Im partial to mine!!LOL!! Kind of old school Cragar SS looking. They are by American Racing. I get a lot of compliments on them (when I get off my lazy butt and polish them up). They have held up beyond belief. I took the OEM tires/rims off at 70,000 miles and put these rims on and I now have 260,000 on the rig. Those rims have never come off and have been underwater, under mud, covered in road salt and brake dust. They always polish right up with a little Mother's Mag Polish or Nev-R-Dull cloth. Some things to take into consideration.
1. Are you going to lift it?
2. Are you going to do any suspension mods?
I ask because I have been down this road before and tire/rim choice is an important one. If you are going to upsize your tires (most common mod by the way), you will need rim width to match. You have 2 options, 1 lift the truck to clear the tires or 2 get a bigger offset in the rims. I put skyjacker shocks on my jeep when the OEM's wore out and added an additional steering stabilizer up front. That did not and will not lift the truck. I have oversize tires and wider than stock rims (8")but compensated by getting offset rims. It also widened the "stance of the jeep by pushing the tires out. I do get some fenderflare rub (I've been meaning to get some aftermarket flares) because of the rubbing and the fact that some cattle thought my flares were good to chew on, andyou have to be aware of your state's inspection regs because if more than 1" of tread is outside the fenderwell, they can fail you. Oversize fender flares gets around this. I am at or over that with the stock flares but out here in the sticks, they are a little more forgiving. Sooooooo, what width rim you want and the amount of offset you can put under your truck need to be examined as well as the "stylin'":lol::lol:
Cass, that was my point before, a lot of people don't like the "harsher" ride of a vehicle designed to truly go offroad and after they "pretty up" their rigs with suspension mods, it only gets worse!!:lol: Personally, my jeep (with the old leaf suspension) has been my daily driver and offroad toy since I got it new off the showroom floor in April of 1993 in Medway, MA. It's been in the mountains of Vermont to surf fishing on the beach in Florida, sunk up to the doorframes in mud and on logging roads getting to trout streams. My plan was to give it to my son when he went to college...didn't happen!!:lol: My plan is now to give it to my daughter when she goes to college (she's 11) we'll see
I've been offered a lot of $$ for it because it is one of the most sought after for modding, I just can't part with my baby:wub::lol:
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