Looking for some direction.

[Matt]

Sounds good man. Ill find a few wheels while im kicking back after work tonight.

[jumpoffjoe]

Psycho, I have had those bumpers in mind this entire time. I talked with a guy from CSL Offroad about getting them and a few other things. I like the idea of supporting Jon however. I also like the idea of not spending all that money on the bumpers, but if you guys lived here you'd know its only a matter of time before a big old mule deer or antelope wanders out in front of your rig at highway speeds. Hell my gal takes them out in our home town, a lot of this country is open range so the gravel roads are littered with beef cows.

[06JeepXKHEMI]

Those bumpers arent bad but I cant say they are nicer then SA. If I needed a steel bumper like the sounds of you do, Id wait for Jon, since he basically has to re-create new front and rears the ability to customize them is there. Also since there are more members on than the last bumper he designed Im sure the amount of feedback and suggestions will really help put together very nice pieces!

[Matt]

Ok man here's a few quick wheel options to get started. You can click the pictures to go to the website to see them.

8.5" wide with +10 to +18mm offset is ideal. A few of these have +25mm offset which is what the XK Pintlers were (but I think they tuck the tire a bit too much, but hell its still an option)

MB TKO - 17x8.5 +18mm offset - $120 each


Vtec Warlord - 17x8.5 +25mm offset - $125 each


American Outlaw TNT - 17x8.5 +16mm offset - $129 each


American Outlaw Hollywood - 17x8.5 +15mm offset - $135 each



... I feel like I should make a "wheels that work" thread...

[lekmedm]

Ok man here's a few quick wheel options to get started. You can click the pictures to go to the website to see them.

8.5" wide with +10 to +18mm offset is ideal. A few of these have +25mm offset which is what the XK Pintlers were (but I think they tuck the tire a bit too much, but hell its still an option)

MB TKO - 17x8.5 +18mm offset - $120 each

With what Joe described earlier, these get my vote! (I like them personally, too.)

[Matt]

^^ My buddy put those on his XJ too

[jumpoffjoe]

Those look about right guys! Check this out, so I'm behind the shop looking through some old tires and wheels yesterday and I found four 17" rubicon wheels with 255 75 BFG Mud terrains on them. Tread on the tires is 80%. I'm thinking I could powder coat those wheels, throw some spacers on and save myself some cash! Turns out the wheels and tires are off my boss man's old jeep and he says they're mine! He thinks he has the 5th tire somewhere in a trailer. The factory spare is an aluminium wheel painted black. I could put that 5th tire on the factory spare and I think that would be good enough for me. Whatcha ya think?