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Old Jul 23, 2011 | 09:46 AM
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how muck back spacing do i need to run 37 inch tires? looking at some wheel with 4.75 . wanting run 12.50 37 17. on 2009 unlimited rubicon thanks
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Old Jul 23, 2011 | 09:51 AM
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and the wheels are 8.75 thanks again
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Old Jul 23, 2011 | 09:52 AM
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You should be fine, most run 4.25-4.50" of BS. I've got 35's and run 1.5" Spidertrax spacers, so I'm at 3" of BS...
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Old Jul 23, 2011 | 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Conagher1851
i think we would need to knwo the width of the tire as well.

for instance, u can run a 33x10.50 with no backspacing

but i run 33x12.50 and needed 4.5" or so.
Think the he wants to run 37x12.50 on 17x8.5 rims...
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