Okay, so we know that the Jeep Renegade Trailhawk comes with 17" wheels and that you can't really go any smaller due to the front brake calipers. Trailhawk here on ToasterJeep posted up some nice sample of wheels from TireRack and I just did a look on Discount Tire to see what they had. Of the 17x7 or 17.75 wheels I saw that were available in a 5x110 bolt pattern, these are what I found and kind of like. This is the Liquid Metal Stinger The Liquid Metal Merkur which is also available in a machined finish The Liquid Metal Core This is the Velox Borzoi This is the Velox Trek5 And finally, this is a plain jane Unique 83 So, what do you think? Any of them strike your fancy?
I should note that most of these wheels are about a 1/2" wider than stock (7.5" wide as opposed to 7") and have an offset of about 5mm less as well. Because of this and the fact that the tires sit dangerously close to the struts as is, I'm gonna guess that 1" wheel spacers will be needed as well to run any of these wheels. And really, that's fine by me being that I'd really like a slightly wider stance. Also, the factory wheels/tires are tucked in about 1" under the fenders and pushing them 1" out shouldn't cause them to stick out beyond the body or, at least not enough to matter.
To me those don't have the heafty look of most Jeep wheels. Here are some 17x7.5 from Tirerack I found that look a little more stout: Anzio Wave Monte TITANO MT21 Rocca (Black w/Mach Lip) Monte TITANO MT21 Rocca (Matte Titanium) Rial Como Sport Edition F12
I would be interested in seeing what a set of plain old 1970 style steel land rover wheels would look like on a trailhawk. I would do a photoshop with a lift, wheels and BF Goodrich AT's but I'm old and it's just too much for my feeble mind. Anybody out there can do this?
Nevermind none of the sport edition wheels fit renegade according to the ones on tire rack. Thinking about rocking those steel ones.
