What cheap steel rims will fit a stock '89 XJ
Spud
good set of All Season
tires mounted.
I would like to pickup a set of steel rims to mount lug grips on, purpose
being to, on occasion, climb
Sumas Mt. Taggart Peak shale, rock & mud private service road to service
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I don't want to use the Mag rims up there, I think they are too fragile, and
I'd like to be able to switch
over quickly to "street' tires, so my question is, " What inexpensive 15x 6
or 8 steel rims will work
without spacers, fender cutouts, or body/frame lifts?"
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Jeff Strickland
tires might suck though.
Take a look at the BFG All Terrain K/O. These offer up excellent offroad and
onroad performance. You can air-down to 10psi when you go offroading. This
will give you a softer ride and still protect the rims - unless you drive
way to agressively - and increase the traction. With an onboard compressor,
you can set the tire pressure back to 25 ~ 30 psi when you get back to
pavement.
The AT K/O is a great all around tire, but it's weakness is with mud. But,
if you are driving fire roads and such, then they should be perfect for you.
They are reasonably quiet on the freeway, and grab like a 10-legged spider
on rocks and dirt.
If you have stock suspension, then you will be able to fit a 31x10.50 as the
largest size. The tire is also available in a 30x9.50. The 30 is available
in the standard metric sizes, 265/75x15 or whatever the proper equivelent
is. These will easily fit the stock rims.
"Spud" <ve7ifd...@telus.net> wrote in message
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Spud
I find it hard to fathom plunking a 265/75x15 tire on a 6" wide rim, but I
guess if you want them to be able to operate at low pressure in the soft
stuff the narrow rim will hold onto the fat tire better.
I had been wondering if any of the Ford 5 x 5 1/2" bolt pattern stock steel
rims were interchangeable with the XJ's 5 x 5 1/2s, sometimes you run into
center hole differences as well as brake interference, maybe even bolt
center offset differences in similar looking rims.
In the past there have been winter conditions on the mountain where I've had
to put the jewellery (Weid V-bar chains) on all 4 of the 78 Chevy 3/4 ton's
Bridgestone Deuller tires to grind my way through the snow and ICE so I'll
have to see what size I can fit under the XJ and still chain up.
I'll look around locally for a used set of 4 JEEP XJ steel rims for the
grip tires- just as well to keep the alloy wheels away from the winter road
salt anyway.
Spud-- Mission BC.Ca
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Jeff Strickland
> Thanks Jerry & Jeff,
> I find it hard to fathom plunking a 265/75x15 tire on a 6" wide rim, but
I
> guess if you want them to be able to operate at low pressure in the soft
> stuff the narrow rim will hold onto the fat tire better.
>
> I had been wondering if any of the Ford 5 x 5 1/2" bolt pattern stock
steel
> rims were interchangeable with the XJ's 5 x 5 1/2s, sometimes you run into
> center hole differences as well as brake interference, maybe even bolt
> center offset differences in similar looking rims.
>
5.5, but it uses 5 on 4.5, so the point is moot. And, I believe you will
find that the stock Jeep rims are 7", not 6" and they might actually be 8"
but I doubt this.