Help me choose new wheels!

WHITE the civilian · **Posted:** Thu May 08, 2014 12:05 am

These wheels are all 17x8" / 5x4.5 / 4.5" BS, if the safety aspect of a 245 on a by 8 is too risky I'll be running 255/70R17 Cooper AT3's

I've narrowed it down to these 3. What do y'all think?
And I have a Inferno Red Jeep with a "wee-bit-o" black Herculiner on the old girl.

My Heap Riberty -

Black Rock's -

U.S Wheel -

Pro Comp -

WHITE the civilian · **Posted:** Sun Jun 29, 2014 3:48 am

Bumping my old post since I've finally found a place in Anchorage that doesn't charge shipping for tires. ^^^

tommudd · **Posted:** Sun Jun 29, 2014 7:17 am

Why 17X8?
I'd stick to 16s , more tire choices
and 7 with 4 inches of backspacing works better

WHITE the civilian · **Posted:** Sun Jun 29, 2014 7:05 pm

I was waiting on you to reply first Tom lol, I'm going the 245/75r17 duratrac route. I like tall skinny just not 235/85 skinny or a fat woman on stilts as you once said.

I like the bigger wheel as well

tommudd · **Posted:** Sun Jun 29, 2014 8:13 pm

Narrow tires, narrow wheels :wink:

WHITE the civilian · **Posted:** Sun Jun 29, 2014 8:54 pm

Won't the 245 be just fine on the x8? I've had zero issues with my factory x7.5"

silverkk · **Joined:** Mon Feb 04, 2013 12:27 pm **Posts:** 637

I like the us wheels

WHITE the civilian · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2014 12:46 am

silverkk wrote:

I like the us wheels

1 for U.S wheels!

JeepMorrison · **Joined:** Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:34 am **Posts:** 1236

Side question: what happened to your rock rails??

Sent with the power of children's screams!!!

WHITE the civilian · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2014 2:48 pm

They encountered the local T-bone-ing 2014 Chevy Cruises at a combined speed of 40mph

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2014 4:45 pm

WHITE the civilian wrote:

Won't the 245 be just fine on the x8? I've had zero issues with my factory x7.5"

Two things is back spacing and width, width would pass if back spacing was 5 inches or so, or if width was 7 inches you could run a 4 inch back spaced wheel
Then you get to the tires and a 32 inch tire presents more issues with the backspacing
Tire / wheel combo is going to sit out past the flares some, creating rubbing, height of tires will add even more to that
Shorter tire would give less rubbing issues like a 245-70-17 or 265-65-17 would be better suited
Then of course no mention of regearing so..... :lol:

Yes I had to bring it up as well
Plus you're going to need more lift than what you have now, I know you've ordered the top plates but.......

WHITE the civilian · **Posted:** Fri Jul 04, 2014 5:01 pm

I figured out what I'm doing finally, getting my Limiteds factory wheels powdered black with a wrinkle finish, adding 1.25" spacers and running those 245/75r17 Duratracs and of course 4.10's

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