Topic: Skinny's/Pizza Cutter's/Expo/etc... Thread

[Jeffy]

My 7in  aftermarket rims set outward, as far as performance wise would it be alot of lost with the 32s? I would like to lift more and go with 33x10s, but right now funds are pretty tight for regearing and such. O even buying a new set of 31s for that matter. Dont laugh but I was even looking at dakota muds at pep boys. Any thoughts on a set. I think for now I will just stick with 31s but if dakotas are no good I will get some 31 KM2s but I will have to wait a bit more.

Well, like I said, 11.5" wide tires are a bit much for a 7" wide wheel.  You really want an 8" wide or wider.  personally I'd go with 33x10.5R15's or even 33x9.5R15's over 32x11.5R15's but that's just me.  If you don't want to lose performance then you will want to regear or stick with 31's.

[quicksand]

I would like to upgrade to 33x10s and regear. That will be my goal. For right now I will have to stay with my 31s. I do like the look of 33x10s, and by the way your rig looks like a nice set up. Thanks

[Jeffy]

I'll give this thread a bump since I'm still thinking about it.  I've found a couple different wheel types that I like and are vintage looking.

One is the Ford/Chevy type.  I kinda like these for the look.  They aren't as much of a dish like the second set.  Though from what i've seen most Willy's used the dished version.  These take a 10.25" hubcap.  The other takes a 8.125" hubcap.  I've seen some Kaisers with the Ford type wheel though.  I'm not sure when or if they made a transition.  Jeep stopped using steel wheels on the CJ's by 1970.



The Ford/Chevy are 4" BS while the other is 4.5".  So the difference is .5" which does help keep the tires under the flares.  My current wheels are 5.5" so that 1" difference will give me back some turning radius but will keep the tires under the stock YJ flares.  It would be easier on a TJ since their flares are a little wider.  Not to mention they have an even wider flare option with the Rubicon.  Though I don't really plan on swapping flares so the 2.5" are probably a better fit.  I wish the Ford/Chevy had .5" more BS since I like that a bit more.

I'm shooting for something like this Unlimited although these wheels seem to be custom made Stockton's which cost around $250 each.  The BS looks to be around 4.5-4.75".



What do you think A or B?

[Jeffy]

Here's a few older Jeeps with similar wheels.





For some reason this one has three different sets of wheels.





And some Jeep Concepts from recent years.

[chardrc]

Was thinking about this thread when at my parent's place this weekend. got a picture of an original 46 CJ2a wheel,



and army trailer wheel (I believe the trailer was built around the time of the Korean war (wrong fenders for a WW2 trailer))



I kind of like the holes in the trailer wheel as it breaks up the face a bit. but it is a considerable larger diameter wheel than the CJ2a.

[Jeffy]

Was thinking about this thread when at my parent's place this weekend. got a picture of an original 46 CJ2a wheel,



and army trailer wheel (I believe the trailer was built around the time of the Korean war (wrong fenders for a WW2 trailer))



I kind of like the holes in the trailer wheel as it breaks up the face a bit. but it is a considerable larger diameter wheel than the CJ2a.

That's one of the reason I like that rib where the hubcap clips onto.  It breaks up the dish a bit.

The holes were definately M151-era.  They used the same wheels.  I know some Jeeper's are using 17" steel wheels which are spares for the Chrysler 300.



Nice thing about going with 17's is that you can use larger brakes.  There's a BFG 34x10.5R17's that prefect for JK's.