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Old May 29, 2009 | 06:12 AM
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can I run my stock wheels and tires w/o wheels spacers on the tera flex 2.5" coil lift or will i need spacers
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Old May 29, 2009 | 06:14 AM
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Yes you can run your Stock wheels and tires. You will only need spacers once you put wider tires on. All the stock tires (KMs GTAs) fit fine just like they did before the lift.
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Old May 29, 2009 | 06:18 AM
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I think in the rear you need to put the swaybar links on the inside though. otherwise they will hit the wheel.
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Old May 29, 2009 | 07:11 AM
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I have been trying to find the answer to this quesiton for so long and here is what I got. YOU WILL NEED SPACERS if you do not flip the arm as suggested above. However, some people get away with the stock rubicon wheel and tire without spacers (are they flukes or different backspacing I dont know)
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Old May 29, 2009 | 07:15 AM
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There is no hard answer, we are talking a difference of 1/8th inch in some cases and that is sadley within factory construction tolerences. So it is hit and miss, you could buy a set of quality spacers for about 200 or an adj. trackbar for about the same and both would allow you to "fix" the issue if you did have rubbing, its up to you how you want to address it though.
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Old May 29, 2009 | 07:15 AM
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Very intersting. all i need is to go about 5 miles on the stock whell and tire to discount when i get home after my lift! that's if i dont get 35's. if i get the 33's then i'll just get the tire and whell first.
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Old May 29, 2009 | 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by GL08JK
With my Teraflex 2.5" coil lift I ran the stock tires and rims with NO spacers and did not have any problems. I use the stock rims and tires in the winter months and have a set of 35's on rims that have 4.5 backspacing during the summer months also without any spacers. From my understanding if you go with wider tires mounted on the stock rims is where you would need spacers.
this is 100% correct... I am running 2.5'' Coil with shocks and I have no spacers just stock rubi wheels... there is no even chance of rubbing unless were talking about disco'd and full stuff and even then there is likely no chance in hell....

You need spacers if you go with larger tires (width) nothing to do lift wise is going to make your wheels magically get closer to the center of the car... unless your doing something WRONG.

Wider tires on stock wheels push wider on then the rim on the front and back of the wheel.... this is what sticks out and ends up rubbing (full lock, or all the time if its bad enough) this is also why most aftermarket tires on aftermarket wheels (provided they are the correct backspacing) will also not rub because they match the width to the rim backspacing... If you put fat boys on your stock wheels, well then your going to need to do something in order to push the backspacing to compensate...

Stock wheels with stock tires, should NEVER rub. or something is wrong.
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Old May 29, 2009 | 08:04 AM
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as a side note.... if you follow the directions... above is true...

if you want to do the lift your own way, you might be hitting somewhere... aka why I said, if something is hitting something is wrong.
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Old May 29, 2009 | 08:06 AM
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Rubicon's tend to be fine with stock rims/tires. Tend to be. Most JK's is very obvious at first. When there's little/no clearance when the JK is sitting on a flat surface, then when it's flexed .
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Old May 29, 2009 | 08:08 AM
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i run the rubicon rims and tires with the sway bars on the inside works perfectly,i just had to push my brake lines up against the chassis because at full flex the bolt would have pulled on them
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