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wheel Spacers and their impact on handling?

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Old 09-26-2010, 10:38 AM
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Just ordered the Spidertrax spacers for our stock steel wheeled unlimited. Be interesting to see & fell the differences.
Time for the first tire rotation anyway...
Let us know.

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Old 09-26-2010, 11:03 AM
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I have Spydertrac's & have had no problems. Make sure your torque them good though!
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Like others have said, as long as you check your torque you should have no issues what so ever. Mine has not loosened at all in the slightest. The second after I installed mine I went for a short drive and could feel a difference in handling right away.
The tires get pushed out just enough from under the flares to make the Jeep look more like a Jeep should.
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X2. Love my spydertrax. I haven't had any problems and it helps with the center of gravity.
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I've been running my 2010 with 1 1/2" Rough Country spacers.

They work and look great!
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Old 09-26-2010, 01:00 PM
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Had a set on my jeep that my buddy let me borrow when I got my wheels and they are great. He up sized his tires to 37's and needed them back so I went a got a set of my own. We actually just put them on today and then went out and took them for a test ride on a local mini-trail.

Here is a pic of both of the wide stances. Mine is the black JK the silver is BrowniesJK


You can see the spidertrax spacers on my Rockstars I hadn't put my center caps back on yet
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I was going to leave them off for the week just to have a different look.
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Originally Posted by a-dub
Had a set on my jeep that my buddy let me borrow when I got my wheels and they are great. He up sized his tires to 37's and needed them back so I went a got a set of my own. We actually just put them on today and then went out and took them for a test ride on a local mini-trail.

Here is a pic of both of the wide stances. Mine is the black JK the silver is BrowniesJK


You can see the spidertrax spacers on my Rockstars I hadn't put my center caps back on yet
hey did you need the spacers with the rockstars? or just like how it looks?
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Installed Rough Country 1.5" spacers last weekend. I couldn't tell much difference, but my DD is a supercrew f150 so it is totally different every time I drive it... My wife on the other hand drives it everyday and she claims she could tell a difference. One thing she noted was it seemed to be a rougher ride than before, mainly on roads where she recalls thinking how smoothed the Jeep was before.

I wish I could have put them on without her knowing so she wouldn't have been looking for a difference... That way I would know for sure if the ride changed. I've driven it a few times and didn't really notice it riding any difference.
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Originally Posted by projectdc

hey did you need the spacers with the rockstars? or just like how it looks?
I needed the spacers so the tires would not rub on the front when doing a hard turn. It also looks pretty good when they have that wider stance.


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