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Old Apr 18, 2014 | 05:44 PM
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Got the spacers on...looks alot beefier now....torqued to specs...should these be ok for normal everyday driving?

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Old Apr 18, 2014 | 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by jeremyreed
Got the spacers on...looks alot beefier now....torqued to specs...should these be ok for normal everyday driving?

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Absolutely. As long as you torgued to the manufacturers specs and used loctite, you will be good to go. I would check the torque after 100 miles or so, then make it a habit to check them every time you rotate and balance the tires just to make sure nothing has come loose.
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Old Apr 18, 2014 | 05:53 PM
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Specs said 80-90 so I did 90 on both sets of lugs on both wheeels

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Old Apr 18, 2014 | 05:55 PM
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Ended up with blue spydertrax.he was sold out of synergy and spyders were more but he matched the price for me

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Old Apr 19, 2014 | 12:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Ryan0260
Absolutely. As long as you torgued to the manufacturers specs and used loctite, you will be good to go. I would check the torque after 100 miles or so, then make it a habit to check them every time you rotate and balance the tires just to make sure nothing has come loose.
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Specs said 80-90 so I did 90 on both sets of lugs on both wheeels

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Since you set to 90, set your torque wrench to 80 when checking the spacer lug nuts and turn until it clicks/beeps/whatevers. You don't actually want to turn the nuts because that would break the Loctite seal (if you could; that red Loctite is nearly impossible to break).
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Old Apr 19, 2014 | 04:57 AM
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Yuppers. I checked my spidertrax at about 500 miles after install. 1 nut was loose. Ive rotated tires twice since then and checked both times with NO loose nuts. Thats about 10K miles on the spacers without issue. Been off-road several times during that time also.
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Old Apr 19, 2014 | 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by jeremyreed
Got my Cooper Discover AT3 265/75 16's yesterday....Makes the jeep look much better than the small tires.Putting 1.5 spacers on today. .


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Nice!

My only suggestion would be to swap out the spare too. Not just for good looks, but for function too.
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Old Apr 19, 2014 | 09:24 AM
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Thats my next buy..spare

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Old Apr 25, 2014 | 07:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Mark Doiron
Since you set to 90, set your torque wrench to 80 when checking the spacer lug nuts and turn until it clicks/beeps/whatevers. You don't actually want to turn the nuts because that would break the Loctite seal (if you could; that red Loctite is nearly impossible to break).
Did this just now after about 400 miles..set wrench to 80lb and good old click right away on spacer lugs...none backed off at all...put wheel back on and torqued all wheels to 90lbs

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Old Apr 25, 2014 | 05:54 PM
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Lets see a pic after you installed the spacers. I added 265 70 17s on factory Moabs and get a bit of rubbing on the swaybar. Thinking about spacers next..
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