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New Rims on the Cherokee!!!!
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Hey all,
Many of you will remember my thread about having a "Street Jeep." I already installed Bilstein shocks, Moog thermoplastic swaybar bushings and endlinks, and new front brakes with Raybestos ceramic pads. To complete the transformation though, I really needed a set of street wheels. Well, I finally found a way to make it happen! One of my former students has an '04 Wrangler X, so he traded me his worn out stock 15" tires/wheels plus some cash for the nice rims I had on the Cherokee. However, I had to drive around on those crummy tires for a week, because I found an awesome deal on a set of slightly used Magnum R/T rims. The cash I made on the trade went to the new rims, which I picked up today. What a difference, going from beat Goodyear Wrangler 225/75 15s up to nice Continental 225/60 18s. Whatcha think of my "Street Jeep?" Click the pic to see the larger version. |
lookin good! :cool:
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Looks great Steve!
How much do you use the roof rack? It would prolly add to the clean street style that you are going for if you took it off. - Justin |
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holy crap...i was skeptical at first but damn....that looks freakin awesome! well done! any chance you could lower it at all?
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niiice you finally did it!
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The wheels look really good Steve!
I took the liberty of attempting to lower your truck via photoshop. http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3...RTrimscopy.jpg |
Very nice! Looks really good!
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Thanks for all the compliments guys! After my commute this morning, I gotta say, I'm impressed with the ride over the stock 15s. It does seem to "wander" a bit on really rutted pavement, but I think an alignment will cure most of that. And I like the idea of a small drop, but don't know if I would do it. It would be as easy as cutting a half coil off of the front springs and then removing the helper leaf springs I put in to drop it down. Only problem then is when I have to cart around mulch and heavy stuff; I wouldn't want to scrape the tires.
My next mod will be painting the black bumper endcaps dark blue to match the truck like the Limited models. Think I should debadge it too? |
Subtle and tasteful, I like it.
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Looks mean! Yeah, get it aligned, lean in on the toe a bit, w/i spec.
Now you need big brakes to both fill the wheel and to keep up with the added weight. LOL |
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looks great Steve!
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Definatly derack and debadge. And yeah I was skeptical too at first. Not what they are made for but looks good.
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Cool deal, time to bust out the heatgun and do a little research on Jeepforum for removing the crossbars on the roof. Oh, and Ted, you'll have a PM shortly. ;)
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