DesertHardbody

Yeah, 700.00 was the number Discount gave me gave me (680 i think out the door) on Cooper AT3. Actually I just found guy locally who felt his brand new BFG Long Trail TA s didn't look right on his jeep so i scored a set for 380.00 (265/70/15) that had under 100 miles on them (the receipt from January was for 645.00 before taxes) so I figured I wouldn't find anything more dependable for less. I would rather have the Cooper I think, I just like the look but for the money I can't argue. The other option for the same money(400.00), was a set of 235/75/15 wranglers from wall-mart......and I just couldn't do that. I imagine myself 6 miles off road on Mt. Charleston when a rock blows out that cheap rubber. I just started the quest believing that I'd find some decent used sets cheaper than that but you do get what you pay for. In either cash or sweat and toil (and then cash). I had to bite the bullet but I guess I subconsciously knew it would come to that. Thanks for the advice guys. I'll post some before and after photos.

Thanks for the help guys. I can find the 265/70/15 at big O or so but its the 700.00 bucks I cant stomach. Tires are freaking expensive...

I've run an add locally and so far the only replies I've gotten are for Toyota wheels with a larger stud size (1.5 I think as opposed to 1.25? on the orig.). That doesn't really seem like something that could be worked with? I guess I'm just surprised that there isn't a group of vehicles which should be able to be harvested from to get what I thought should be pretty easy. So far there seems to be a catch to everything I've looked at. I just want to replace my obsolete tires with something I can replace easily. It can't be that tough can it? Every Ford and Chevy out there has guys swapping wheels at will.

Thanks for the backspace info. There seem to be alot of Toyota wheels available on the local craigslist and really just want to make sure that what I get all works. I don't want to make this harder than it has to be, but I always do.

Hi all, just registered and have found this a pretty interesting site so far. I initially registered to try and get answers to my wheel/rim questions and haven't had much success so far, but i have found quite a few other useful tidbits while searching. Like the title says, I have an 1997 SE with 4wd. I've had ALOT of trouble finding reasonable replacement tires for it (265/70/15) and would really like to switch to an inexpensive 16" rim if that's possible (245/75/16 tires or so seem way more common). My question is this. Are there any common OEM 16" wheels that I should be able to just bolt on with some good rubber? The last thing I want to do is exoplain to my wife that I know nothing about buying tires and have spent a bunch of dough on stuff that wont fit. I am completely ignorant in the matter of backspacing and the like. I'm told that the 4wd part makes a difference. Thanks in advance for any help guys and sorry if this isn't posted where it should be. I'm sorry if I overlooked an easy answer to my question here but I didn't have much definitive info on the subject.