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bare with me, so the stock wheels won't handle 33s,

 

Depending on the wheel size(16" vs 17") you may have some rubbing on your sway bar due to the increase in tire height. It's been my understanding that people have run 33's on their stock wheels and have been fine, but I haven't personally ran into this problem because I have steelie's with a much lower backspacing. Maybe if some others are reading this post, they can chime in as well - but your best bet is if you are looking to get bigger and better tires, wheel spacers MIGHT be something you'll have to invest in.

Where your axle bolts onto the inside of your rim is what you call the backspacing. The higher the backspacing means the axle bolts onto your wheel more towards the outside, hence making the inside of your TIRE closer to your swaybar, making the possibilty of rubbing. With LESS backspacing, the axle bolts onto the wheel closer to the frame, hence pushing the TIRE out more which would eliminate tire rub.

I know, it gets confusing. You follow me?

 

i got it, ....coil spacers won't affect the warranty?

 

More times than not, the dealership shouldn't care about wheel spacers. They also probably wouldn't really be able to tell because it's not like its this DRASTIC change that you can see immediately. You'd have to lift up the jeep and take the tires off. Most dealerships from what I heard are canning peoples waranty if they come in with 4"+ of lift and 37''+ tires.

Take care of your jeep, change the oil when needed, service the differentials & transfer case at or before 30k and you shouldnt run into any problems.

 

thanks for taking the time!

 

No problem. Again, your jeep right out of the box is VERY off-road capable. I mean, I doubt you are going to be rock crawling so there really isn't anything you shouldn't be able to do stock. Tires help of course, but you should have enough clearance to just do your easy trails and enjoy what your jeep can do.

There is a saying that goes with owning a Jeep..... J(ust)E(mpty)E(very)P(ocket). It's truely an addiction. Some mods are "needed", and some mods....well, some are just "wanted".

 

definitely an addiction, thanks again brother

 

Welcome.... and enjoy.

 

I told the sales manager I was planning on putting on bigger tires and he said I should check with the warranty department before I do anything as it could potentially void my warranty. I gave the corporate warranty department a call and their response was that if I do anything to increase the unsprung weight of the vehicle it could potentially void parts of the warranty. Any tires I put on the Jeep should match the tire size and type on the sticker inside the drivers side door. While this is probably just the typical corporate answer used to cover themselves in the event of a warranty claim they don't want to pay for it is from everything I have heard up to the individual dealership as far as what they will actually give you problems with.

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...274#post211274

There is a ton of info on these forums you just need to look through it all. Here I was looking for somewhere to get a little off road time in and finally found an explanation on backspacing that made sense.