Wheel Spacers
JK Freak
Joined: Aug 2009
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From: Mason, Ohio
About 7000 miles on Spidertrax spacers. No problems at all. Next rotation I'm just going to put the yellow paint on the threads and stop putting a wrench on them. I'm not saying re-torquing will break the thread locking compound, but if they aren't moving, why bother them?
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JK Enthusiast
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 202
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From: Midwest City, OK
Edit: I looked up your wheel backspacing and you have 5.5" backspaced wheels.
So, I'd run Spidertrax wheel spacers to put you at 4" net wheel backspacing.
Here is my pre-edit post:
With 35s, if you have 5" or less backspaced wheels, just adjust your steering stops to avoid rubbing on a full lock turn.
The Spidertrax spacers work great, and if correctly maintained, they are completely safe.
However, if you have 4.5" backspaced wheels and run 1.5" wheel spacers, that will put you at 3" net wheel backspacing. This is totally unnecessary with 35s. I run this combination with 40s on my 2 door--4.5" backspaced wheels with 1.5" Spidertrax wheel spacers.
Here is the write-up on adjusting your steering stops:
http://project-jk.com/jeep-jk-write-...top-adjustment
As long as you have 5" or less backspaced wheels, sell the wheel spacers to someone with stock wheels and use the proceeds for something else.
So, I'd run Spidertrax wheel spacers to put you at 4" net wheel backspacing.
Here is my pre-edit post:
With 35s, if you have 5" or less backspaced wheels, just adjust your steering stops to avoid rubbing on a full lock turn.
The Spidertrax spacers work great, and if correctly maintained, they are completely safe.
However, if you have 4.5" backspaced wheels and run 1.5" wheel spacers, that will put you at 3" net wheel backspacing. This is totally unnecessary with 35s. I run this combination with 40s on my 2 door--4.5" backspaced wheels with 1.5" Spidertrax wheel spacers.
Here is the write-up on adjusting your steering stops:
http://project-jk.com/jeep-jk-write-...top-adjustment
As long as you have 5" or less backspaced wheels, sell the wheel spacers to someone with stock wheels and use the proceeds for something else.
JK Freak
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 976
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From: Maryland
A friend that owns a tire shop had a customer come in with a broken wheel spacer. They were purchased off of ebay. They were no name wheel spacers. Only get spider trex, teraflex, RC, Etc. This is the second story I have heard about the Ebay no name spacers.