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Need your opinion on next purchase cause im a newb

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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 09:25 PM
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So i will be receiving around $200 tomorrow from a sale of old crap and realized i have a couple of options to put it towards.

OPTION 1. I have a set of 4 wheels coming (dick cepek torque) and i could buy the 5th wheel for the spar on the back along with a spacer

OPTION 2. I will be running 32-33" tires on the new wheels and i could get a coil spacer kit to just give the wheels a little bit of more room under the fender

OPTION 3. I could buy protection for offroading (i.e. rocker gaurds, skid plates)

So im confused on what to do, im more leaning towards option 2 but what would be the smarter choice? These are the top 3 on my list for my jeep but what would you do first?
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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 10:01 PM
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Buy the spacer kit for sure. You can always use the extra room and it will level you out nicely expecially if you have a 4 dr. Teraflex leveling kit is what I got will run you about 150ish depending on where u look. Try the northridge rep im sure he will get yiu set up.
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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 10:06 PM
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I would go option 3. I wouldn't probably even wheel it until you get rockrails of some kind. 32-33 inch may not even require any lift to run.
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Old Oct 10, 2013 | 01:56 AM
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Matching spare, puncture that side wall on the trail and your stuck with odd size smaller spare.
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Old Oct 10, 2013 | 02:52 AM
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Originally Posted by GunDude
Matching spare, puncture that side wall on the trail and your stuck with odd size smaller spare.
Im with this guy ^! Spare tire! Becaue everything else is trail specific, but you can damage a wheel anywhere.
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Old Oct 10, 2013 | 03:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Yuriy
Im with this guy ^! Spare tire! Becaue everything else is trail specific, but you can damage a wheel anywhere.
3^ Agree with these two!! Spare much more important that the other two options.
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Old Oct 10, 2013 | 05:11 AM
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Originally Posted by mattman8686
So i will be receiving around $200 tomorrow from a sale of old crap and realized i have a couple of options to put it towards.

OPTION 1. I have a set of 4 wheels coming (dick cepek torque) and i could buy the 5th wheel for the spar on the back along with a spacer

OPTION 2. I will be running 32-33" tires on the new wheels and i could get a coil spacer kit to just give the wheels a little bit of more room under the fender

OPTION 3. I could buy protection for offroading (i.e. rocker gaurds, skid plates)

So im confused on what to do, im more leaning towards option 2 but what would be the smarter choice? These are the top 3 on my list for my jeep but what would you do first?
Option 2 cut your stock fenders and make flat fenders
That leaves you options 1 or 3,go with option 3
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Old Oct 10, 2013 | 05:18 AM
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OPTION 1 is what I say

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Old Oct 10, 2013 | 05:45 AM
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X 10 on option 1
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Old Oct 10, 2013 | 05:54 AM
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Get the matching spare. Spares that dont match look stupid in my opinion. You can also then do a 5 tire rotation and get more life out of the set. The protection is only needed for really hard off-roading. 32 -33 will be a great tire size, not a rock monster. The boost would be cool, but not needed for that size tire.
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