German's Lifted Rubicon
12-23-2006, 04:40 PM
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VERY nice looking Rubicon. That's how I'd like mine to look in a couple months.
Did you notice a loss in acceleration with the 35" tires?
Also, can you tell me how far your tread is sticking out beyond the edge of the fender flares? That's an inspection issue where I live.
As for your tires, chalk me up under "black side out".
Did you notice a loss in acceleration with the 35" tires?
Also, can you tell me how far your tread is sticking out beyond the edge of the fender flares? That's an inspection issue where I live.
As for your tires, chalk me up under "black side out".
As far as the tread sticking out, I would say 2" or so past the fender flair. The wheels have a 5" backspacing (17x9). The edge of the wheels are pretty close to the edge of the fender flairs. That is about the furthest you would be able to tuck those 12.5" tires without scrubbing badly.
12-23-2006, 05:12 PM
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I ordered 35's x 13 /18. Tires. The rim is 18 x 10 with a 4 1/2" Backspace The rim is 5x 5.5 bolt pattern so I’m using spidertrex adapters 1 3/8. I`ve been holding off ordering the Bushwhackers flairs but after reading your post, I should probably order them. What do you think?
12-23-2006, 06:52 PM
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So your saying the tires or the wheels are lined up with the fender flares? From the pics, it looks like the tires aren't sticking outside of the flares. Is this the actual case?
12-23-2006, 07:06 PM
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Wheels line up (pretty close anyway), but the tires definitely stick out past the fender flairs (2 to 3 inches I would say). If that is an issue in your state, I would recommend the Bushwhacker flairs. I like the look where the tires stick out slightly. I wouldn't mind if mine stuck out just a little more. Oh well, maybe next time.
12-23-2006, 07:15 PM
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I like mine to stick out a tread or so, But i'm going to wind up with a 3 1/8 backspace & 13" wide Tire. so if I do the math . You have 2" past the stock flairs with a 5" Backspace & 12.5" tires, I would wind up with almost 4 1/2" past the flairs. Do you know how much wider the B/W Flairs are?
12-23-2006, 07:45 PM
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I like mine to stick out a tread or so, But i'm going to wind up with a 3 1/8 backspace & 13" wide Tire. so if I do the math . You have 2" past the stock flairs with a 5" Backspace & 12.5" tires, I would wind up with almost 4 1/2" past the flairs. Do you know how much wider the B/W Flairs are?
http://www.bushwacker.com/fender.asp...&search=Search
If you decide to buy these, shop around. I've seen prices for these vary by as much as $90.