Wheel Spacers? Yay or Nah?
JK Enthusiast
Joined: May 2008
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From: Colorado
Your tires will stick out to, or past, the edge of the fender flares with spacers; this causes your tires to throw up mud, rain, or whatever you're driving through, beyond the edge of the flares and onto your door, side steps, door handle, etc.
Inconvenient? Yes, but I'm more than willing to live with it - it makes the Jeep look SOOOO much better IMO.
Inconvenient? Yes, but I'm more than willing to live with it - it makes the Jeep look SOOOO much better IMO.
), but my point was what's the difference between this and 4.5" of backspacing? Nothing, right? So why don't we hear the same level of complaints about mud with aftermarket wheels? Maybe we do and I just don't see it because I can't afford aftermarket wheels, so I don't go to those threads. 
JK Super Freak
Joined: Jul 2008
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From: Denver
Could be that people putting on aftermarket wheels with more backspacing - expect more throwback on their Jeep?? I expect to hit the car wash after wheeling so a little more on the sides or wherever won't matter to me.
JK Junkie
Joined: Jan 2007
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From: AT LARGE somewhere in CT
Yeah, I get that (and totally agree with you about the look ), but my point was what's the difference between this and 4.5" of backspacing? Nothing, right? So why don't we hear the same level of complaints about mud with aftermarket wheels? Maybe we do and I just don't see it because I can't afford aftermarket wheels, so I don't go to those threads.
), but my point was what's the difference between this and 4.5" of backspacing? Nothing, right? So why don't we hear the same level of complaints about mud with aftermarket wheels? Maybe we do and I just don't see it because I can't afford aftermarket wheels, so I don't go to those threads. 
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Oct 2006
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From: riverside, CA
Wheel spacers are made for function, not just looks. People use them for wider tires instead of buying new rims, etc. I have spacers on my rear wheels, you just have to be careful that they're installed correctly.
JK Freak
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Great Lakes
If you are going to need new tires anytime soon; you should just pick up some cheap wheels with proper backspacing... You would be surprised at how cheap you can get some decent wheels; and not all that much more money than spacers...
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Feb 2009
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From: Elkton, MD
Only thing you could have done better is ordering from Northridge 4x4
