension. In those days they had manual hubs on the front which stuck out quite a bit, so Jeep had extensions cover the hub part with just the selector in the open and matching ones on the rear wheels.
The tires are BFG KO2 LR C in LT285/70R17 - they are 32.8" tall and 11.2" wide (factory 255s are 10" wide). The 5.2" backspace (vs 6" backspace on factory wheels) puts the inside edge of the tires just 0.2" further out from the suspension than the factory tires were. The tread is still under the fenders. I love them The Chief came with BFG KMs (same as Rubicons and Willys) and they start noisy and get noisier. The KO2s are far quieter.
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If you have been on the QT website looking at those wheels, you know there are a lot of customer photos out their with the wheels. The only problem with that Jeep though is since it's the only one in the county, I can't sneak around in it.
You win that jeep didn’t know they had that color scheme. I have seen it before somewhere.
yea those wheels I saw on website and I think even before theywere at quad someone else made them by custom painting the black like on them with plain white wheels. I have pic of that. Then quad comes out with a sweet quality version of those wheels.
I have thought about it and only wheels I like other then the saltas are those cjs and the gladiators.. I just trapped those gladiators since I could get them brand new for 300 and didn’t know how long they would be around since I donot think gladkept those stock style wheels for more then a yr/two. I thought last summer better just grab them while I can and think later.
I still can get those white wheels with prob no worry about quad stop making them. That why I like to see pick because there isint that many compared to other pics. So far the best one I have seen is a red jeep I think the solid colors make Jeep’s look, more rugged somehow and the white wheels look good off those standard colors like yellow lifeguard jeep red blue kind of colors. Not sure how my silver metallic would look and your chief is a classic color.
I do like thetires not sticking out and being 11.2 helps that. Think stock is 6.2 bs and my jeep needs gas tank lean spacers because one side looks like it’s sticking out more but it’s the jeep at a slant.
I am not worried about that much but I want it to look like your saying so the overall look and ratio of everything look right. I think it’s a fine line between 6.2 bs wheels tires hat look like car tires because they are that far in but yet once you get to 5.2 you need narrower tires like that 11.2 the 11.6 I have are farther out and 12.5 forget that you look like a mad truck driver. I a, trying here.
I donot think I could find a silver jeep with those wheels not many. Maybe ones from 30 yrs ago to get an idea.
ko2 are good people here said people coming off the trails out west have trail damage from those and that my trail grapplers were more stout. I really like the Mickey Thompson Baja tires but still haven’t figured out what I a, doing for tires yet since all these other things came up. I just think 33.0 tall is the way and I have a lot more power with them then the 3.1 I have now.
I thought about 34x10 ko2 couple yrs ago because they run about .5 smaller then they say so that would be a pre number of 33.5x10 and I would be near fender better. That was when I wanted to try 33.5 but I think I am 99% sure I want 33.0 tall now. Just trying to figure out wide size and then want certain tires and each brand only has what they have size wise so I ll have to make choice there. Ko2 are an option because of size I like the most.
