Jeep JK wheels

Discussion in 'Renegade Modified Tech' started by Alan Phillips, Dec 2, 2016.

  1. Alan Phillips

    Alan Phillips New Member

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    Has anybody tried putting JK wheels onto their Renegade? I know that spacer to match the bolt pattern is necessary. Any pictures. I am planning to do a G Force lift kit after the holidays.
     
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    Just some stuff to bear in mind...

    Stock offset is roughly 40mm. A 1" spacer is ~25mm. A 1.25" spacer is ~32mm. If one uses one of these kinds of spacers with a stock wheel, the new offset is ~8-15mm, or pretty close to centered.

    A JK's wheels generally have less offset, so if one runs a spacer to use to adapt from 5 on 110mm to 5 on 4.5" (or whatever they now are) then that offset might go negative which would be bad for handling and wheelwell clearance. There's already problems with contact with the 1.25" spacers with tires that are not a whole lot bigger than stock, going to something even larger yet is probably going to yield poor results. And that's before addressing what this does to the wheel bearings.
     

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