Rims to clear Disc brakes.

I am going to preface this post with a statement. Yes, I did search previous post for wheels and rims and came back with thousands of hits. I converted my 71 commando to disk brakes and the original rims will not clear the calipers. I purchased from Discount tire some rims that will fit. The offset is wrong and to be honest they are ugly. I would like to go with a steel wheel that the original hub caps will fit. I have gone through the mountain of wheels at the local pull-a-part. What I am finding is the center whole is huge, to find a rim that has the large center hole to clear the front hub has a six or eight bolt pattern. So bottom line is does any one know a “stock” looking wheel with the standard off set, so the rear wheels don’t rub? Thanks.

 

Pretty much any aftermarket with sufficient backspace will work:
http://www.earlycj5.com/tech/brakes/diskSwap/disc_conversion.php

I used Eagle alloys on mine with a 3.75" backspace and they work fine. I highly recommend "Rimzone" on Ebay:
http://stores.ebay.com/RIMZONEONLINE

I've heard rumor that the stock M38/CJ 16" steel wheels will work if you want an OEM look.

 

What about rims from a '77-86 CJ? These had disk brakes. The center hole and bolt circle are right, and I think the same wheel was used on the '72-73 Commando. so it should fit under your fenders.

Somebody in CO should be able to help you out with sources or some factory intermediate-late CJ wheels.

 

I would like the OEM look and a basic steel wheel nothing fancy. Thanks for all the info from everyone.The trip to the junkyard opened my eyes. there were many wheels with the right bolt pattern, bu the center hole is ~ 4.25 inches in diameter. Many of the ford rims seemed big enough but measuring the where small.
Thanks .

 

I know 70s model 15-inch CJ Renegade "mag" wheels will work and were sometimes added on by dealers. Brian G.

 

....scout also and some earlier dodge and ford, needs 4 1/4" center hole, I've used 5 on 5 1/2" ford wheels and turned the center to the right dimension on a lathe...

 

If you find the 72 up steel wheels, and you want to run dog dish style caps, you will need the 72 up AMC caps, with the red and blue logo. Believe it or not, they are slightly smaller than the early red and gold, Kaiser era caps. The early caps will not fit the later wheels. I know it's a small detail, but could be very frustrating to learn, after you've polished and painted the wrong ones.

 

Here's for the tech pages:

I got Animal fever today; I wanted steel wheels on my '70 in a bad way. Ever since I first joined this site and laid eyes on that fine '63 (Grrrrr!!), I've wanted those wheels on my JEEP. I've purposefully kept the flares OFF the JEEP just waiting for this day. I know people have said they don't fit, but I thought maybe with a little grinding here and there I could get them to work. Well, they just plain don't fit. On the Chevy calipers, it is the pin that gets in the way. Can't really grind the head of the pin off or else you'd not be able to do maintenance. Fine, I thought, I'll just swap axles. Move over to the stock '77-'78 CJ D30 laying in the drive. The whole caliper hits. Just eyeballing it, I think it would be danger close to grind enough off the caliper to clear. I could be wrong, but I'm not going to chance a brand new set of calipers to find out. Both the chevy and the AMC hit in the same spots where the wheel rivets to the rim on the back side. Here's the pictorial:

 

I too share the love and need for a stock rim. Well I tried Stockton wheel they wanted over $250R). I said yeah right and went on with my project. Well three weeks ago I found a guy that does custom wheels. He will take a stocker and convert it to disc compatible in either 8 or 10 wide what ever you need. The only thing I will need to do is take a D30 with me and have hiim do the measurments. He also thinks he might be able to do them in 16. Im not sure about price yet but it will be under $200 powdercoated. Oh and there is a stock wheel out there that will work they are as hard to find as hens teeth.

 

Im asuming from CJs with disc fronts. They were on a buddies jeepster when he got it. Ive talked to J&W jeepwreckers they say they have a pile of stock rims but they have no clue if any are disc compatible.

 

The wheel you want is an X-45256 (national wheel and rim sales number) also known as KH 103599.
They are 15x8 steel, and are very scarce.