I come from a TJ jeep world....MAN the JK world is different. We never thought of running blinged out 18s or 20s. What is it about the JKs that people love putting chromed out, huge wheels on them? I know the JK is a bulkier Jeep, so I guess the argument is that bigger wheels look better. But anyway, I just wanted to know whats happened to Jeep Modders;and since when are huge and sometimes gaudy wheels the way to go? Im not meaning to be a jerk, just wondering what changed between 2006 and 2007 haha. Discuss!!

 

I think there are very few "blinged out" JK's on this site. Sahara's come stock with 18"s ....

 

I dont know why everyone has a beef with big wheels my buddy has a yj on 20's and 37s and crawls the shit out of it. He runs them at 4 psi, and has rolled a few times.

 

haha not that i have "beef" with it. Im just wondering whats changed. Back in TJ world, almost nobody ran over 16s. is it just because of the bigger bulkier JK?

 

We are still here, the JK just opened up the door for more people, and a bunch of them never have owned Jeeps before so it is natural for things from the SUV world & tastes to creep in.

No, not all of them. the "07's came stock with 17" painted Moab's

i honestly dont like the new 18's, i am glad to have the painted 17's

 

I think because largely, they didnt exist yet, and if they did the rubber to match was scarce or so costly it just couldnt be managed

 

I think some of it does have to do with the bigger JK. A TJ with 16's running 31's looks fine whereas a JK running the same doesn't (in my opnionon) look as good and filled out as if it had 17's running 32's or 33's.

But what the heck do I know, I'm still running my stock 17's and 255 tires!

 

mine came with stock 16's, and now i'm running 17" cragars... i dont think that i'll ever run anything bigger than an 18"....especially with the prices... bigger rims= more $, and a 35 w/16 is less than a 35 w/17, which is more $ for less rubber...??

 

Yup. I estimate it will be next spring when my stock tires will be ready to be replaced and have entertained dropping down to 16 inch aftermarket rims just because tires for 17's are pricey as well and there seems to be more selection in the 16 inch size. 18's are ridiculous.

In the end, I will probably keep my 17's and go with a larger tire.

 

Im gonna stick with my stock 17's for now, but when i go up to 37's im doing 20's just for the hell of it.