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03-07-2014 | 08:37 PM

lcole81185

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Help with wheels

I plan on running 285/70/17 now and going to 35/12.5\17 when they wear out. I know I need backspacing aroud 4-4.75. My question is what width do i need 8,8.5, or 9? Would a 9" wide wheel work with both these sizes and look ok? Both on/offroad.

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03-07-2014 | 08:50 PM

Battlefrog21

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Ideal backspacing will be 4.5. I ran 35x12.50x17 (2 sets) on 17x9 wheels with no issues.

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03-07-2014 | 08:58 PM

lcole81185

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Thats what i thought. I guess my main question is about the smaller 285/75/17 would these still perform and look ok with the 9" wide wheel.

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03-08-2014 | 04:35 AM

2009jeepwranglerx

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I have the 285/70-17 on mine with 17x9 with 4.25 back spacing and they work good tire isn't stretched or anything

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03-08-2014 | 04:49 AM

lcole81185

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Nice,kinda looks like mine. What color?

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03-08-2014 | 05:07 AM

2009jeepwranglerx

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Bright silver 2 door had the grille plasti-dipped but I peeled it all off and left the letters black

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03-08-2014 | 05:35 AM

jadmt

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I would stick with 8-8.5" wide rims. Many people run 35's on stock rims using spacers.

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