I love the stance. Looks so much better. Can't wait for my leveling spacers to arrive as I am almost done making my Jeep look the way I want while staying stock for mileage and warranty purposes.

After the stubby, wheel and level spacers I will just need 1/2 doors and my Jeep will be complete.

I am willing to drive far to swap full doors for half doors no matter the color as I'll just get them painted to match. I will even throw in a few hundred dollars so the other person can get their doors painted. After the swap I will paint mine myself so it won't cost me much.

 

When you get it all installed, post up some pixs foor us to admire.

 

i don't mean to be a downer but make sure you follow the maintenance on those spacers. a buddy recently lost a 37" tire on the freeway at 70mph and totaled the car behind him...

glad it looks good! post pics

 

A big X2! I was late on my Spidertrax hubcentric spacer maintenance and I almost lost a 33" Mud Grappler on the highway at 75 mph. Four out of five of the spacer's threads snapped right off and my rear tire was only being held on by one loose lug nut for a half mile. I was only about 1000 miles late in tightening everything down.

I will never run spacers again. I have nightmares about what would have happened if that last thread had snapped and my daughter was in the rig with me. Do it right the first time and buy wheels with the proper offset and backspacing.

I trust those things about as far as I can throw them.

 

Good info thanks a bunch.

I am not a fan wheels coming off.

I will search for proper wheels.

 

What would make the studs snap? Over torqued?

Wheels with more offset will put just as much leverage in them and most people don't have hub centric aftermarket wheels.

 

I have no clue why they would have snapped like they did. I was taking a tight left hand turn at about 75 mph and I heard a huge pop coming from the rear passenger side tire. Pulled over and and 4 of 5 studs were snapped clean off.

You would want less offset if you want the tires to have a wider stance. My wheels are a 0 offset and they stick out about 3/4 of an inch past the fenders. My buddy has wheels with a -12 offset and his stick out exactly the same as mine did with the hubcentric 1.5" spacers on.

 

I understand what you're saying about the leverage and the only thing I can come up with to explain it would be that the lugs on the factory hub are better/stronger than the ones on the spacers.

 

That is quite terrifying.


Anyone else lose a wheel while having a spacer?

What a nightmare that must've been.

My set came with no instructions. What are they? I Was going to simply retorque them at one point but is there more to it than that?

I don't drive my Jeep much anymore so I am not too worried but I still want to do this right as I look for proper wheels to replace my wheels and spacers.

 

I've always heard that you are supposed to re-torque them every 2-3k miles. Also, they recommend using Loctite when re-torquing.

Though it doesn't seem like it, that's a decent amount of work for anyone who uses their JK as a daily driver. Taking off every tire and re-torquing every 2 months is more maintenance than most people are willing to properly keep up with, hence the catastrophic failures.

I blame myself for putting a product that required that much maintenance on a part of my rig that was so important to me and my family's safety. I don't doubt that these spacers can be run safely, it just takes someone with 100% devotion to staying on schedule and NEVER becoming complacent.

To me, not worth the risk. I'm extremely thankful nothing worse happened.