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As some of you know, I've been defeated by rims on my Land Cruiser time and time again, and as I sit here contemplating the purchase of yet *another* set (the sixth one on this Cruiser alone), I really, *really* want to try to get it right this time. So I'm asking for your help!
First a little background. The Cruiser needs no introduction, she's a tall, heavy bitch running 35x12.5 BFG MT's on 15x10" steel rims with a 4" backspacing. In the front I have 1/2" All-Pro spacers with longer studs. I like the stability both on and off road, but I don't like how the wider rims affected the steering. What I *really* don't like is how vulnerable the rims seem to be to rocks, I've munched the edges of all four rims pretty bad, to the point where one of them screwed up the bead on one of my tires. Besides that, the truck looks kinda goofy, like a skateboard.
Thus, I'd like to get back to 8" rims, I really liked the way my truck tracked with them (previous to the current set I ran 15x8" widened stock FJ40 rims with 3.5" backspacing) and the rim edge seemed better protected by the tires. I am aware that I will lose some stability, especially off-camber, but here's what I thought I could do.
Before you ask, this truck was built for medium to hard wheeling, I'll gladly run something like Pritchett Canyon but it will not see any extreme trails.
With 10" rims and 4" backspacing, my axles would end up being just as wide with 8" rims with 2" backspacing, right? Since I want to move up to 37x12.5 MT/R's in the mid-future, I figured I'd order a set of Rockstomper custom steel rims in 8" wide with a 2" custom backspacing and run these, but I'm worried that the 2" backspacing will make the rims weaker and they won't stand up to the abuse of a heavy truck. Does this make sense?
Running beadlocks is out of the question because this is a daily driver and there's no way I'm going to be re-tightening bolts on a regular basis. I also do not consider aluminum rims an option, call it Third World paranoia if you will.
What do you think, should I go ahead and order the sixth set of rims? Do you think they'll stand up to the abuse, or am I deluding myself?
I'm still considering dearching the OME's to lose some height, that should also help with the stability factor....
Any thoughts/comments welcome, I'm putting way too much thought into this (as I usually do with all Cruiser mods) and while my budget is by no means ample, I'd rather spend a little more money up front and not have to think about @#$%&* rims every few years...
First a little background. The Cruiser needs no introduction, she's a tall, heavy bitch running 35x12.5 BFG MT's on 15x10" steel rims with a 4" backspacing. In the front I have 1/2" All-Pro spacers with longer studs. I like the stability both on and off road, but I don't like how the wider rims affected the steering. What I *really* don't like is how vulnerable the rims seem to be to rocks, I've munched the edges of all four rims pretty bad, to the point where one of them screwed up the bead on one of my tires. Besides that, the truck looks kinda goofy, like a skateboard.
Thus, I'd like to get back to 8" rims, I really liked the way my truck tracked with them (previous to the current set I ran 15x8" widened stock FJ40 rims with 3.5" backspacing) and the rim edge seemed better protected by the tires. I am aware that I will lose some stability, especially off-camber, but here's what I thought I could do.
Before you ask, this truck was built for medium to hard wheeling, I'll gladly run something like Pritchett Canyon but it will not see any extreme trails.
With 10" rims and 4" backspacing, my axles would end up being just as wide with 8" rims with 2" backspacing, right? Since I want to move up to 37x12.5 MT/R's in the mid-future, I figured I'd order a set of Rockstomper custom steel rims in 8" wide with a 2" custom backspacing and run these, but I'm worried that the 2" backspacing will make the rims weaker and they won't stand up to the abuse of a heavy truck. Does this make sense?
Running beadlocks is out of the question because this is a daily driver and there's no way I'm going to be re-tightening bolts on a regular basis. I also do not consider aluminum rims an option, call it Third World paranoia if you will.
What do you think, should I go ahead and order the sixth set of rims? Do you think they'll stand up to the abuse, or am I deluding myself?
I'm still considering dearching the OME's to lose some height, that should also help with the stability factor....
Any thoughts/comments welcome, I'm putting way too much thought into this (as I usually do with all Cruiser mods) and while my budget is by no means ample, I'd rather spend a little more money up front and not have to think about @#$%&* rims every few years...