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Right now the Jeep is my daily. Eventually I want to make it into a crawler while still being able to drive it on the street. The biggest tire size I would want to go is 33". I would keep them skinny too--I think 10.50" is the skinniest you can get at 33". 17" wheels and 33" tires I think are a good combo for rock crawling.
I want alloys because they are stronger and because it will reduce rotating mass somewhat.
My Jeep has a lot of sentimental value to me so I really don't want to get a different car. It was my first car. It is a brick but I think I can have the best of both worlds. On another forum, a respected member was able to get almost 25 mpg out of his XJ. I've done my research, and I think I can do even better while still making it more off road capable. It will just be very expensive (like in the thousands). I know I can just get better mpg by buying another car, but there's no challenge to that. I want to challenge the idea that Jeeps can't be fuel efficient. I do want to buy something more efficient though--don't get me wrong. I currently live in an apartment and I can't really have a lot of vehicles.
As far as wheels go, I'll go for the ones that don't have a deep dish then. I assume that having less open space is better?
Using a magnet to attach moonhubs is a very ingenious idea. Do you think it will be safe at highway speeds?
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