Rims, bigger than normal anyway

[woody431]

So what is your guy's opinions on the rims out nowadays? 17,18,19,20,22,24 and up and up. Being a young kid in this generation, I really like them when they are used tastefully. Ive seen a couple XJ's with 20's and I thought they actually looked ok. Now, I know there are alot of offroad tires out now that accomodate the bigger rims for the big size tire. So if you're a mall crawler, as I probably would be, what do you think about the bling effect? I know that most of you guys on here are pretty hardcore wheelers and thats fine, but what about those of us who aren't? I still have all the intentions of lifting my XJ, but I might put bigger rims than 15's on it, maybe 17's or 18's, but still use a meatier A/T or M/T tire, rather than a street tire.

Sorry that everything is babbled together, but Id like to hear some opinions on this topic. It's just I'm pretty big into the car stereo scene, keeping my jeep clean and stuff. I love offroading and all, but I just bought a quad and I offroad that thing. I was thinking about lifting it about 5", and running like a set of Nitto Terra Grappler 325/60/R18's and a set of rims, which are around 33.5" tall.

Don't flame me please, but just let me hear some opinions.

 

[sintax]

I dont mind bigger wheels if done well. Last week I ran into a guy whos running 40" Toyo something'erathers on 22" wheels on some beastly F350 SRW.

It all depends on what you are going for, form or function or both.

^... those are my new wheels and tires. I personally think a 37" tire like that would look pretty lame on a 15" wheel. Kinda like an orange on a pencil, all balloon like.

Its totally personal preference.

-Scott

 

[woody431]

I agree. I wasn't trying to put on the bling effect, but it'd be hard to put on a set of chrome 18's w/o looking like thats what I'm going for. Although a lift and offroad tires w/ a nice set of rims might be ok.

I just love driving my Jeep but I hardly ever have time to go offroading. Of course lifting it is a must just to get that cool effect...ok I admit it, i'm a poser. But I just wanted to get some opinions, maybe get some suggestions for a nice set of rims...no beadlocks lol

Sintax, my friends brother has an F250 diesel with a 6" lift and 36" Terra Grapplers on 20" AR rims...pretty beastly for sure.

 

[Yucca-Man]

Do they make AR767s in 22" or do you have to sell a body part to finance all the chrome?

 

[sintax]

Found some pics of the guys truck. Turns out it was a Chevy, not a Ford. :shhh:

*edit*

site does not allow external linking (bandwidth nazi's) so i'll have to link them later

-Scott

 

[Darkmage]

I personaly am going to stick with my 15 inch black wagon wheels...... after spending countless hours mounting 18 to 20 inchers on H2's and listening to their owners rave about em last thing i ever want to hear when refering to my rig is bling bling.

Thank god i don't work on hummers anymoreuke:

Chris

 

[Atl XJ]

To me it really depends on what the function of the vehicle is. If its a 2wd street cruiser and as long as it tastefully done I like it, but i would never go bigger than 20s. A good friend of mine has a new Titan crew cab with 20s on it and it looks great. Its a 2wd and it will never go offroad so why not? Also, with the huge wheel wells on that truck, the tires aren't any more low proile than your average car tire. Hell, the new Silverado SSs come stock with 20s, I think some of the new Rams do too. The new full size trucks have such huge wheel wells you can run huge rims on them (within reason) and it looks great.

 

[woody431]

Well, mine is 4wd, but I really dont offroad as much as I'd like to. I was thinking about buying an older XJ for that purpose. I plan on repainting mine and building a 4.7L stroker, and doing a lift.

As for the rim size, I'd never put anything bigger than 18's on an XJ. 18's are pushing it, but IMO they can be tastefully done. I think a set of 18's on a set of 33" BFG A/T's would be ok..

 

[OT]

Personally, I think big wheels are super-cool. The bigger the better.

 

[CheapXJ]

I think 20's on an XJ looks phat!

 

[XJCasper]

LMAO. Now that's what I am talking about.

 

[Eagle]

I'm an olde pharte, so it should be no surprise that I think those huge wheels look ridiculous. People around here pay more for a set of rims than I want to spend for a running vehicle. I realize you're talking about matching them to some "off-road" tires, but as the profile gets lower, you have less tire and air between the wheel and the road. My brother works at a BMW dealership and he says they are constantly replacing bent alloy rims because the people hit a curb or a pothole and there wasn't enough tire to cushion the shock.

Hey, it's your Jeep. I think you should do what you want to do and not worry about what we think.