running 15" wheels and tires on a kj???

blackwidowkj06 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 2:40 pm

anyone on here running a set of 15" wheels and tires? i've been emailing this guy about buying an extra daystar lift in case i buy another liberty in the near future.

only reason i would buy the lift is he is wanting $90 for it brand new.

anyways...

he mentioned he has a set of 31-10.50-15 mud/snow tires on a set of pro comp rims with mickey thompson center caps for 850.00. or would trade to a set of 16" wheels and tires. well i have a set of 16" jeep liberty wheels with 245/75/16 toyo open country at's that i would trade with. his tires have plenty of tread and the wheel and tire set up he has is what ive been wanting.

my question is, would there be any issues if i ran that 15" wheel and tire set? i've heard from one person that it would mess up my center-of-gravity and from another guy that i wouldn't need wheel spacers to clear the brake caliber. i saw on the internet somewhere that you would need wheel spacers to clear the brake caliber and other things about running 15's.

what do you guys think??? (someone help me before this good deal passes me up!!!)

i need your alls :2cents:

long_tall_texan · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 3:09 pm

15" steel wheels like the Soft 8 or Black D Window wheels work fine on KJ. Aim for a 4"-4.5" BS. They will be fine with 31x10.50's if you have a lift. 15" aluminum rims will rub the calipers.

blackwidowkj06 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 4:38 pm

so these wheels are aluminum??? lol...

and yes mine is lifted :mrgreen:

lifted black kj hince the name "blackwidowkj06" :-)r

btw, nice kj...i still think black is better :wink:

anyone agree?

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 4:48 pm

if they got Mickey center caps i'd pretty much assume they're steelies

with the pinch knocked down shouldn't have any issues with 15x7 31x10.5 on 4-4.5 as was said above

:wink:

blackwidowkj06 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 4:56 pm

well i guess its a done deal then

i just hope the guy agrees to trade my wheels for his...
i ran 265 75 16's on the stock jeep liberty wheel and had minimum rubbing :wink:

i think the 15's will be okay...plus it will save me $$$ in the long run when i have to buy new tires... :BANANA:

cant wait to see what it looks like

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 5:00 pm

like this basically...

ok well maybe not that dirty..

blackwidowkj06 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 5:11 pm

where's the mud??? :-)r

and no...i have a red and black theme going lol

cool truck though!

tommudd · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 7:03 pm

RED AND BLACK THEME ??????
no please no,
we just finally got Chris to get rid of the last of his Red on his Black KJ

blackwidowkj06 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 7:52 pm

my jeep my rules

i promise there will not be any overkill on the red. it's more of an accent color i guess you can say. my jeep is mainly black.

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 8:55 pm

Chris' is RED and black

widow's is BLACK and red

primary colors always go first :p

blackwidowkj06 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:04 pm

i have MAINLY a black KJ. so i'm good, right?

:seuss:

blackwidowkj06 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:06 pm

just talked to the guy with the 15's awhile ago...i sent him pictures of my wheels and tires. hope he trades with me!

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:54 pm

blackwidowkj06 wrote:

i have MAINLY a black KJ. so i'm good, right?

:seuss:

absolutely
If you get out of hand like Chris with the red...

i've got several cans of flat black rustoleum rust performer primer..

blackwidowkj06 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 10:37 pm

are you willing to drive all the way to southern ky? i believe its 8hrs away from you :wink:

im starting out with a red poison spyder hood decal. maybe i'll paint my reese hitch red??

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 10:54 pm

Yep, i am, drove through KY to get here not 3 weeks ago

that decal should look good, glad that idea lead worked out for ya

btw, there is a chrysler/olds OEM paint color called black cherry that looks about the same color as metallic blood if that helps at all

i used it on my mesh grill inserts

it's rather subdued on the mesh but figured I'd throw that in there for ya

hm, kinda got thrown back for a minute, haven't looked at pictures of my jeep before my front bumper in quite sometime haha

JustinP · **Posted:** Wed Oct 27, 2010 2:55 am

Quote:

my question is, would there be any issues if i ran that 15" wheel and tire set? i've heard from one person that it would mess up my center-of-gravity and from another guy that i wouldn't need wheel spacers to clear the brake caliber. i saw on the internet somewhere that you would need wheel spacers to clear the brake caliber and other things about running 15's.

I run cragar soft 8s, 15x7 with 4" of backspacing with a 31x1050 m/t, and I love the look. The wheels are pretty heavy, and they barely clear the caliper, but it's completely worth it IMO for the look. As far as center of gravity, if you go with a wheel that sticks out further than stock, it will actually lower your center of gravity since you'll be wider. I don't run wheel spacers and my wheels clear the caliper fine. But some wheels may not clear as well as cragar soft 8s, d windows, or any other similiar wheel. (black rock, procomp).

blackwidowkj06 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:24 am

JeepinJarhead:

That mesh grill inset idea looks really good

You should have messaged me and I could have meet up with you if you were close by.

blackwidowkj06 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:25 am

JustinP wrote:

Quote:

my question is, would there be any issues if i ran that 15" wheel and tire set? i've heard from one person that it would mess up my center-of-gravity and from another guy that i wouldn't need wheel spacers to clear the brake caliber. i saw on the internet somewhere that you would need wheel spacers to clear the brake caliber and other things about running 15's.

I run cragar soft 8s, 15x7 with 4" of backspacing with a 31x1050 m/t, and I love the look. The wheels are pretty heavy, and they barely clear the caliper, but it's completely worth it IMO for the look. As far as center of gravity, if you go with a wheel that sticks out further than stock, it will actually lower your center of gravity since you'll be wider. I don't run wheel spacers and my wheels clear the caliper fine. But some wheels may not clear as well as cragar soft 8s, d windows, or any other similiar wheel. (black rock, procomp).

The wheels I might be trading to are Steel Pro Comps. They have the 8 holes and look really similar to cragars. Thanks for the info! :BANANA:

KJ_WHEELER_2010 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:58 am

Post some pics after you get them on Blackwidow

blackwidowkj06 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 27, 2010 4:38 pm

KJ_WHEELER_2010 wrote:

Post some pics after you get them on Blackwidow

I will...

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