New Shoes! Duratracs on lobos

srimes

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Cabot, AR
Moved up to 31s! Goodyear Duratracs on Black Rock Lobos, 15x7 4.25 backspacing. I know, still small, but bigger than the 235s.

Here's how you fit 5 unmounted tires and wheels in the back of an XJ with a 15" sub installed:
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Easy. Another reason IB rocks!


I folded the pinch seam, then checked for clearance with my flex ramp. Dead trees can be useful :farmer:

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The front is close, but it clears:

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The rear rubs on the bumper cap:

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It was quiet going forward but popped on each lug on the way back down. I'm thinking of using a heat gun to bend it out of the way instead of cutting it. Anyone try that?
 
looks great. those rims look really good on your rig, i dig it.
the duratracs are a good all around tire too

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Those wheels are sexy as hell.
 
Thanks guys.

I did turn it some on the ramp and it looked like there was plenty of room. I didn't go to full lock though.

The wheels were from quadratec, listed for about 56, came to almost 65 shipped.

The tires were from discount tire, 171 each. 1 had a nasty groove in the sidewall, so they sent out another.

Had them mounted at walmart: 7 bucks each for mount and valve stem. They tried to balance them but their machine couldn't. I drove a couple of days unbalanced and they were fine, and yesterday I put 6 oz of ceramic beads in each. Haven't really driven it since but I expect they'll be fine.


I got a set of 5 so I'd have a full size spare, and if 1 does go bad at some point I'll still have an even set of 4. I'm planning to rotate every 5k miles.

So wheels and tires came to a little under 1200 before mounting. Biggest purchase for the jeep yet by far.

Oh, and I have a 1.5" boost (spacer and bastard pack). But I have 3" lift shocks so that's how much I'm bumpstoped. I'm going to do a sye and go to 3" when I can.
 
I'm a big fan of those wheels. If you were around here I could have gotten you those Duratracs at a better deal!
 
Looks like being on the front page of NAXJA exceeded your photobucket limits, every hit naxja gets loads all your pics :D
 
Looks great! I odrered a set of Lobos from quadratec about 2 weeks ago and they were on backorder, still are and no ETA :( Did they have them in stock when you got em'?
 
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