Looking to put on 1.5" spacers in my stock wheels. Have heard from some spacers are not safe. Any thoughts?

 

High quality wheelspacers, the kind that bolt up to your axle first are no more dangerous or cause any more stress to your axles then would a wheel with less backspacing. Anyone who tries to tell you otherwise doesn't know what they're talking about and I have yet to hear a single good or specific explanation as to exactly how they are worse. Just to be clear, the cheap-o spacers (the kind that you can get at PepBoys and are sandwiched between your wheel and axle using the existing wheel studs) are in fact EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. These cheap-o spacers leave little thread for your lug nuts to hold onto and can fail. DO NOT USE THESE!

 

^^ what he said! Also, even with the good ones, you need to check and re-torque regularly. Every tire rotation is a good opportunity.

 

I was planning on getting the ones from rough country. Are these ok. Trying to save a little money compared to the spridertrax

 

I've got the Rough Country ones... No problems for the past 3 months

 

I have the spidertrax and check the torque every time I rotate the tires. I have yet to find a loose nut.

Quality products = Quality results

 

Same here...

 

Thanks guys

 

I'm new to the Jeep scene, so please forgive my ignorance. What does the wheel space do for you? I assume it allows you to put bigger/wider tires on?

 

Yup! And the wider stance looks better.