Hey all,
Just ordered my tires yesterday and i'm still deciding what to get for wheels. I ordered 285/74r16 discoverer stt's and i'm currently looking for a wheel to give it as wide stance. I've been looking at the cragar soft 8s (16x8) w/ 5" backspacing and +13 offset. I understand that would most likely push my tire about 1/2" to an 1" beyond my fenders. I was wondering what other people have found as far as steel 16x8's with less backspacing in order to give my jk a more aggressive stance. Any input would be appreciated.

V/R

 

I have Cragar Soft 8's 17x9 5" bs with 285x70x17 and they dont stick out bad at all ...

 

Whats the offset of them? ANd does offset really matter if the backspacing is good enough? thanks

 

Mine are 17x9 5" BS with 0 offset ...as for your question about "Does offset matter?" not sure i told my parts guys what my plans were and these are what he ordered me ...

 

Mickey Thompson Classic II Black Alloy? Id take these over the Soft 8's.

 

the MT Classics are NICE wheels ....those are what i wanted to begin with ... just couldnt afford them at the time..

 

yea thats the only problem right now, just need to find something that wont break my wallet. Just wish the soft 8's had less backspacing, but what can ya do hah.

 

I had some Crager Streetlocks (16x8 with 5.25" backspace, I think) with metric 33s (285/70R16) and they stuck out less than half an inch, as I recall. I decided I wanted together a wider stance, bigger tires, and ultimately a good lift (requiring minimum 4.5" backspace), so I splurged and got some 17X9" Spyderlocks with some used 35x12.50 Nitto Mud Grapplers (loud as crap, by the way) and KLOVE the look. They have a 3.5" backspace on them, which I think would work out to a 4.0" backspace on an 8" width wheel (if I did that right in my head). I think I have a cell phone pic of the wheel/tire showing how much they stick out.

Yep, here you go:

 

ahh thats what i was looking for, awesome. So if i had cragars w/ 5" backspacing they'd stick out about 1/2-1" and if i found some with 4" BS they'd stick out further like your picture? Problem im running into is finding a steel 16x8 w/ less than 5" of BS.

 

man those Mud Grapplers are one of the meanest looking tires out there