Question on Rims

I would go with a 9-10" wide rim, 5 on 5.5 bolt pattern.

Your 81 could be narrow or wide track. Not sure what offset you would want.

Some will say that a 8" rim will hold a bead better, but I read some testing that showed there really is little difference, I have never popped a bead with 10" rims and 35s. 8" will give the rim a little extra protection.

One big gain you get with a 10" rim is better lateral stability on road. So 8" if you do serious wheeling, otherwise i'd say go with the 10", it's a little easier on the tire on all around driving (side forces on the bead at highway pressures). And will do just fine for casual wheeling.

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Im sorry...I did not change my jeep on thois page. I sold my Cj
I now have a 2004 Jeep wrangler

Dhange the bolt pattern. Still cant help with the back spacing, but the 8 or 10 inch rims stuff is the same,.

A rim with 3.5"-4" backspacing, 5 on 4.5" bolt pattern