Here is the best picture i could find of my current setup. I will have my new suspension and body lift on this weekend.

 

Where did you get the procomps from? Have been looking for a set of black wheels and i really like those. $400 is about my budget as well and figured I would end up with cragar's.

 

<---- would also like to know where to get those for $400.

 

These wheels must have fallen off the back of a truck or something.... spacers will run you about 200 brand new.. if u r patient you can usually find someone selling a set on here. save a few bucks... i figure you will have to pay an additional 600 dollars to buy those wheels compared to the 200 dollar spacers

Its all about what look you are going for and your budget!

 

had to use wheel spacers though & a 2" BB lift

 

Using tires on wheels that are outside the manufacturers specified rim width is a bad idea. Increases sidewall fatigue, creates additional sway at highway speeds changes and distorts the contact patch while building internal heat amongst the tire plies. It's a definitive safety issue in a high center of gravity vehicle where tire failure can put you on your melon pretty quickly.

Additionally, running with a stock rim width on a 12.5" section width tire will reduce the section width when mounted. You lose about .2" of section width per every half inch given up from the par value of recommended rim width. This will also increase the tire height.

The narrower the rim the less the width will be and the taller the tire.

There are a variety of 34" tires out there that will fall within the specs of a stock 7.5" rim width, perform better and most of all keep you safer.

 

I ran 35 x 12.5 on my stock 16" aluminum rims using spider track spacers for over a year.
Hard wheel'n or street use it was was all good.

I've since bought soft 8s for the hiking boots and have a full set of 28" street tires for around town daily use.
This gets me 20mpg as versus 15 on the 35s, and it saves the tire life of the very expensive off roaders.

I went with 28" Yokohama's because they are the only 16" rim true street tires that are load rated and american made that I could find. There are no taller street treads out there that I could find. I would have prefered 30" but then it would require L.T. tires of one kind or another and I wanted true streeters.
It's a goofy look'n set up to be riding around on a 3" lift with lil dinky 28s but the ride is a lot more peppy and responsive as well as fuel efficient.

I still use the spacers too as the 9" wide streeters get a wider stance which is more secure especially on a lifted wrangler.

With a 4 or 5 mpg boost going to the street treads (not A.T.s but true streeters) I will pay off the purchase of the 5 tires and rims and so on in 14 to 16 months at my usage.

Also I save the tread on the very expensive hiking boots as they do not wear well on the street.

Also I have to say the ride feels safer due to faster response on excelleration, stopping and turning even. Though it is all good on the 35s too. No issues really except it's a total pig around town.

As for all the folks that make fun of me for "going small" around town all I can say is,
Wana race?

lol

 

Do it! check the pics in my gallery. I like the stock wheel with my 35's. I think the tire keeps the rocks off the wheel and it holds the beed nicely. Not to mention the wheels look good!

 

bad jk junkie, bad, bad! bad!! How dare you go against mfg. specs!

Jeep heathen.

 

lol Now that I'm not an "Area Leader" I give all kinds of BAD advise.