Drum brakes?!?! They don’t belong on any wheelAll Jeeps should go back to white spoke wheels and front drum brakes again.Some things change for a reason.
White wheels: cool or lame?
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02GreenTJ
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SteveB
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I had a 76 CJ-5 in Brilliant Blue with a white soft top and seats, and white steel wheels. It was perfect.
Vtx531
TJ Addict
I don’t like them on a TJ but I do like seeing a variety of stuff including unique things on other people’s Jeeps. Lame would be if everyone had the same thing, right?
Looking through old CJ brochures, it looks like the standard wheels were 15x5.5 with ~225/75/15 and optional 15x8 with ~235/75/15
Looking through old CJ brochures, it looks like the standard wheels were 15x5.5 with ~225/75/15 and optional 15x8 with ~235/75/15
Vtx531
TJ Addict
White
White seats in a Jeep would seem difficult to keep clean? Maybe they are like vinyl boat seats but still...
Not a fan of white wheels unless it's an original/older classic car. White just doesn't seem right if you're going to play in the dirt.
SteveB
New Member
They were vinyl, and white was great when you had the top down in the South in the summer and hopped in wearing shorts! I didn't have carpet, and often pulled the drain plugs and hosed it out. It was easy to keep them clean.
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russ98TJ
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What size wheels and where did they come from? What was needed to make them fit?
02GreenTJ
TJ Enthusiast
I think the link is in my build thread 15x8 wheels vintique steelies I got from summit. They have 4.25 inches of backspacing. Nothing needed to make them fit but that all depends on tire size.
russ98TJ
New Member
Thanks! I like the look and have a green TJ. I want to replace my original wheels that the previous owner rattle canned black.
02GreenTJ
TJ Enthusiast
It’s my favorite look. No matter how far the jeep goes build wise I want to keep it old school looking with the wheels and 8274.
ChasUGC
TJ Enthusiast
I think you meant rims, not wheels. I wanted to see these white wheels, and they were rims. lol.
motographtaker
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ChasUGC
TJ Enthusiast
I thought wheels and tires were the same thing. I guess I could be wrong, and wheels are a comination of tires and rims. 
deadbeat son
TJ Addict
I thought wheels and tires were the same thing. I guess I could be wrong, and wheels are a comination of tires and rims.
Rim is slang for wheel. A wheel has two main parts, the actual "rim" is just the outer edge of the wheel, while the center is the other portion. That's why if you go to a website like Discount Tire or Tire Rack you can shop for wheels or tires and you get two different things for the result. They don't have an option to search for rims.
I thought wheels and tires were the same thing. I guess I could be wrong, and wheels are a comination of tires and rims.
Wheel - The entire piece of aluminum alloy (or steel) that the tire is mounted on.
Rim - Outer part of the wheel that the tire is mounted to. Many often refer to 'wheels' as 'rims' which is essentially slang, but not correct.
The tire is not part of the wheel, it is mounted on the wheel.
I thought wheels and tires were the same thing. I guess I could be wrong, and wheels are a comination of tires and rims.
Rims aka Dub deuces in Jeep Low rider community. It has a dual meaning in the Urban Dictionary. Both meanings equal the same thing.
Dub deuces meaning
1. A simplified term for 22 inch rims, typically on an SUV. Derived from dub (20), with deuce (2) added.
2. In rarer cases, this can be used to shortly name a 20 inch long piece of fecal matter, or shit.