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Old Apr 4, 2012 | 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Prime8

I run 35" kevlar mt/r tires on my 17" Spyderlocks, which have 3.5" backspacing. The lower the backspacing, the farther the wheel will stick out. For example, the stock jeep wheels have somewhere around 6.5" of backspacing. So after my 3.5" lift and the Spidertrax spacers, I still had rub issues on the front lca's when the wheel was fully turned because the spacers only put my backspacing down to 5-5.25". On most aftermarket wheels, 4.5" seems to be the magic number. The Spyderlocks give you a little extra clearance with the 3.5" backspacing. Try your best to find wheels that don't need spacers, as its just one more component that puts stress on your axle assembly. Hope this helps.
So as long as i get wheels with either 4.5 or 3.5" backspacing i will have a good, wider stance then? Ok thanks everyone for the replies. Good thing i asked. I would have probably done the opposite, and went with higher backspacing. Haha
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