New Wheels and Tires

[cole6700]

Showing off my new shoes.

Wheels:
17x9 Raceline Rock Crusher (5 in backspacing, 0mm offset). Added bolts from stock rims.

Tires:
37x12.50R17 Ironman All Country M/T

I paid $1,756 + tax and installation

 

[GuntherRommel]

those look nice, how is the ride?

 

[juanprado]

Those look sharp and could easily pass as stock on a quick look.
Very cool

 

[cole6700]

those look nice, how is the ride?

Coming from 13 yr old rubber and runflats, she rides like a Cadillac.

 

[Mainsail]

Link?

 

[cole6700]

Link?

I’m not selling anything, just wanted to show off my new shoes. I spent an insane amount of time searching the internet for wheel/tire options and specs before I settled on these so I thought I would lay it out there for future lookers.

 

[FKAM]

For maintaining a look close to OE, those look really good. I've been looking for quite a while for something that looked close like that. Didn't occur to me to just add bolts to replicate the look. Glad you posed this. How did you mount the bolts into the holes of the wheel, I'm assuming washers/fender washers and something to keep the bolt centered?

 

[MarkM]

Filling the holes with bolts is brilliant!

Very nice.

Mark

 

[GuntherRommel]

Give up the source, I think everyone would like more details on how to find them. I know I am

 

[SmartDrug]

Filling the holes with bolts is brilliant!

Very nice.

Mark

Aye, that’s really clever. I have Black Rhinos, and while I don’t hate them, the plastic bolts are pretty lame. That’s a heck of a lot cooler looking than I expected.

 

[cole6700]

Give up the source, I think everyone would like more details on how to find them. I know I am

Gladly.

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Looks like the tires went up about $15 each since I bought them a few weeks ago.

You’ll need 112 washers and the bolts and nuts from your stock hmmwv rims. Unfortunately the Raceline wheels have 14 holes so you’ll need to take apart five 12-bolt wheels. It’s very time consuming to get all of the bolts cleaned up and the nuts rethreaded but it’s the most economical way. You could just buy new bolts and nuts, but that’s not how I roll (pun intended).

As far as the washers go, I used 1-3/4” o.d., 5/8” i.d. zinc coated flat washers, spray painted black. Ideally, I would have liked to use washers with a black finish and a 1/2” inside diameter but again, I was trying to save a few bucks.

I worked out a insanely stupid way to get everything centered so I’ll leave that part out for now as I’m certain there are better ways.

I searched high and low for 17” rims that resembled the originals and this is the closest thing I could come up with. Got very close to getting the Black Rhinos but I’m glad I went this route instead.

 

[GuntherRommel]

Thats awesome, Thanks

 

[Jobuchhy]

Did you add spacers?

 

[Larry Weibert]

Very nice. 17 inch is a great way to go many tire options with good pricing. I Just converted 17 inch rims with 24 bolt HMMWV rims as doners its a lot of work.

 

[Mogman]

Very nice. 17 inch is a great way to go many tire options with good pricing. I Just converted 17 inch rims with 24 bolt HMMWV rims as doners its a lot of work.

PICTURES!!!

 

[cole6700]

Did you add spacers?

Nope

 

[Larry Weibert]

PICTURES!!!

Check out. Tahoe MP USMC Vehicle build | SteelSoldiers wheel pics there. Can explain further for applications

 

[Godspeed131]

@cole6700, how is this setup holding up. Are ya overall pleased with the treadwear and ride quality, lol well as much as it can be in these things, after a years worth of them being installed. I’m asking cause I think this is the route I’m going.

 

[cole6700]

@cole6700, how is this setup holding up. Are ya overall pleased with the treadwear and ride quality, lol well as much as it can be in these things, after a years worth of them being installed. I’m asking cause I think this is the route I’m going.

Zero complaints. Ride quality is great. I’ve only put a couple thousand miles on them though, so not much tread wear. Been happy with them off road too, huge improvement over the old MTs they replaced. For the price, they can’t be beat.

 

[cole6700]

Zero complaints. Ride quality is great. I’ve only put a couple thousand miles on them though, so not much tread wear. Been happy with them off road too, huge improvement over the old MTs they replaced. For the price, they can’t be beat.

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