Skander727
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Smashed my factory passenger side wheel and let discount tire talk me into the 17×8.5 lonestars so I can safely install 35s soon. Factory rims are like ≈30lbs a piece but these are only ≈12??? That blew my mind and I'm wondering if anyone else notices (besides fuel economy going up) any changes with these lighter wheels. Mostly I notice the tail shakes around alot more when accelerating, wanders alot more too on the highway. What is fun is being able to swing my tail when I send it on a sharp turn. Other than that I wonder if bigger tires will help restablize the jeep? Or if I gotta put some kind of weight on it? (Thinking a small roof rack on the back end). Finally, is weight shedding on a Jeep especially the rims a good idea to begin with? Haven't sold my factory wheels yet might just buy a new replacement. This is my first jeep only had it 2 years so I really would love as much random input as possible!
Edit: thank you everyone for the input, yes the 12lb was actually in kg, as an American I don't actively pay attention to the metric used at the end! Getting the Mopar lift today and hopefully the alignment will help!
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