2010 JK 2-door, bone stock, 16x7 rims

Planning on 16x7 or 16x8 Cragar Soft 8's with BFG A/T KO (285/75R16 = 32.8 x 11.2) tires.

Service is highway daily driver in Maine, snowy winters, some but rare offroad/dirt/mud, no rock crawling.

Plan a 2" lift in the future but not quite yet.

16x7 vs 16x8? Negligible? Any pros/cons for my driving needs?

Other comments?

What about TPMS crap? Just lose the sensors and deal with the fallout? I wonder if I should just keep stock 16" rims and go for just the tires, keep the TPMS sensors, but then I'd have 6"+ backspace and probably rubs with the 33" tires...

BFG AT KO vs mud terrains? Will AT KO be good enough in the snow? Rephrased, will mud terrains be good enough on highway (wet or dry) for daily driving?

 

Two words for you: Goodyear Duratrac. If you are looking for an AT tire that is quiet on the road, great offroad, great wet and snow, and look awsome, check them out. I've been running them for the last 15,000mi and they are wearing great.

 

FOr sure 8 width for wheel. Sticks out a little further... Then you can get a 12.5" wide tire and it'll look waaaay better IMHO go with 305/75'r16 for tire 33" tall 12.5" wide

 

what he said.......

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Why not go with your stock wheels, put on some 33s and do your own fender mod?

 

The BFG KOs are a great choice for a daily driver: long lasting,smooth, quiet for an AT and good handling. The are however not a true mud tire.

 

go with an 8" wide rim with 4.5" backspacing. I agree with the others on the 33x12.5 tires. I cant comment on the tires as i run nitto mud grapplers which wouldnt suit your needs, but they are bad ass tires! I bought my rims and tires from discount tire and they had a rebuild kit that allowed them to transfer the tpms sensors to my new set up.

 

If you're doing a 285 series tire, you pretty much have to go to an 8 inch rim. I've yet to see a tire in that size with a 7" rim approved. The stock rims would require spacers. As far as the TPMS sensors go, they can easily be placed in the new rims. Just make sure they "rebuild" them. The kits from Dill cost about $6 per stem and come with a new core, collar and gasket (what is really needed.)

So far the BFG KM2s are awesome tires. I like them better than the AT KOs. Quiet for their type and handle extremely well. Might not be the best pick in the snow (i.e. ice,) but what MT is. You can always have the sipped to greatly improve performance there. Most sizes of the AT KOs are severe snow rated (snowflake symbol.) I never had an issue with them before my move south, thankfully snow isn't an issue here much anymore.

The Duratrac is also a good choice, but they do have some wimpy sidewalls. If you get into situations with sidewall hits offroad, it might not be the best pick. The Duratrac (contrary to popular belief) is not an AT or MT, but a commercial traction tire. Basically a highway tread carcass with an aggressive tread pattern applied. Designed to run on the road the majority of the time, with some light offroading in relatively tame conditions (service vehicles, construction workers, etc.) Those I know with them love them, but they're generally on the trucks not seeing moderate to heavy offroad conditions.

 

Thanks for all the great information. Someone mentioned why not stock rims, 33's and my own fender mod -- I read about possibly rubbing brake lines when flexing in that config... I'd love to stick with stock rims for economic reasons and just get 31's (and not messing t/TPMS, and not recalibrating speedo, etc.) -- but I think I'd then want to eventually do the next step: lift, rims, bigger tires... and then I'd have spent hundreds on tires I'd be wanting to get rid of.

Guess it's just time to figure out what I want.

DuraTracs - also considered those, it was down to those or the BFG AT KO's. Great choices.

Will keep you posted.. thanks for the help

 

Had you considered someone's Rubi tire takeoffs? Pretty reasonable price usually for tires you would pay a lot more for new. Might be a good interim solution, you could go with stock rims.

Rubi takeoffs are 32" BFG MT KO.