total mis-information here. your hardcore wheelers will prefer an aluminum wheel over steel.

read:

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/showp...6&postcount=12

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/showp...15&postcount=2

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/showp...0&postcount=13

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/showp...7&postcount=21

That should get my point across.

 

Just my $.02...I think that black steelies has become what ankle biting teenies put on their 4wd's to make em look hardcore, when mommy and daddy probably banned them from ever leaving gravel.

It used to not be this way, and yes they do have their place, but thats all i ever see anymore is tweens and their black steelies.

 

As far as wheels go, I would personally say go with the steels. If you're not going to be doing much offroading, you don't have to worry about bending them. And even if they do rust, you can always just buy some wheel paint for like $20 and repaint them. Idk, that's your call.

However, if you go with steel, I'm gonna have to say don't get the Soft 8's just because almost everyone has them. Sure they look good, but it never hurt to stand out a bit. I'm thinking about getting the Cragar 310 Series Nomad I wheels (http://www.cragar.com/ProductView.as...8&bq=%3fc%3d15). IMO I think they would look just as good, if not better than the soft 8's.

In the end, it's all just a matter of what you prefer though

 

well shut me up...I have been misinformed. I have steel wheels and like them very much, but I did think they were better for off-road than alloys. Alloys just look too pretty to go off-road. Steel looks cool too when you hit a rock and the sparks fly. Mine get a little dented here and there, but they hold up alright.

 

Yeah I had the soft-8's too. The first set was out of round. You could clearly see them wobble on the balance machine and they were brand new from summit racing.

They look pretty neat on it but I couldn't live with the wobble.


I searched around for some nice stock wheels and found the icons were pretty sweet:



They have a bit too much shine so i cured that with a little brown stuff

 

It happens, just chock it up to that new thing you learned today. I didn't want the O.P. get be mis-informed.

 

If I have 15x7 tires and I am getting 15x8 rims can I use the same tires?

 

you know i have seen that to but i think it is all down to driving style and opinion. i like steel cheaper to replace and i like the look. my buddy has some alloy beadlocks on his crawler buggy and they have seen some abuse that would break most stuff. so it is more a driving style thing then witch is better. and i have bent a alloy wheel to the point it was useless and i have run steel for a long time and bent one as well so with the right abuse either will be rendered useless

 

yup at that difference it wont matter to much

 

I thought about these on my old green wrangler at one time. They are reakl old school. My dad had a 79 F-250 with these on it and it looked awesome. I think a wrangler on this would give it a CJ vibe. If i decided to go steel it willbe these or the D-Windows in silver.