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35" Tires On A Stock Rubicon with no wheel spacer question....... Need help Please,

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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 07:49 PM
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Default 35" Tires On A Stock Rubicon with no wheel spacer question....... Need help Please,

Hi and Thank you for your help.
2013 KU Rubicon, Stock wheels, no lift and no wheel spacers.
Looking to run for about 3 days.
I know the fender clearance will be ok for 3 days of mello driving.

Butt........what will the tires rub if any thing on the inside front and rear?

Thank you for your help.
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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 07:50 PM
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yes, they will rub
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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Rebelyell22
yes, they will rub

Butt........what will the tires rub if any thing on the inside front and rear?
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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 07:56 PM
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In the back, hopefully nothing, but up front they will rub every time you turn the steering wheel on whatever is in their way.
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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 07:59 PM
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You risk rubbing the following:

1) Air dam (the little plastic thingy under the front bumper, unless you have the 10A then I don't know what that looks like).
2) The front sway bar
3) The frame behind the front wheel
4) The Rubi Rails
5) The pinch seam
6) The section above the pinch seam where 3 or 4 different layers of sheet metal join together (covered by rear fender liners if you still have those, and if you do, then add the rear fender liners as something you will rub)

If you are only doing this for 3 days, none of the above is super critical... just avoid full lock turns, driveways, speedbumps, mall crawling and off-roading... you know, all the things that make a jeep fun.

If you plan on running like this for any length of time, you will want to re-evaluate. Lift is "easy" way, fender trim and rear stretch is "hard" way.
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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by jeep_n_co
You risk rubbing the following:

1) Air dam (the little plastic thingy under the front bumper, unless you have the 10A then I don't know what that looks like).
2) The front sway bar
3) The frame behind the front wheel
4) The Rubi Rails
5) The pinch seam
6) The section above the pinch seam where 3 or 4 different layers of sheet metal join together (covered by rear fender liners if you still have those, and if you do, then add the rear fender liners as something you will rub)

If you are only doing this for 3 days, none of the above is super critical... just avoid full lock turns, driveways, speedbumps, mall crawling and off-roading... you know, all the things that make a jeep fun.

If you plan on running like this for any length of time, you will want to re-evaluate. Lift is "easy" way, fender trim and rear stretch is "hard" way.



Thank you BIG TIME!..... just a 3 day max thing.
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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 09:13 PM
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No prob

Numbers 1 & 2 will annoy you the most yet do the least amount of damage.
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