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Baja 16" wheels with 4.5" BS, Strong enough?
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Author:  Mountainman [ Sun Mar 27, 2016 2:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Baja 16" wheels with 4.5" BS, Strong enough?
From what I've read in the past, I haven't seen the American Racing Baja wheels mentioned as a viable wheel for the KJ. Why not, as they are 4.5" BS? There are also two others on JBA, the Mojave and Pulley wheels, but they are more $$ and look similar. Do these fall into the category of being not strong enough? I think they are rated at 3100 lbs each.
I plan on running these with 245/75/16 Duratracs :rockon:

Please slap me around if this is a bad idea. I do tow 6500 lbs several times a year.

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Author:  tommudd [ Mon Mar 28, 2016 11:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Baja 16" wheels with 4.5" BS, Strong enough?
Mountainman wrote:
From what I've read in the past, I haven't seen the American Racing Baja wheels mentioned as a viable wheel for the KJ. Why not, as they are 4.5" BS? There are also two others on JBA, the Mojave and Pulley wheels, but they are more $$ and look similar. Do these fall into the category of being not strong enough? I think they are rated at 3100 lbs each.
I plan on running these with 245/75/16 Duratracs :rockon:

Please slap me around if this is a bad idea. I do tow 6500 lbs several times a year.

http://jbaoffroad.com/index.php/jeep/li ... black.html



8 inch wide and 4.5 inch backspacing is not ideal, 5 inch backspacing keeps the tires and wheels at the edge of the flare, so those will stick out some
PLUS if wanting to run a 8 inch wide wheel I would suggest a 265-70-16 , same height as the 245-75-16 but wider tread and fit on a 8 inch wide wheel a whole lot better
Author:  Mountainman [ Mon Mar 28, 2016 11:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Baja 16" wheels with 4.5" BS, Strong enough?
Thanks Tom, I guess I'm back to hunting for Moabs :ALONE:
Author:  ChesterCRD [ Wed Mar 30, 2016 1:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Baja 16" wheels with 4.5" BS, Strong enough?
It looks like Quadratec has them for $95 per for silver. http://www.quadratec.com/products/92615_210X_PG.htm
Author:  Mountainman [ Wed Mar 30, 2016 9:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Baja 16" wheels with 4.5" BS, Strong enough?
thanks for posting. I hadn't looked for them new, just noticed they were scalping on ebay for them. They want $1k!
Author:  u2slow [ Thu Mar 31, 2016 3:00 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Baja 16" wheels with 4.5" BS, Strong enough?
5" backspacing makes 245/75R16 tires look 'sucked in' on stock 16x7 wheels. Add 1.25" spacers (effectively 3.75" backspace) and they come out flush with the flares.
Author:  Mountainman [ Thu Mar 31, 2016 8:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Baja 16" wheels with 4.5" BS, Strong enough?
I picked up some 1.5" spacers to run with my free set of 225/75's. Hopefully I didn't go overboard :juggle:

I'll get a set of those Moabs when I get Duratracs, and use the spacer/stock wheel combo just for snow tires I think. Although do you have to heat up, and potentially weaken your studs to get break the red locktite free when you're done with the spacers? that would suck
Author:  u2slow [ Fri Apr 01, 2016 1:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Baja 16" wheels with 4.5" BS, Strong enough?
I used the included red loctite sparingly... and the nuts came off again without heat.

I've switched to blue and its been holding fine too.
Author:  Mountainman [ Fri Apr 01, 2016 2:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Baja 16" wheels with 4.5" BS, Strong enough?
hmm, thanks for that. I think I'll run the thin amount of red myself.
Author:  G.O.A.T. [ Fri Apr 01, 2016 2:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Baja 16" wheels with 4.5" BS, Strong enough?
I run a good sized bead of Red locktite on mine and they were tight but I got them off with the impact

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