1.5" spacers with 4.5" backspacing TOO MUCH
06-21-2013, 07:38 AM
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06-21-2013, 08:32 AM
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you are basically gonna create a wheel with 3 inches of backspacing. You didn't mention the width of the wheels you are considering. That is gonna make a huge difference. An 8 inch wide wheel may not look too wide. But as you can see, a 10 inch wide wheel is gonna look really, really wide.
06-21-2013, 02:19 PM
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Look up all the jacked up Florida, Hawaii etc trucks with tires sticking out 6" past the fenders. Looks are a preference of course and it's just plain ugly and a fade in various States. In most places it's illegal though, so you'd have to figure that out as well. With 4.5" BS & stock fenders that combo will stick out 2" from the fenders. We ran the same combo & it looked just fine like that.
06-22-2013, 06:01 AM
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Just for reference: 18x9 KMC Misfits with 5" backspace and 1.5" Spidertrax Wheel Spacers. It looked sick but was constantly throwing rocks at the sides of the Jeep. Also illegal here in PA.
06-22-2013, 06:38 AM
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If it's illegal, then there's no problem-butThe amount tire that sticks outside the fender isn't what throws crap into the jeep body--
It's the inside (1") of the tread that throws crap up under the fender bottom and you need mudflaps to stop that-
I call mine "Flow Interrupters" and they eliminate "rooster Tails" on the jeeps side, you can't even see them, but
You need sliders, but they eliminate the crap-
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06-23-2013, 02:26 PM
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Dag, without a past---Heh Heh, the mods I've made to my "NEW" '08 JKUR have operated without failure, for over 4 years !
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1.5 wheel spacers on 4.5 backspacing steel 15\" wheels. Am thinking aboit removing them to get skinnier if i could do so without scrubbing seeing as i have no lift