18 inch wheels

Trail_Rated · **Joined:** Tue Apr 12, 2016 12:14 am **Posts:** 2

Hi all,

I'm a new 2012 liberty owner, my liberty came with 18" wheels and i wanted to put a bigger tires on my jeep. I see a lot of info on 16" wheels, but i haven't found too much info on 17 or 18. Has anybody lifted and put bigger tires on a liberty with 18" wheels?

tommudd · **Posted:** Sun Apr 17, 2016 8:51 am

For one not much available that will fit in the 18 inch size if you want something other than mall rated
Most go to 16s for better selection, better ride etc

lacabrera · **Posted:** Sun Apr 17, 2016 9:24 am

I run 255-60-18 Grabber AT on my KJ. They improved road holding and stability when towing.

lfhoward · **Posted:** Sun Apr 17, 2016 8:47 pm

FYI, I saw a set of 16 inch wheels posted in the for sale section in the NJ/NY area. Don't know where your at, but if you pick up something like these you would have a lot more tire options available, and cheaper too.
http://www.lostjeeps.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=84064

MarkZ28 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 20, 2016 9:55 am

I have factory 17" rims on my 09. Not a huge variety of tires to choose from but there is many types available. Have Firestone Destination mud tires in 245/70/17 on it now. There were a few different sizes to choose from but went with those since they are the biggest that would fit on a stock height KK with not much rubbing.

Trail_Rated · **Joined:** Tue Apr 12, 2016 12:14 am **Posts:** 2

@MarkZ28 Do you have any pictures?

PALiftedKK · **Posted:** Thu Apr 21, 2016 7:06 pm

Lifting with 18" rims is just going to look silly.

Find a set of 16s or 15s online and your tire choices are almost endless.

Scar0 · **Posted:** Sat Apr 23, 2016 1:48 am

I'd avoid 15" rims. They are way to close to the calipers.

Here are my 245/70R -17 on stock 17" rims.

cobalt72 · **Joined:** Tue Sep 22, 2015 4:56 am **Posts:** 126

MarkZ28 wrote:

I have factory 17" rims on my 09. Not a huge variety of tires to choose from but there is many types available. Have Firestone Destination mud tires in 245/70/17 on it now. There were a few different sizes to choose from but went with those since they are the biggest that would fit on a stock height KK with not much rubbing.

There's a guy here with the same set up on 17" wheels and liking it. Best choice I believe is 16" wheels and focus on better tires so you'll have better grip and traction.

MarkZ28 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 25, 2016 5:53 pm

Lots of pics in the "what have you done to your kk today" thread on page 461 and 462. Stock except for the tires.

onebadstv · **Posted:** Fri Jun 03, 2016 10:42 am

Trail_Rated wrote:

Hi all,

I'm a new 2012 liberty owner, my liberty came with 18" wheels and i wanted to put a bigger tires on my jeep. I see a lot of info on 16" wheels, but i haven't found too much info on 17 or 18. Has anybody lifted and put bigger tires on a liberty with 18" wheels?

I know it's a few months old, but I'm lifted and I'm running my stock limited 18" rims with 265/65/18 duratracs and it looks pretty good and no rubbing :-)

oldanddusty · **Posted:** Fri Jun 03, 2016 7:47 pm

onebadstv wrote:

Trail_Rated wrote:

Hi all,

I'm a new 2012 liberty owner, my liberty came with 18" wheels and i wanted to put a bigger tires on my jeep. I see a lot of info on 16" wheels, but i haven't found too much info on 17 or 18. Has anybody lifted and put bigger tires on a liberty with 18" wheels?

I know it's a few months old, but I'm lifted and I'm running my stock limited 18" rims with 265/65/18 duratracs and it looks pretty good and no rubbing :-)

Lifted how much ? and do you like them? I'm in the same boat with the 18"s. I have not bought them yet, But I was looking into the nitto yerra grapplers G2's 455/55/r18. still looking around though , because i'm not a big fan o0f these GY Forteeras .

onebadstv · **Posted:** Sat Jun 04, 2016 11:08 pm

About 3.5" of lift and so far so good. Haven't had them that long but I don't foresee any problems tho, they kinda remind me of bfg Ko's which were great when I use to run them. I was looking at the g2's also but it just wasn't the look I wanted, but I have heard good things about them too.

oldanddusty · **Posted:** Sun Jun 05, 2016 1:16 pm

onebadstv wrote:

About 3.5" of lift and so far so good. Haven't had them that long but I don't foresee any problems tho, they kinda remind me of bfg Ko's which were great when I use to run them. I was looking at the g2's also but it just wasn't the look I wanted, but I have heard good things about them too.

Thank you

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