SlideInDad wrote:
We own two Jeeps, my wife's and my DD. My experience is 15" wheels and tires are getting harder to find. I did look at 16" options when I put new wheels/tires on my wife's 2007 Rubicon, went with 15" 33x12.5 as the 16" options for 33" tires were all E rated, heavy and likely too stiff for a light Jeep. 33" E rated tires for 16" are very plentiful and all are rated 3750 so seems my best bet is to sell the 17" set and get some 16x8 wheels. Can find wheels as cheap as $100/wheel for Pro Comps which are nice wheels and rated pretty high.
You'd be surprised how well the E rated tires work on the jeep. Remember that the Rubicon's came with E rated MTR's from the factory for the first few years..
That said, I run a minimum of a D rated tire on my jeeps these days. With the higher loads people carry now, even camping, and the faster pace modern builds travel at.. cuts down on flats considerably.
