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Misc. Don't Laugh - Need help sourcing a wheel

Misc. Don't Laugh - Need help sourcing a wheel

Black Hills CJ7

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1977 CJ7, 304, 3spd, 2.5 BDS, nonfunctional gas gauge
I promise I searched, but please kindly let me know if I missed something. I picked up my first CJ last year and just drove it around a couple months before putting it in the garage for the winter and giving it some love and attention before the weather gets nice again. Part of the attention I would like to give it is a spare tire to hang on the carrier out back. But, I haven't been able to find a wheel that matches the other wheels on the Jeep. They aren't American Racing or similar new wheels. The backspacing is about 3.25" and 15x8. I see these same wheels (you can tell by the deeper second lip) on CJs all the time but I haven't been able to fin any on marketplace or ebay. They must have been a popular swap at some point.
I'm sure everyone knows all the information I don't seem to know and will likely chuckle - if you do laugh, please at least refrain from pointing at the same time.
I would really appreciate it if someone could give me some information about the brand, etc that would help me hone my search. I would also accept anything along the lines of "I have a couple sitting around if you want to buy one."
I have attached a picture of my CJ7 , a picture of the backspacing on of my wheels, and a picture of some identical wheels I found a month or so ago on marketplace but with the wrong bolt pattern so you can see the second lip difference I am talking about.
Thanks in advance!

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That's clean. I'm by no means a wheel expert but I'm sure one of these fine folks will chime in

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That style is called a "bullet hole" rim. I've seen them in 8-hole, 10-hole, and the 12-hole you have. They sure look a lot like an American Racing "Outlaw II" (AR62). They also look like a Pacer 162M. Their 15x8 5x5.5 rim is part #162M-5885.

Offerup.com has a set that look similar for sale, but don't know the specifics of their size and hole spacing: Offerup Rims Listing

I would sure like to locate a pair of Ultra Motorsports #174-5185GN "Nomad 174" series in a 15"x10" size, along with the center caps: Ultra Motorsports #89-9856. I have 5 of these on the CJ, but need two more for the matching trailer.

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Thanks for the responses so far. The style is easy to match but the backspacing and different lip depths are the killers. I ordered an Outlaw II with -19 offset and the backspacing was 3.75" instead of the 3.25" on my existing wheels. All other new wheels I have seen are almost identical offset with almost identical lip depths.
Thanks so far - keep the tips coming! Or let me know your price if you have such a wheel you could part with.
Thanks!
 
The Pacer 162 has a -6 offset (less than the -19 of the Outlaw II). I don't know on these wheels how much the offset (in mm) affects the backspacing (in inches). I do know that your experience showed about 1/2" of backspacing difference between what you have (3.25") and the Outlaw II (3.75"). The 13mm difference between the -6 of the Pacer 162 and the Outlaw II's -19 is 13mm, which is 1/2".
 

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