Looks great. Did you buy them or just test fit them?

 

i'd say it stays on pretty close.
not enough clearance for mud or snow there imo.
i'd say a 16" would do better.the rim it looks a bit small compared to the vehicle.
just my 2c.

 

Damn that looks scary! Even with the clearance I'd be too afraid to drive that thing fast. Looks good though!

 

Would be an option to try some spacers,as the pics show the ET looks higher than the oem ,thus the wheel standing closer to the strut assembly.I doubt that would solve the caliper issue,but would deffinitely improve things.

 

I've been running these for the past 50,000+ miles and have had no problems. Only real close tolerance I had was when I put on new brake pads on the front. I bought Autozone's premium brake pad (and also the thickest) and before the pads seated in I had around an eight inch clearance between the rim and the caliper side towards the spokes of the rim. I don't do a lot of offroading but with an 1100' driveway and a lot of hills with snow and ice in the winter, I don't worry about rocks getting between the rim and caliper too much. I'm not sure if there is a difference between an '08 and an '10.5 in physical dimension of suspension/brake components. Probably not. Looks good too me Sandstone. I like the wider stance. I may have to try larger tires next time ( and some stu's colis too!).

 

Well, I bought 'em. The guy who had them was selling them for someone else and wanted them out of his garage, so I got a pretty good deal. I like the way they look too, although that much sidewall took little getting used to compared to stock.

Initially, I felt they were too close, but then I did a little searching around and started seeing things like this (again, sorry for the huge pic):

I've seen opinions range from 1/4" minimum to 2-3mm to the thickness of a business card or basically "if it don't rub, you're good". Some guys even say they like to run them close because it tends to keep things from getting in. So I dunno, I'm beginning to think it may not be that big a deal.

The one thing that doesn't fit my original plan is the rim being 8" wide. The tire I was going to use was a 235-75r-15 which works best on 6.5-7". Not sure if this is going to be a problem or not.

bwpakk, thanks for the info. 50K miles and no problems is very encouraging.

Hopefully (weather permitting) I'll be able mount all 4 this weekend and see how they run.

 

You shouldn't have any problem using 235/65/15.
As I said,I'd throw some spacers in there,solving the issue of being too close to the strut and the wheel being an 8.
The ride improves as well,especially when cornering and on high speed turns on highways.

 

This thread is begging for some full-side beauty shots with the new rims. I'm reserving my opinion on looks until we can see the whole vehicle.

 

Yeah, I hope to do that this weekend, and who knows maybe I'll even wash it and clean up the rust on the hubs while I'm at it. It definitely could use it.

Goguadi, I'll keep the spacers in mind, but I hope I won't need them. Have you seen anything smaller than 1"?

 

Thanks for posting the photos!

 

Update

I finally got them on. This time I did notice an ever so slight rub on the right front at right full lock, but otherwise no problems.

 

Those have gotta be my favorite factory Jeep wheels. If I ever end up going 15" I'm getting those.

 

Ah... found it. Thanks Google. And thanks Sandstone for the post...