With an exhaust system install bearing down on us  in a week and the possibility of driving the 8 miles or so back home instead of rollback, the need for tires was a definite need. The tires that have been on this build for the past 16 yrs were worn out studded snow tires from my J10 plow truck. One has a slow leak for all those years and another just recently developed one. The wheels are just as old with lots of rust. New tires would not be going back on these wheels. Instead we retrieved 5 from our stashed inventory. A story on these wheels is that it took several years scrounging junk yards wheel by wheel to find 5. They had to be factory chrome 15 x 8 6 lug which only came on full size Jeeps, usually the

 Laredo version. With not many made you can see why it took so long. Fortunately these wheels were clear coated from the factory which was fairly durable if maintained. When acquired these wheels looked rough, but knowing that they were clear coated, and the coating removed there would be nice chrome underneath. Years ago Jeffrey had painstakingly removed the clearcoat from the fronts using a method of heat gun, paint remover and steel wool and alot of elbow grease with rather satisfactory results. Seeing the quality that this build turned into, the backs of those wheels, which are viewable through the slots was not going to cut it. They had to be stripped. Doing some searching we

 found Blue Mountain Metal Polishing in Bethel Pa. Gave them a call, emailed some pics, dropped off the wheels and got a quote. Gave a timeline of 2 weeks. So tires were ordered from Kens Tires  Mickey Thompson Deagan 38 All Terrain in 31 x 10.5 x 15 was the choice. We have been doing business with Kens for a lot of years. Best prices and great service. Tires arrived, Blue Mountain calls and wheels are done. Picked them up and could not believe what I saw. They did a fantastic incredible job. I had initially told them to strip 5 wheels and polish 4 because we weren't sure if we were using a spare, but they ended up polishing 5 and still stayed within budget. Wise choice. Wheels were then delivered promptly to Kens and they mounted and balanced while I waited. The choice was made to mount the raised white lettering to the back. Once home, we scrubbed off the blue coating and put a coat of wax on the backs for now and then mounted to the CJ. Everything mounted up ok but I must point out the tie rod ends just, and I mean just clear any weights on the inside of the wheels. So far what little driving

 we did, these tires are not noisy. Although hard to tell with open headers. Steering is light and tracks good. Didn't check the air pressure yet which could be responsible for the light steering. Tread is just about even with the flares which is good. It did raise the height slightly so side steps are going to be mandatory.