15x8 4.5BS Steel MOAB Wheels 31 10.5 15s BFG ATKO Installed!

kjhawaii · **Posted:** Mon Jul 17, 2006 5:44 pm

Yes They are finally on. They look and work great. Full turn radious, no rubbing so far.

In had these tires on my Cherokee and they never failed me. Beat the hell out of them for many years and miles.
Tri Guard Sidewalls, Rim Protectors, Deep Tread and cheap for Hawaii, Costco $530 Mounted & Balanced (Weights all on the inside)

And for the first time this KJ drives straight down th road. No more pulling to the right, those darn SRA just drove me nuts. 3 out of 5 had major problems, punctures, blowouts belt separation the worst. What Chrysler was thinking I dont know, and I paid and extra $300 for the BEST tires that were available on the Jeep Liberty.

I managed to use the existing steel wheel centercaps. It took a little work to make them right but I like how it turned out with new black lugs. I lost half the cheap caps on the factory lugs and the dealer wanted $10 a peice for them. I can do a write up on how to install them if anyone is interested.

If anyone has questions feel free to ask.

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Mon Jul 17, 2006 6:39 pm

How does it do on the road? Loose alot of torque? I did and I only got 30" tires.

2006KJSPORT4x4 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:32 pm

Very slick...me likey

warblade666 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:42 am

I have seen that some people have put 15" wheels on there KJs. I have tried three differant sets of 15's and they have all hit the brake calipers.

I would love to get some 15"x8" w/ 4.5" or 4.75" backspace (which is hard to find as it is) in alloy not steel. Then I could run 31x10.5R-15 load-C tires and get rid of these LT245/75R16 load-E tires.

Silentbob · **Posted:** Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:49 pm

I love thatwheel and tire combo have and the center caps look great, have you found them to rub when four wheelin and if you could let me how you got those center caps on, and what lift do you have im guessing that its a 2.5.
thanks

krazz1e · **Posted:** Fri Aug 04, 2006 4:19 pm

IMO you should paint the center caps black..... other than that it looks good.

warblade666 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 05, 2006 11:21 pm

Well, I'm still trying,

15x8- 3.75"bs (steel or alloy) fits but sticks waaaay out there (XJ)

15x8- 4.75"bs (steel) hits front calipers (freinds XJ)

15x7- 4.0"bs (alloy) just fits over calipers and don't stick out too much (camaro-front)

15x7- 5.0"bs (steel) hits calipers (stock XJ)

I was test fitting wheels without tires, so I don't know how bad any of them would rub.

The next time I have to get new tires I want to go with 31x10.5R-15's and get rid of the 16's. There are so many more tire styles in the 15's, and they are cheaper too.

I'm trying to find some nice 15x7 or 15x8 alloys that clear the calipers & don't stick out too far. Any ideas??

Silentbob · **Posted:** Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:09 am

I just got scout II two days ago and its got a set 15s on it and 31x10.50 so im going to put them on my jeep within the week

The scout has some pretty big wheel wells and those tire look like there stuff put in theres only about 1" to 2" of clearence

Soon im going to put some some stock tj tires on off of my brothers jeep i think that those tires are 30x10.50-15 put them on the scout and if the wheels fit try that on my liberty

InCommando · **Posted:** Mon Aug 07, 2006 5:37 am

I am not sure if you mean swapping tires and rims, but the lug pattern on the Scout will be 5 x 5.5, not 5 x 4.5 as the Liberty uses. Just a heads up in case you didn't catch that.

kjhawaii · **Posted:** Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:11 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Set-of-4-Center-Hub-Caps-for-Jeep-Liberty-NEW-NIB_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ43961QQihZ019QQitemZ290013778028QQrdZ1

If someone is interested.

kjhawaii · **Posted:** Wed Aug 09, 2006 4:02 pm

Used a cd for a template, drilled 3 holes, contersink them, cut off tabs, use countersink sheet metal screws.

15x8 4.5BS Steel MOAB Wheels 31 10.5 15s BFG ATKO Installed!

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