Spare tire- steel wheel

[Gobinator]

Love the look of those wheels... old school. Weight isn’t bad either. What kind of back space do they have?

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[DreamedofaJeepSomeday]

Love the look of those wheels... old school.

Ditto. So after having beautiful aluminum wheels on our vehicles for nigh on 50 years, we're gonna go back to the steel wheels of the 1960's ?

Reminds me of the Shel Silverstein song "After you've been havin' steak for a long time,
Beans, beans taste fine"

 

[ACAD_Cowboy]

Aluminum is light and stiff for street use but steel is where its at on a long far out wander; you can beat it back to shape with a hammer and in the event of cracks you can stick or hot glue gun it back to business.

Id honestly consider a set of steels if they knocked some cash off. Bonus points if they came with locking hub simulators and a beauty ring. Moon caps would need review.

 

[Mark Doiron]

Hi all, anyone know how much the spare tire and wheel weigh? If it’s comparable to the stock aluminum wheels, then that seems like a great option if you like the look of them

Since I have a set of "polished black aluminium" OEM Rubi wheels and the spare setting in my garage, I weighed them (the tires are identical, so pardon me for ignoring that part of your question). They both weigh 23 pounds.

 

[Mark Doiron]

So much for 5 tire rotation...

Other than wranglers, that hasn’t really been a thing on any vehicle since the 80s... most pickups with under bed spares come with cheap steelies- sometimes smaller than the other 4.
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Please let me offer an alternative option if you have matching tires and rims: Rotate five tires until the tread is about halfway used. Then stop rotation of the spare. In the future, when you buy new tires, buy only four. Rotate only four until you're halfway down. Then put your spare on, replacing it with one of the newer tires. Keep doing this, only rotating the spare in when about halfway down on tread. This way you keep a reasonably fresh spare.

Another option, is to throw a sixth wheel and tire into the mix. Useful if, like me, you sometimes take trips where a second spare tire is useful ...

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[Mark Doiron]

totally agree. i will say though you do have to keep up with paiting or plasti dipping steelies since they do get ugly fast especially if you live anywhere that salts the roads.

Do aluminum wheels have the same issue? If not, I want a set of aluminum wheels to look just like the steel spares..

I'm not sure that those aluminum wheels exist. I have a friend who years ago picked up a set of eight steel spare tire wheels that are similar to the Gladiator spare. He had them powdercoated white to match his wife's rig and trailer. They've never had a problem with rust or degradation of the finish.

Arkansas Ozarks ...

 

[Gobinator]

Thank you much! I think I’ll look for a few spares online when I’m ready to put 35s on. 23lbs plus a lightweight tire (duratrac or ko2) should be a good combo that won’t impact performance (mpgs) too much or strain on other components. Oh and I think I’ll get them paint matched to my gobi color! I like that look.

 

[Texops]

Love the look of those wheels... old school. Weight isn’t bad either. What kind of back space do they have?

https://fifteen52.com/products/analog-hd-asphalt-black

 

[Texops]

Ditto. So after having beautiful aluminum wheels on our vehicles for nigh on 50 years, we're gonna go back to the steel wheels of the 1960's ?

Reminds me of the Shel Silverstein song "After you've been havin' steak for a long time,
Beans, beans taste fine"

I just think most wheels are too busy looking it’s just a preference i chose it’s not for everyone like i can’t understand 20” rims on a Jeep unless you have 42” or bigger tires.

 

[DreamedofaJeepSomeday]

I just think most wheels are too busy looking it’s just a preference i chose it’s not for everyone like i can’t understand 20” rims on a Jeep unless you have 42” or bigger tires.

I agree, some are too busy looking.

When I learned to drive, most full-size car rims (they were called rims in those days) were 14". 20" rims were on two-ton trucks.

 

[Lateralus]

I like the look of those as well but what is the width of the spare steel wheel? Iam guessing its 7 or 8 inches max. That's getting kind of narrow for a 12.5" wide tire.

