Quick Question on back spacing
Want to pull the trigger on wheels and tires for an 11 JK. I am looking to run 16x8 wheel with +10mm offset and/or 4.92 back spacing. The tire will be LT285/75R16 with dimensions of 32.8x11.2. I will be adding the TF leveling lift prior to installing the tires. Will this work? Do I need to be concerned with any rubbing issues? I have read so many threads but they all have different responses. Please help!
lift won't make a difference, back spacing will. 4.5" is a good size and what i normally recommend. 4.92" is close and i would think you should be okay.
I ran that tire on a stock steel rim, I think the stock is 6.5 backspacing and I used 1.5 spidertrax spacer giving it a total of 5 inch and it worked great no rubbing at all. just to be sure do a serch on the stock 16" steel and make sure I'm right about the 6.5 and you can work with that
I run a +10 offset wheel and 35x12.5s. I have just a little rub at full flex with wheels turned to the stops. Not enough to feel, but the paint is rubbed off of the 90deg bend in the swaybar. When I ran my 285-70-17s, I had no rub at all.
Last edited by Cpt. Flapjack; Aug 4, 2011 at 03:29 PM.


