The military wheels are 7" backspacing, so 3" and 3.5" are the options.
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I didn't see in the thread, but what kind of lift are you running?
No 16" tires ;isted on that site.
Ok being retired Army I'm going to give my opinion on this. The HMMWV is not a great off road platform. The 16.5 inch tires will be a pain to find. If you buy these wheels get ready to shell out the big bucks for tires. This is an example of everything I hate about some LC owners. If you got the money for this then chances are your LC sits in a garage 99% of the year. I hate trailer queens.
That doesn't make any sense. Have you researched the current offerings in military surplus tires? The baja's and mtr's are good tread designs that can be had for less than $200 per tire, double beadlock wheels for less than $100 each.
Where did you find this? Please share. Wrangler mtrs, are fairly cheap. The last time I looked up new, not surplus 37", 16.5 bfg Bajas they were somewhere between 500 to 1000 a tire. Not being a smartass just asking.
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Google is your friend..quick search yielded this.
http://www.militaryoffroadtires.net/category-s/43.htm
All under 2 bills.
Also note the MT and MTR are available.
Right on guys, and thanks. Clearly you don't have trailer queens. Keep em dirty.
Baktasht
I wuz wondering how long did you test your product in hr wise. And did you check your wheel bearings? I love your product and I'm leaning towards this, but i don't want to be changing bearings 2x a year.
Just asking. Mahalos and Aloha
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I wuz wondering how long did you test your product in hr wise. And did you check your wheel bearings? I love your product and I'm leaning towards this, but i don't want to be changing bearings 2x a year.
Just asking. Mahalos and Aloha
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You guys do know what affects your wheel bearings is where the center of the contact patch is?? It has nothing to do with the spacer. If you kept stock wheels on and put 4" spacers it would space the contact patch 4" out. But if you swap a wheel with 4" more backspacing and put a 4" spacer on the contact patch is right in the center of the hub and won't affect bearings at all.
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cheap military wheels and tires are great, but $750 for wheel spacers!! holy balls!!!
$750.00 for R&D of a bad ass looking solution that many people are going to buy. Entrepreneurship is great thang!!!
Build it and they will spend.
I was hoping for less so I'm out for now. Great product though, well done
I was hoping for less so I'm out for now. Great product though, well done
Polar Bear
Is it supposed to sound like that?
Haha you guys are so funny.
You know how much Aluminum costs right now right? A 6"x12" puck of aluminum is $500, with no machining.
http://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cfm?pid=12654&step=4&showunits=inches&id=192&top_cat=60
You know how much Aluminum costs right now right? A 6"x12" puck of aluminum is $500, with no machining.
http://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cfm?pid=12654&step=4&showunits=inches&id=192&top_cat=60
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On our truck we were running OME mediums in the front and OME heavy springs in the rear. The rear has plenty of clearance, we had to go to OME heavy springs in the front as well to avoid some very minor rubbing.
For people talking/asking about military surplus wheels and tire prices, they're fairly cheap. I posted the link to the company we have bought them from in my previous post htp://www.militaryoffroadtires.net They were a great company to deal with and they have the HMMWV 24-bolt double beadlock wheels for $39.95 and also various 37" tires for very reasonable prices.
Aloha
With wheel adapters such as this setup there is no ill effect on bearings. Scottryana described it perfectly, the stress on the bearings has to do with where the tire hits the ground in relation to the truck, not the width of the adapter. We built these adapters to put the tire in the correct place for the Land Cruiser.Thanks for sharing, another great place to buy military surplus 37" tires!
DavidinAZ, Doc, mickeyt (and whoever else is wondering about price/cost), keep in mind these are CNC machined from a solid piece of billet aluminum. It is not a "cheap" way to build the adapters, the ARP hardware that comes with them is top notch stuff. The end results is a very strong adapter that will last years and years, and something you can put on your truck and drive across the country, go wheeling, and then drive back with no issues.
