Hey everyone, I recently posted about questions for a wheel and tire package setup on my JKU Sahara, but have recently decided to purchase 18" wheels as they are not much more (including tires) than the 17" wheels. I was going to run a 285/70/17 or 275/70/17 on the 17x9 wheels but want a 18x9 wheel now. I have settled on the wheel I want which is a XD Addict that comes in 2 backspace 4.53 and 5.7. I was thinking of running a 275/65/18 (Toyo Open Country or Nitto Terra) tire which breaks down to just about stock size of 32.1x10.8. I do not want to stick out on the fenders and am trying to avoid rubbing, my question is would this size tire work, and which backspace will work with that setup? Can I go wider without rubbing? I know some people ran this size tire with spacers and they had mixed reviews. Thanks again!

 

No one huh?

 

I would only suggest running with the 4.5 backspaceing since most lifts will require that.
Not sure about 18" because it only adds costs..

I'm ruining a 34 with a 3" lift
285/75/17 with a 1.5 Spacer giving me 4 3/8 backspaceing and it sticks out a little but to me it's fine

 

Believe it or not, cost in the 18 wheels isn't much more. I'm trying to avoid a lift that's why I wasn't thinking of doing an aggressive backspace.

 

I have General Grabber at2 265/70/18 in my stock Sahara wheels. They measure 32.6, and are slightly wider than stock. I have not had any issues with rubbing, I also have a teraflex leveling kit.

The 265/70/18 tire size has less expensive for the tires I wanted when compared to 285/65/18 and 275/65/18.

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I looked into those size and the wheels I want are 18x9 which is .5" over the recommended measured tire accepted rim width..