One of the most exciting parts about owning a Jeep is modifying it to your exact specifications, starting with bigger, better wheels to take on all sorts of terrain and weather conditions. Before you go shopping for a new set of wheels, you’ll have to know your Jeep Wrangler’s bolt pattern.

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2006 Jeep Wrangler Bolt Pattern

The 2006 Jeep Wrangler’s bolt pattern is 5x4.5, or 5 on 4.5, which is different from Jeep Wranglers manufactured in 2007 and later. If you’re not sure about what these numbers represent, don’t worry! Bolt patterns are easy to understand once you know how to read them. Every bolt or

lug pattern

can be expressed as follows:

# of bolts x diameter of the circle they form

A 5x4.5 bolt pattern, sometimes called a lug pattern, means that your Jeep has five bolts on each wheel and they form a circle that’s 4.5 inches in diameter.

Knowing your bolt pattern is a crucial detail when shopping for new wheels, but there are other important wheel measurements, such as your Jeep’s stud size, wheel offset, and center bore measurement before you browse for a new set. Here’s what you need to know:

Factory wheel size: 15”

Stud size: 1/2x20 (1/2 inch stud with 20 threads per inch)

Offset: 25 mm

Center bore: 71.5 mm

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How to measure your Jeep Wrangler’s bolt pattern

Now you have all of the measurements you’ll need to purchase a new set of wheels for your 2006 Jeep Wrangler. Even so, you may be wondering if you can measure bolt patterns at home for future reference, or you may want to double-check your bolt pattern yourself.

Thankfully, measuring your bolt pattern at home is easy. You just need a few minutes of spare time and a measuring tape or a simple ruler. Here’s how to do it:

Choose any bolt and place your measuring tape on the outer edge of the bolt.

Measure to the center of the bolt opposite to it.

If you’re dealing with a car with five bolts, like a 2006 Jeep Wrangler, there won’t be a bolt directly opposite to the one you’ve chosen. Instead, choose either of the bolts closest to opposite the bolt you’re measuring from and measure to the center of that bolt.

And that’s all there is to it! The number of bolts is the first number in your bolt pattern while the measurement from one bolt to the other, or the diameter, is the second number of your bolt pattern.

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