i was wondering i live in upstate n.y. snow belt . wanted to run wheel spacers on my o.e. wheels due to 3" lift to compensate hieght.

 

Are you worried about sliding and rolling the Jeep?
I don't think that small of a change in width would make much difference, but it certainly wouldn't hurt.

 

thanx just wondering?also gear change i use o.e. for winter was thinking of 5:13 because might run 35's for summer?

 

If auto, 5.13s. If 6-speed, 4.88s.

 

off-set wheel is much better

 

X2, the wheel spacers put alot more stress on parts like wheel bearings and ball joints etc.

 

Widening a vehicle's track is not a simple matter. Is this a rule of thumb?

If so, I'd be interested to know the foundation.

For stability you want a wider track and lower height, but for agility you want a narrower track.

 

I think he's just talking about proportions.... because obviously if you want stability you wouldn't lift it in the first place, because you're just adding to a higher center-of-gravity. That's why he said, and I dont know if it's as simple as up3 out3, it's a good idea to go out three if you're going up three. I think the backspacing on a new set of wheels would make up for it all, afaik.

But lets face it, no matter how high you lift it and "go out" on the track, you're still kinda pounding your own nuts because you'll never be as "stable" as a car that is close to the ground. i think in all reality that if you lifted 3", then it would take more like 6" wider to bring the stability anything close to stock stability. 3" more height add's a good bit more to your center of gravity, so you'd have to go 3" on each side (thus 6" total), because 1.5" on either side wouldn't make much difference. Some, but not much in the matter of stability.