gmooney72

I have a 2013 Jeep Wrangler Sahara 2 door with the stock 18" wheels. My dilemma is whether to go 18" X 9" or go to 17" wheel? Every one seems to recommend to change to a 17" wheel. Why? Please advise.

rob_engineer

Many more tire options with the 17" rim. That's the biggest reason. More options and generally less expensive for 17"

TheDirtman

You also get more sidewall flex. Almost all 18" tires are also E rated which you don't want on a jeep.

Ryan0260

Definitely go with 17's for the above reasons mentioned.

xMikeD

I kinda felt from looking around the standard is a 17 for a jk but I think in some of our hearts it's a 15.

I'm on 17x9 with a 12.5 tire

OffRdnVet

I went with the 17s as well on my 2014 Sahara JK and I couldn't be happier.


Kenda Klever R/T 35x12.50xR17 on Fuel Assault rims.

Niteshooter

One question would be what size tires do you plan on running? Or are you keeping your tire size fairly stock?

As others have mentioned there are more tire options with 17’s though you can get 18’s in a number of sizes as well so it might boil down to what wheel design you like the look of and what tire.

I went to 17’s on my JK Sahara with BFG KO2 315/70 17’s but that is also because I also went with the Mopar 2” lift kit. On my JKU I had brand new General Grabbers and didn’t want to replace them as they were a better tread pattern for on road so I went with Grid GD12’s in an 18” size. FYI there have been some crazy prices on GRID 18” wheels up here, basically 1/3 of MSRP so that and the design were a major factor. I would have been happier with more backspace as all the online photos showed but the deal was too good to pass up. Offset was zero so they did push everything out slightly which was what I was after, not a fan of wheel spacers. I had been looking at Gladiator Rubicon take offs prior to going with the Grid wheels.

One thing to look carefully at are the wheels offset and backspacing as the online photo of the wheel could be radically different from what you wind up with.