So there I was set in stone about ordering some 15 inch MB TKO wheels when I called Northridge about buying some other parts and sterted talking to the guy about my build plan (nice guy) I told him I will be moving to Georgia soon and plan on wheeling in the mud a lot and he said any 15 inch wheel will get mud trapped in there and mess my breaks up amongst other things. So F#@k!!! I am now thinking as alternate plan 17 inch M/T classic locks. What do you guys think about the 15in advice and Mud? Also about the 17in classic locks??
MY jeep
2007 JK X 2 door
Bought not installed:2.5 inch rough country coil lift with stearing stab and front track bar
BW flat fenders
RC hybrid stubby
Superchips flash paq
C's for my gussets
Also hows my build plans for mud wheelin???

 

Almost forgot 35 inch mud tires maybe KM2 or M/T baja MTZ

 

I could see how that would happen with rocks maybe getting in there , but have I heard anyone complain about the issue, NO! Sorry I'm not much help on this one!

 

mud will pack in the back side of the wheel but it will with all sizes i had 15 in wheels on my k5 , bronco and nissan and never damaged my brakes not so sure bout his advice

 

yea thanks for the advice guys i have had off road vehicles in the past with smaller wheels so yea maybe bad advice i just wanted to run in through the fourm, I think I might go with the M/T classic locks anyone running those?

 

U could always ask the guys in the 15" wheel thread for their opinion!

 

Pretty much everyone back home in Florida ran 15" wheels on their mud trucks and I've never heard of anyone having that issue

 

I actually have had this issue when I had 15" Cragars on my Jeep. Whenever I would get into thick thick mud, I would have to remove my wheels/tires and clean out the brakes. Went to Hardrock Ocala and played in the mud there. Which is limestone, water, sand......=concrete. Needless to say the next couple of days I heard a scratching noise in my brakes. Removed my wheels and had to take a screwdriver and "chisel" the rock hard mud around and inside my brake calipers.

Note: this only happened when the mud was really really thick. The typical black mud most people wheel in wasn't bad at all with the 15s as I would just spray out the inside of the wheels.

Now I do not know if this was from having 15s or not. I have yet to take my 16s out in the mud yet.

 

That sounds like an issue you would have with any wheel, i know the stuff you're talking about too, it's a PITA!! I'm from about 30 minutes south of Ocala.

 

I wheel in mud down here in Georgia all the time with 15's! Don't sweat it you'll save yourself enough money by going with 15's in the long run its well worth it, I haven't heard of anyone having brake issues because of mud.... I guess that's why they make so many sizes of swampers for 15" wheels :dunno: hahaha