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Old May 31, 2014 | 12:10 PM
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I just bought some used 15 in pro comp steel wheels, with 35 kuhomo mt's , when I put the front ones on they rubbed on the brakes, I put spacers on the front that I had hanging around and that stopped the rubbing, should I put spacers on the rear also? the tires are only for the summer and off roading,t his is on an 011 jku with tera flex levelers and quick discos. (not fond of the mt's probably be for sale soon)
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Old May 31, 2014 | 11:43 PM
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This is an interesting question, obviously you are asking this from a technical/mechanical view point. I can't help you there but I have to imagine it looks out of place cosmetically.
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Old Jun 1, 2014 | 03:56 AM
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you want your tires to track in the same line

as far as the rubbing goes you could grind a little material off the caliper (I assume this is what you mean by brakes). Some of the 15" steel wheels have a weld line that causes interference with the calipers.
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Old Jun 1, 2014 | 04:14 AM
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Originally Posted by OH9JK
you want your tires to track in the same line

as far as the rubbing goes you could grind a little material off the caliper (I assume this is what you mean by brakes). Some of the 15" steel wheels have a weld line that causes interference with the calipers.
that's right, thanks
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Old Jun 1, 2014 | 06:02 AM
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Originally Posted by OH9JK
you want your tires to track in the same line

as far as the rubbing goes you could grind a little material off the caliper (I assume this is what you mean by brakes). Some of the 15" steel wheels have a weld line that causes interference with the calipers.
Might be an idiot question, but why do you want the tires to track the same line? I understand for looks and such. I was just curious, will it cause instability, or cause some form of problem when takeing on a challenge on the trail?
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Jason
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