Wagon wheels? Can’t decide.

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I think I’m keeping the factory wheels. Well crap, now I’ve got two sets of wagon wheels that I don’t need lol.
 
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Currently driving around with wagon wheels on one side and stock on the other side. The wagon wheels are definitely growing on me. Too bad I don’t have a tire machine where I could switch the tires over for a trial run
 
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I think both options look good although I like the wide white steelies with hubcaps better.
But long live the wagon wheel. Just picked up a set of 15x8s myself for free99 so I could put 31s on the Jeep. It had the original wheels that are only 6” wide.

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Grit dog said:
I think both options look good although I like the wide white steelies with hubcaps better.
But long live the wagon wheel. Just picked up a set of 15x8s myself for free99 so I could put 31s on the Jeep. It had the original wheels that are only 6” wide.

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They definitely look better with aggressive tires. And for the record, my next set of tires will be 32x11.50. And at least an AT.
 
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I dig those wide steelies. I'd like to find a set of those for our suburban someday.
 
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My brother in law recently took these off his Toyota and went back stock. Thinking I might put them on my wagon wheels. 33 12.50 BFG at. Might even try them on my stock wheels.

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mcarlo86 said:
I dig those wide steelies. I'd like to find a set of those for our suburban someday.
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If you're sticking with 16" wheels, there are a number of mfgs that make 16x8 and 16x10 OE looking steelies for reasonable prices.
 
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bucket said:
I wanted to propose an idea earlier, but I got busy with work stuff. But here works, lol.

I like your stock wheels and caps better. But I bet those wagon wheels would look much better with a set of knobby 31" swampers on them. So maybe keep them around and find some real aggressive tires to mount on them. Then you can switch back and forth between them and the stock wheels. Best of both worlds :)
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I’m liking this idea more and more. Found some swamper LTB in 31 11.50 that would look awesome

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Well, they didn’t fit on the passenger side. I guess it sits just a bit lower. I bolted them on, backed out of the driveway and it caught in the back side of the fender. Crap. Oh well, I guess they’ll be up for sale. I don’t want to lift it, and I definitely don’t want to cut my fenders.
 
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Hmm, that's odd
 
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Well, they didn’t fit on the passenger side. I guess it sits just a bit lower. I bolted them on, backed out of the driveway and it caught in the back side of the fender. Crap. Oh well, I guess they’ll be up for sale. I don’t want to lift it, and I definitely don’t want to cut my fenders.
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Squishy pass side body mounts?
 
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