I had D window 17x9's from summit racing that were dirt cheap but they rusted after a couple of years. One of them had horrible balance issues as well. A company finally made an aluminum humvee style, steel look alike rim and they've gone up in price in a year by $40 and dealers cant keep them in stock. They are black rhino armory wheels. Awesome looking rim but they can keep it at $220/wheel. The same wheel on alibaba is $100.

 

[steffen707]

I'm not sure that those aluminum wheels exist. I have a friend who years ago picked up a set of eight steel spare tire wheels that are similar to the Gladiator spare. He had them powdercoated white to match his wife's rig and trailer. They've never had a problem with rust or degradation of the finish.

Arkansas Ozarks ...

looking good!

 

[DunnMan]

Do aluminum wheels have the same issue? If not, I want a set of aluminum wheels to look just like the steel spares..

Fifteen-Fifty Analogs are exactly that.... aluminum wheels that look like old school steelies. Expensive though.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

You can always buy a rim to match and then have the spare mounted on it. I was fortunate that I got a buddies JL Rubicon tires and rims. so I got 5 matching rims. Thats the only drawback of a Overland. 18" rims. Less tires available and more expensive for 18's. I paid almost $2k for Cooper STT 33's for my JK Sahara on 18's. Just picked up Cooper STT Pro's 35" for the JT for $1200 to go on 17's.

I tried that - the dealer just called (doing the tire rotation thing and I asked if they'd put my spare TIRE on the extra OVERLAND rim I bought).
No can do. The OVERLAND spare TIRE is the same outer circumference as the tires on the OVERLAND, but the tire rim size is 17", not 18 like the OVERLAND WHEELS.
Since you can't put a 17" OVerland spare tire on an 18" Overland wheel, I'm screwed. Bought the rim for nothing! I assumed the tire would be identical to the other 4 tires on the truck. They are not.
The tire is special, not a matching tire and the rim size of the spare is 17" while the aluminum rims on the truck are 18".
I guess I skip the swap and have an extra wheel for nothing, or buy a new tire for the spare!
Now why did I not see that anywhere on this forum when I bought the wheel?
I told the dealer- people are buying wheels left and right so they can have a 5th tire in the rotation. Overland wheels are being sold individually to be used as the matching wheel for a spare - but I have not seen one person come back and say "sorry, it won't work!"

The guy even said they looked up in the parts listing and it's correct - the Overland 4 wheels on the truck are 18", the spare is 17" with a 33" tire.
Wasted money.

 

[Texops]

I tried that - the dealer just called (doing the tire rotation thing and I asked if they'd put my spare TIRE on the extra OVERLAND rim I bought).
No can do. The OVERLAND spare TIRE is the same outer circumference as the tires on the OVERLAND, but the tire rim size is 17", not 18 like the OVERLAND WHEELS.
Since you can't put a 17" OVerland spare tire on an 18" Overland wheel, I'm screwed. Bought the rim for nothing! I assumed the tire would be identical to the other 4 tires on the truck. They are not.
The tire is special, not a matching tire and the rim size of the spare is 17" while the aluminum rims on the truck are 18".
I guess I skip the swap and have an extra wheel for nothing, or buy a new tire for the spare!
Now why did I not see that anywhere on this forum when I bought the wheel?
I told the dealer- people are buying wheels left and right so they can have a 5th tire in the rotation. Overland wheels are being sold individually to be used as the matching wheel for a spare - but I have not seen one person come back and say "sorry, it won't work!"

The guy even said they looked up in the parts listing and it's correct - the Overland 4 wheels on the truck are 18", the spare is 17" with a 33" tire.
Wasted money.

i was surprised about that also , sorry for your situation . as soon as i bought mine i swapped my JK wheels on which was 5 wheels/tires. but now i got rid of them and bought new ones and waiting on a spare wheel that is backordered.

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