new tires/wheels, wheeling pictures, and video

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 8:47 pm

UPDATE... a buddy and i did some light wheeling out in our woods today.. last summer we cut about 2 miles of jeep trails.. here is a little bit of them.

VIDEO-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJQthKVP ... re=channel

the only trail rash of the day... and neither one of us have any idea how it happened..

well.. i'll have better pictures sometime or another and will update this posting.. but for now sell phone pic's will have to work. my old tires are still available for purchase (in for sale section) if your interested! they're still very nice!

1996xj · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:02 pm

LOOK GOOD!!! I have the same size mud tire, was wondering what you did to keep rear tires from ripping off rear fender flairs?? I want as much stuff as I can get, so far I instlled 3 hocky pucks but not sure thats the way to go???? :roll:

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:05 pm

1996xj wrote:

LOOK GOOD!!! I have the same size mud tire, was wondering what you did to keep rear tires from ripping off rear fender flairs?? I want as much stuff as I can get, so far I instlled 3 hocky pucks but not sure thats the way to go???? :roll:

Not hijack 2006 KJ's tread but yes adding bumpstops will help and using the correct back spacing on the rims will help also,4"-4.5" is what you want,plus you will need to do some trimming of the rear flares to keep them on.I know I went through the same issues till I got the correct combo down.

1996xj · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:12 pm

I, have stock steel rims, with spider trax spacer's . I went wheeling this weekend and only had 2 pucks per side, and didn't trim fender flairs they were rubbing pretty bad!!! So when I got home I installed one more puck on each side, havent tested yet!!

Think, I still need to trim fender flairs?? especially rear door fender flairs????????

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:18 pm

tjkj2002 wrote:

I know I went through the same issues till I got the correct combo down.

and i used tjkj's experience to find the correct combo

.. 16x7 with 4in BS seems to be perfect. although havnt wheel'em yet.

with my stock alum. wheels and spidertrax spacers they rubbed some but never enough to rip off the fender... would just always pop out the bottom rivit on the door flare... tjkj.. mind showing some pictures of your trimming on the rear? i know there is the metal door under the door flare?

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:16 pm

2006 KJ wrote:

tjkj2002 wrote:

I know I went through the same issues till I got the correct combo down.

and i used tjkj's experience to find the correct combo

.. 16x7 with 4in BS seems to be perfect. although havnt wheel'em yet.

with my stock alum. wheels and spidertrax spacers they rubbed some but never enough to rip off the fender... would just always pop out the bottom rivit on the door flare... tjkj.. mind showing some pictures of your trimming on the rear? i know there is the metal door under the door flare?

Kinda bad pics,it's dark out(don't mind the black overspary,it was very windy that day and I was a little hungover).

The front of the rear flare............

With the door closed,I only rub just a tad on the lower portion but not near enough to rip the flare off.

The rear part of the flare,cut enough where my 265's tuck into the wheel well with about 1/4" of clearance still.

Oh and I bolted the flares on,less likely to rip off,not fun to do on the front half of the flare.I also have 3" rear bumpstops also.It's a little harder to see but I also "rolled" the metal under the flares with a BFH,just enough so the tires don't catch on the outer edges.

1996xj · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:28 pm

Thanks, tjkj2002 that is what I was thinking of doing, unless I see a picture I get nervous about cutting to much,the wife's daily driver!! I don't have prob. getting cut off wheel to my XJ!!!!!

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:30 pm

thanks a lot.. i've been considering/putting off doing that for a long time... might have to bit the bullet. we'll see if mine rub a lot or not.. plan on doing some wheeling this weekend so time will tell!

htkrph · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:48 pm

i freaking love those tires. get new pics with better quality! :twisted:

RAYMAN975 · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:56 pm

awesome, looks sweet alex!

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:24 am

RAYMAN975 wrote:

awesome, looks sweet alex!

thanks! hey when is the next jeep skool?

KJ04 · **Posted:** Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:32 am

2006 KJ wrote:

RAYMAN975 wrote:

awesome, looks sweet alex!

thanks! hey when is the next jeep skool?

March 7,8.

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Sun Mar 01, 2009 1:22 pm

well.. did some wheeling yesterday (pics and video at top) and the tires were AMAZING... the hill at the end of the one trail i could almost never make it up with my old tires.. also i removed the 7 washers i had (per stud) spacing out the back tire carrier because i finally have wheels with the correct backspacing. however they do rub more than my old set up... none in the front.. but they do in the rear a little more.

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Sun Mar 01, 2009 1:32 pm

Cool video... Sure was nice of that guy to record the video out in the cold. :shock:

Will definately have to stop by and hit that trail! :wink:

KJ 119 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:19 pm

Dude,that video is str8 gangsta.If that's yer 101 course,where do I sign up?
Very unique rig.1 of a kind,like it!

Topan · **Posted:** Tue Mar 03, 2009 2:09 pm

2006 KJ wrote:

UPDATE... a buddy and i did some light wheeling out in our woods today.. last summer we cut about 2 miles of jeep trails.. here is a little bit of them.

VIDEO-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJQthKVP ... re=channel

the only trail rash of the day... and neither one of us have any idea how it happened..

well.. i'll have better pictures sometime or another and will update this posting.. but for now sell phone pic's will have to work. my old tires are still available for purchase (in for sale section) if your interested! they're still very nice!

Fantastic pics !!!
Wish i could enjoy trails like this here in switzerland. but i would be shot dead before my rear weels reach the dirt...
Dreaming 's nice !!

SoDakJeep · **Posted:** Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:47 pm

Personally I think you went the wrong way with wheels. Great choice on tires but not a fan of the black steelies.....sorry. I liked the renegade wheels you had much better. Sweet jeep though I just think with what you have it needs differnt wheels everyone does the black steelies.....

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:59 pm

SoDakJeep wrote:

Personally I think you went the wrong way with wheels. Great choice on tires but not a fan of the black steelies.....sorry. I liked the renegade wheels you had much better. Sweet jeep though I just think with what you have it needs differnt wheels everyone does the black steelies.....

that's true.. but after i sold my wheels,tires, and spacers that put me very very very close to brand new tires,wheels(steelies).. so on my poor college kid budget it was a way for me to get new tires without breaking the bank... however i do love the black wheels... and the correct backspacing made life much easier.

what i really wanted was some of these.. but they were waaaayy to costly. (and only in a 16x8 so they would've rubbed a lot.. wouldve been worth it though!)

http://www.4wd.com/productdetails.aspx? ... rtID=15623

DryBones · **Posted:** Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:11 pm

wrong bolt pattern. won't fit the KJ without adapters.

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:14 pm

woops. meant these

http://www.4wd.com/productdetails.aspx? ... rtID=15622

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