I have done a ton of reading and have a question on rim specs...

Have a 2007 H3 leveled. I am looking at adding 17x9 fuel wheels with 5.71 backspacing. Tires will be BFG all terrains, 285/70R17's. I have read where the stock backspacing is 5.75in, but allot of folks say only go 5.5 max. Will the 5.71's work?

Dave

 

I have a 2007 H3 that is leveled. I am loocking to add 17x9 fuel wheels with 5.71 backspacing, tires will be BFG 285/70R17. I have read many posts here saying B/S should be 5.5 max. The stock wheel B/S is 5.75... Will the 5.71's work?

Dave

 

Welcome to HF. Please avoid duplicate posts.

H3s use Hub Centric Wheels! Stock OEM 16" diameter wheel is 7.5" wide, 6x5.5"(6x139.7mm) lug pattern, 101 mm center bore, offset is 30mm, and back spacing is 5.5".
When choosing new wheels you need:
1) 6x5.5" lug pattern
2) 101 mm minimum center bore. (H3's are HUB centric, meaning that the wheels locate on the hub center, which is 100 mm, so you can't go too large on the center bore either)
3) 5.5" MAX backspace, less backspace will make tires stick out more as will wider wheels.

Ignore offset, as it changes with wheel width. It's not an important number.

Good luck.