New Jeep Owner Needs Help
 

Hey yall, I am a new Jeep owner and am looking to put some tires/wheels on it for my first addition. What kind of tires/wheels should I look at? Reminder, I am an 18 year old college student, therefore, money is very limited. Help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Tyler

I put good year duratracs on last week. Size is same as original. I ordered from simpletire.com. Delivered tire price was $605, though would have been a bit higher had it not been for Black Friday. I had them shipped to a good year installer who did the 4 tire install for $68. Good year also has a rebate going on now that will get me another $40 back. Duratracs are pretty highly regarded on this forum. Good tire for the price. Much better wet traction compared to my former goodrich MT's.

Welcome to JKF, Tyler! I would be remiss if I didn't point you toward our FAQs ...

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/modi...bie-has-18617/
Note that the links in the first post are broken. Just scroll through the page for each section.

As to your situation--poor college student with a new Jeep--might I suggest that you search the For Sale section or your local Craig's List and find someone offering to sell Rubi take-off wheels and tires? Or even just the tires and keep your current wheels (if you can find someone selling just the tires)? Those tires will be a bit bigger than the stock Sport tires you have. Throw on some wheel spacers for a couple hundred dollars (get good ones, not cheap ones!) and you'd really improve the stance of your Jeep. If you want something unique in your Jeep's wheels, check with a local powdercoater and see what he could do to maybe change the color of the wheels (all black is quite popular). It's not necessary, but you could get a suspension leveling kit and after the new tires I think you'd really like your new Jeep for a pretty low cost of entry. Good luck, whatever you decide!

Welcome to the forum.

I would also recommend the Duratracs! As for wheels I kept mine factory but bed lined them black they have held up really well but I just need to repaint the wheels bc the weights moved after I got the new tires mounted. Here's a picture of my set up at the moment.

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33x12.50x15 Duratracs here. Mounted on Level 8 Trackers. Love em.
Think it came to around $1800 shipped to my front door [thanks Discount Tire Direct]

Looks very nice? Now since this OP is on a tight budget, he needs to keep the same diameter tire he currently has, or else be willing to add to his costs the need to reprogram the computer for the larger tires.

Going to go into "dad" mode here and say that if you are truly trying to save money, stay away from this and any other forum, and don't buy any jeep magazines. That way you will stay stock. Seeing built jeeps just fuels the fire! If the jeep is actually new then it will be extremely capable already. Keep your stock wheels and tires and save up for when you can actually get what you want instead of what you can buy in the short term.

^^^^ And never, ever, EVER look at a jeep parts catalog or you'll put yourself in serious trouble ;)

My 2 cents, if its affordable for you:
Rubi take-off's and program the PCM for the new diameter (from dealer, or purchase procal, etc.) Nothing else needed to fit. Then if you have time and tools later on, add an 3/4" Daystar spacer lift (very inexpensive).

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