I think he was just giving an opinion, and nothing more. Opinions usually cannot be incorrect. They involve a person's decision about a certain subject. I too, have the same opinion. I will not have wheel spacers on my Jeep. That's MY choice, as it is anyone else's, and it's NOT incorrect.

 

I put spidertrax spacers on my freind TJ, i torqued and put i little loctite on the lugs and re checked them when i rotated the tire and they were fine.

I would say he has put about 6k on them with no problems and its a DD.

 

I have the Spidertrax ones. First of all it is a very high quality product. I had some reservations about spacers until I found out that some of the higher end Porsches come right from the factory with them. Buy extra Loctite, coat the hell out of them, torque them properly and enjoy

 

Several friends of mine didn't put their rims on properly, because they forgot about that star pattern concept...and just tightened each lug, one at a time, in a circle, or forgot about proper torque, etc..

One of them, a rim came off on the hwy, at 70 mph....and he was almost killed.

A few others had similar experiences.

So I'm never going to use rims on MY jeep...they're obviously too dangerous if you have to actually install them properly.



I'm waiting for something else that I won't have to worry about to come out...until then, I'm not even going to drive it....its just too scary!

And that's my opinion, and you can't say I'm wrong.

 

Choices CAN be incorrect though....

 

In all seriousness...some things just irk some people, and, sometimes, they will make sacrifices others consider to be silly...but, the important thing, is that its worth it, to them.

It doesn't hurt anyone else.

 

[QUOTE=jeepik;358769]you are absolutely INCORRECT

DO SOME RESEARCH


I'll skip the research....did that once for my PhD...I stick by my observation....if it doesn't fit, then get something that does.

 

I think the first page of this thread shows why people DO occasionally have problems with spacers. One person hasn’t checked the torque on his for 20,000 miles, and another installs his with an impact. In a related story … someone lost a wheel from using a battery powered impact. Anyone read the directions or ask the company?

“Impact guns are dangerous when installing wheels or wheel spacers,” explains Spidertrax’s Tom Kingston. “Definitely put the impact gun aside and use a good torque wrench. Also, having a friend hold the brakes while the wheel spacer gets the proper torque will keep the drum or rotor from spinning.”

One of the most like to end in caststophy things than can happen is to have a wheel fall off. Yet people will never learn that you need to properly torque all the parts that hold the wheels on. Please, if you get spacers use a torque wrench on them and your lug nuts. It only takes a few minutes. If you don’t get spacers, use a torque wrench anyway. And locktite will not suffice as a substitute. You can still overtighen and have other failures that don’t involve things working loose.

 

Bought them, bolted them, love them.



I dont have a larger tire on my rim but I like the stance of the Jeep with the wider backspacing.

Simply put they are safe.

 

Now I have the solution for you, knock offs. Guess you're back in business.