17" wheels: what are you guys running?

MIG'DHORSE · Sep 16, 2007

im looking for a set of decent 17" wheels with minimal backspacing and price. what are you guys running? thanks.

-tyler

skinny_pedal · Sep 16, 2007

whats a decent price? i payed $200 per wheel on my tow rig. there 17's, aluminum and teflon coated

are you looking for steel, aluminum, painted, teflon coated, chrome...etc?

MIG'DHORSE · Sep 16, 2007

steel. it's typically cheapest. i dont want anything flashy or stylish.. just something to bash. do they make 17" rims with 2.5" backspacing? i have yet to see any, im guessing because they arent as popular as a wheeling rim i guess. i saw the 17" steelie for about 100 per wheel, but its 4.75" bs.

Mock Knight · Sep 17, 2007

I was just cruising summit and they have 17x8 4.5" bs 65ish.....

Mock Knight · Sep 17, 2007

I bet you i can get dig up some fj wheels at work, i don't know if they are 17x7 or 17x8.......

The B.S. might suck but we can just get bigger wheel spacers and it will be CHEAP!

Pook · Sep 17, 2007

seen people recentering the cheap steelie 17" wheels. Not really abig deal on a trail rig. Need a big lathe, or I think on pirate someone did it on a brake lathe.

Not Jobless · Sep 17, 2007

MIG'DHORSE · Sep 17, 2007

badass. thanks guys. ill look into these ideas. im really trying to avoid wheel spacers on my rear axle

uke:

Kat · Sep 17, 2007

MIG'DHORSE said:
im looking for a set of decent 17" wheels with minimal backspacing and price. what are you guys running? thanks.

-tyler

Stock 07' rubi`s run 17" wheels, 5x5.5 and lots of back.

stock 07 ruby 17x8 with 32 bfg mt km

Roccrawler · Sep 17, 2007

http://www.rockcrawler-mrt.com/beadlock%20wheel%2017%20inch.html

try here

MIG'DHORSE · Sep 17, 2007

Roccrawler said:
http://www.rockcrawler-mrt.com/beadlock%20wheel%2017%20inch.html

try here

thanks, man!:awesomework:

Not Jobless · Sep 17, 2007

Roccrawler said:
http://www.rockcrawler-mrt.com/beadlock%20wheel%2017%20inch.html

try here

I sure hope MRT's quality has improved since the set I bought that wouldn't hold air overnight...they're junk

Roccrawler · Sep 17, 2007

Jobless said:
I sure hope MRT's quality has improved since the set I bought that wouldn't hold air overnight...they're junk

ooh ya, never seen them ??

sounds more like a operator error :looser:

Not Jobless · Sep 17, 2007

Roccrawler said:
ooh ya, never seen them ??

sounds more like a operator error :looser:

All 5 rims leaked air out of the welds that held the inner ring to the rim. The only operator error was the retard on the welder at MRT.

Roccrawler · Sep 17, 2007

Jobless said:
All 5 rims leaked air out of the welds that held the inner ring to the rim. The only operator error was the retard on the welder at MRT.

yep.. your fault :looser:

Not Jobless · Sep 17, 2007

Roccrawler said:
yep.. your fault :looser:

That's the conclusion I came to as well.

It was my fault cause I was dumb enough to buy them.

The cool part was that they included all grade 8 hardware in a brown paper bag that was broken open during shipping...by the time I got the rim with hardware in it, it looked like they stuck the whole box in a paint shaker cause all the paint was chipped off the rim from the hardware shaking around...that was my fault too

I'm such an idiot :looser:

Roccrawler · Sep 17, 2007

Jobless said:
That's the conclusion I came to as well.

It was my fault cause I was dumb enough to buy them.

The cool part was that they included all grade 8 hardware in a brown paper bag that was broken open during shipping...by the time I got the rim with hardware in it, it looked like they stuck the whole box in a paint shaker cause all the paint was chipped off the rim from the hardware shaking around...that was my fault too

I'm such an idiot :looser:

you get what you pay for.. should have just called trail ready to start with :;