Keep the tires and buy wheels that will fit. Sell the JK wheels, not worth the hassle of adapters.
Thinking of running JK wheels on my TJ with adapters
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So true and JK wheels look like shit to me. When I lifted my 99' XJ, everybody on that forum said "run JK wheels/tires" .My brother had a brand new Willys JK (2016) and offered me the black wheels, BFG MT tires with 17" wheels brand new free. I passed.
p.s. My 99' XJ cost me $3,000. I want another, now that I'm being forced to move. My TJ held a 24 pack bottle of water.
Mine came with JK wheels, still have the spidertrax adapters for them.
What happened to that nice Jeep? Did you ruin it with modifications ?
Not really concerned about the hassle was more concerned about whether or not it could be done and would work
Fun to get free stuff!
As for the thickness, 1.5" is pretty common. If you really care how far they will or won't stick out, you would need to compare the back-spacing of the new JK Moab rims with the back-spacing of your current rims.
@suicideking , can you say more about the concern with adapters? I know a lot of us on the forum have run them, and without any trouble. I'm still relatively new here, but I think this is the first I've heard about adapters being any kind of hassle or concern, especially if they're hub-centric ones, which can be bought for about $100.
Anyone got a link for a quality set of (solid) lugnuts.
I keep losing the caps, and I'm running out of spares.
For oem TJ wheels.
I keep losing the caps, and I'm running out of spares.
For oem TJ wheels.
It's one more thing to go wrong, not get torqued correctly, etc.
I've had two problems with mine this year. I have TJ to JK adapters in the front only because my Currie 44 is TJ width and bolt pattern. I have a Currie 60 rear that is JK width and bolt pattern. I'm running 37's with beadlocks, so need to run a 17" wheel. Chose to get the 60 with JK pattern because there's more wheels available.
So my problems this last year: When I got my tires mounted on my beadlocks, I had to get them balanced. The place that was recommended by Blaine canceled my appointment because they were too busy (just tires?). So I went to the closest place I could find because I didn't want to drive home with unbalanced tires. They snapped one lug nut on each side ruining both adapters, didn't even tell me they broke them, just let me drive away hoping I wouldn't notice. Luckily I put their job on a credit card, disputed it, they didn't get paid.
Went to another tire shop that was close to my house to balance again (didn't trust the first place) and see if they could fix the lug nuts on the adapters. They said they did, charged me for it (more than the cost of the balancing), let me drive away thinking everything was ok. Next time at Blaines, he noticed the lug nuts were loose on the adapters. Decided to replace the adapters at this point. I don't remember the full story from Blaine, but he mentioned that if I had gotten a flat on the trail, it would've been a bitch to get my wheel off. I would've slowed down my group which is not something I take lightly.
Plus almost every tire shop I've mentioned the adapters to gets nervous about them. Has to check with the manager if they're allowed to touch the vehicle, etc.
I've also heard other stories of tire shops breaking them, getting confused by them, or just flat out refusing to touch them.
Like I said before: Free wheels is not a good enough reason. If I didn't need them and you tried to pay me monthly to run them for some reason, I would not run them. I'd like to replace my front Currie 44 some day with a 60 and those damn adapters is the reason that bugs me the most.
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Man, that's rough, and I'm sorry to hear it. But I suppose that for anyone with a torque wrench who's willing to install the adapters themselves, this wouldn't be an issue. Or is there any chance that those adapters were a bit cheap, if they snapped so easily?
So yea, I see your point. It certainly is one more thing to break or complicate matters. But if the OP is getting free rims and tires, I still think the OP would be fine installing some good adapters and torquing them properly, yea?
Really up to you. If you go to get your tires balanced, are you going to torqe them yourself? Actually not a bad idea.
Long story short, I have to drive my wife's Prius 2 days per week for the next 3 years. Tempted to get an XJ.
Ha, yes, I've given up on trusting a mechanic to get the torque tension right. Any time the tires or wheels are removed by the shop, I go home and loosen the nuts, and retighten to the right torque.