Has anyone put JK wheels on their KK?

Kevin7 · **Joined:** Mon Aug 25, 2014 1:42 am **Posts:** 14

I tried searching all over but I haven't been able to find a solid answer.

The JK wheels are 17" with a 5x5 bolt pattern. The Liberty takes a 5x4.5, so I would need adapters which will push out the wheels an inch.

http://www.amazon.com/5x114-3-5x4-5-Ada ... o+5x5+1%22

My concern is that with the spacers the tires might rub on the fenders. Don't want to go out and buy the spacers and new tires if they're gonna rub
My Jeep has a 2" lift as well

Any input is appreciated, thanks.

NAMoulton1 · **Joined:** Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:01 pm **Posts:** 1054

Depends on what size tire you put on the rim and what the backspacing is for the rim.

Kevin7 · **Joined:** Mon Aug 25, 2014 1:42 am **Posts:** 14

They are the stock JK wheels with 6.25" of backspacing, the spacers I found are between 1"-1.5" thick. Tires I plan to use are 265/65R17 which equate to 30.5"

Thanks

tommudd · **Posted:** Fri Apr 17, 2015 7:35 am

Kevin7 wrote:

I tried searching all over but I haven't been able to find a solid answer.

The JK wheels are 17" with a 5x5 bolt pattern. The Liberty takes a 5x4.5, so I would need adapters which will push out the wheels an inch.

http://www.amazon.com/5x114-3-5x4-5-Ada ... o+5x5+1%22

My concern is that with the spacers the tires might rub on the fenders. Don't want to go out and buy the spacers and new tires if they're gonna rub
My Jeep has a 2" lift as well

Any input is appreciated, thanks.

Lifted ?? which lift?
what size tires are you planning ?
Third question is why ?????

Kevin7 · **Joined:** Mon Aug 25, 2014 1:42 am **Posts:** 14

2" daystar lift
265/65R17 (30.5" height)
I'm getting the wheels for free which saves me the cost of going out to find other wheels. I want larger tires for both looks and off road capability.

Bmxer524 · **Posted:** Sat Apr 18, 2015 3:56 am

If they're the stock 32s that JKs come with, you're gonna need 4" of lift plus a rehear to at least 4.10s. If you just want the rims and are ok with adapters/spacers then that's no problem. Just because you went to that JK 32 won't make it more capable though. The SRAs are trash no matter what size you get.

Kevin7 · **Joined:** Mon Aug 25, 2014 1:42 am **Posts:** 14

Thanks for the reply. I'll be using BFG mud terrain 30.5s, not the stock 32" SRAs.

The jk wheel has a backspacing of 6.25", should I use a 2" spacer adapter or will a 1" work? I believe the ideal backspacing for the kk is 4"

Bmxer524 · **Posted:** Sat Apr 18, 2015 10:54 pm

Kevin7 wrote:

Thanks for the reply. I'll be using BFG mud terrain 30.5s, not the stock 32" SRAs.

The jk wheel has a backspacing of 6.25", should I use a 2" spacer adapter or will a 1" work? I believe the ideal backspacing for the kk is 4"

4" of backspacing on a 7" wide wheel is preferred on a LIFTED KK. Stock has less room to play with. I'm not sure of stock specs.

Kevin7 · **Joined:** Mon Aug 25, 2014 1:42 am **Posts:** 14

My KK has a 2" lift. I'd prefer to keep the spacer adapter as small as possible, if I use a 1.5" adapter on the jk wheel with 6.25" backspace, I'd end up with 4.75, which would still work right?

Just want to make sure before I pull the trigger on the different parts.

Bmxer524 · **Posted:** Sun Apr 19, 2015 2:20 am

How wide are they? 7" if so, they should be fine. I think stock is around 5 or 5.5" on the 7" wide, but I'm not totally sure. With 4.75" of backspacing those wheels will be about .75" in the wells. So the tire's should just be flush not the rims.

Kevin7 · **Joined:** Mon Aug 25, 2014 1:42 am **Posts:** 14

Yea the stock jk wheel is 7". I'll go with the 1.5" adapter then. Thanks for your help

tommudd · **Posted:** Sun Apr 19, 2015 8:45 pm

Kevin7 wrote:

Yea the stock jk wheel is 7". I'll go with the 1.5" adapter then. Thanks for your help

Never go with anything less than 1.5 inch, if you do go one inch spacers then you have to cut the end of all the lug nuts off etc, not a good idea
Even if the wheels are free I wouldn't swap out to those JK wheels but its your ride so good luck

Kevin7 · **Joined:** Mon Aug 25, 2014 1:42 am **Posts:** 14

Do you say that because of safety issues?

Kevin7 · **Joined:** Mon Aug 25, 2014 1:42 am **Posts:** 14

Update:

In case anyone was wondering, it all worked out fine. Installed the 1.5" spacer adapters and JK wheels on 30.5s. Tires stick out roughly an inch more than before, looks more aggressive now. The spacer adapters corrected the backspacing of the JK wheels perfectly, no fitment issues.

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