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Author:  jamese35 [ Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Rims
I see alot of you guys putting 15 inch rims on your liberty's but there all gassers. Will they fit on the CRD with out modifying the rim or break caliper?
Author:  Joe Romas [ Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:42 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Rims
CRD's all came with nice 16" aluminum wheels standard. Why would you want to downgrade to 15's that will most likely be steel that you'll paint black?
Author:  jamese35 [ Sun Feb 13, 2011 10:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Rims
I want to drop to 15's because theres more selection in tires and there cheaper. And I would go with M/T Classic 2 wheels in the chrome rims.
Author:  sota [ Sun Feb 13, 2011 10:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Rims
have you seen the pot holes... no I mean CRATERS... on the roads? :ROTFL:
seriously contemplating when I do dedicated snow/winter tires and wheels doing them with a 15" rim just to get that much more side wall for impact absorbtion.
Author:  Sir Sam [ Sun Feb 13, 2011 10:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Rims
its very unlikely that 15" will fit, only a few do.

Also, these days there are better selections for 16" tires. Why? Because more vehicles have 16" tires.

I remember 10 years ago when one of my XJ's had 16" wheels, and the other had 15". I was somewhat annoyed with the 16" wheels because I had fewer choices and they cost more, these days the inverse is true.

For example, for a 30x9.50x15 from tirerack, there are 17 tire options.

For a 245/75/16 (a slightly bigger tire) there are 85 results from tirerack.

For a 245/70/16 (a slightly smaller tire) there are 46 results from tirerack.

So I think its fair to say there are more options these days for 16" tires, and its likely only to increase as more and more cars come with larger tires.
Author:  jamese35 [ Sun Feb 13, 2011 10:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Rims
I was just wondering thats all Theres not that much but one of them save the cash things lol. But now every thing has 17 inch rims and the tire selection sucks not many swamper's out ther in a 17.
Author:  tjkj2002 [ Sun Feb 13, 2011 11:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Rims
Sir Sam wrote:
its very unlikely that 15" will fit, only a few do.

Also, these days there are better selections for 16" tires. Why? Because more vehicles have 16" tires.

I remember 10 years ago when one of my XJ's had 16" wheels, and the other had 15". I was somewhat annoyed with the 16" wheels because I had fewer choices and they cost more, these days the inverse is true.

For example, for a 30x9.50x15 from tirerack, there are 17 tire options.

For a 245/75/16 (a slightly bigger tire) there are 85 results from tirerack.

For a 245/70/16 (a slightly smaller tire) there are 46 results from tirerack.

So I think its fair to say there are more options these days for 16" tires, and its likely only to increase as more and more cars come with larger tires.
But you also got to look at those sizes and what rating the tires are.Most(if not all) 245/75R16's are "E" rated tires,most(if not all) 245/70R16's are "P" rated tires.When you drop down to 15" rims you can get a good tire in a "C" range.


Oh and without having to run spacers and big lift(to turn) there is only a handful of aftermarket steel rims that fit a KJ,no alloy 15" will without spacers.
Author:  Sir Sam [ Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:05 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Rims
tjkj2002 wrote:
But you also got to look at those sizes and what rating the tires are.Most(if not all) 245/75R16's are "E" rated tires,most(if not all) 245/70R16's are "P" rated tires.When you drop down to 15" rims you can get a good tire in a "C" range.


On the 245/70:
42 were standard load
2 were extra load
2 were D

On the 245/70:
33 were standard load
3 were C
49 were E

on the 30x9.50
1 standard load
16 were C

one more for grins,
31x10.50/15
32 results
3 are standard load
29 were C
Author:  ajk381 [ Fri Apr 01, 2011 1:37 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Rims
Yes they will fit. Rear for sure. Steel wheels fit no matter what, ive tried 2 diffrent styles. Im currently running 15in aluminum rims off an explorer i only had to grind the 3 or 4 ridges off the front caliper maybe a 1/16 at most so steels fit no modification alum depending on rims lil or maybe more grinding.
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