JL Wheels let down

[kkuntz01]

QUOTE="NavyVet1959, post: 248772, member: 16446"]I'm aware of the different bolt pattern and was considering the appropriate 5x5" to 5.5.5" adapters.

My thoughts on the matter...
https://sites.google.com/site/navyvet1959/miscellaneous/ram-wheels-on-jeep[/QUOTE]

It sounds a lot like you’re trying to justify using something you’ve got lying around as opposed to manning up putting wheels with the proper lug pattern and offset on your Jeep. Sure you’re not having to buy new rims, but the tires sounds like the tires are worn pretty well and are easily 8-10yrs old meaning you’re going to have to invest in tires. So now you have to spend a bunch of money buying special adapters (don’t trust your life with those cheap Chinese adapters) and tires for 20” rims which cost more than your typical 17” tires. Since you seem to prefer steel wheels over alloys, it’d probably be almost a wash to do Steele’s and a bigger tire than swap on your old Ram wheels.

The screen shot below will give you a base line of your stock tires over you Ram tires, albeit not factoring in for the wheel spacers you’ll need to run.

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[NavyVet1959]

It sounds a lot like you’re trying to justify using something you’ve got lying around as opposed to manning up putting wheels with the proper lug pattern and offset on your Jeep.

Yeah, it's a case of "they're there, so might as well get some use out of them". Besides, I'm curious what they would look like. Haven't you ever tried out a mod just because you were curious?

And just from a "look" standpoint, I think those rims look better than any of the ones that Jeep offers even for the Rubicon. Just a simple utilitarian 5 spoke rim with clean lines and not a lot of artistic fluff going on.

(yeah, they need to be cleaned up a bit)