Am I gonna be ok doing this?
07-23-2010, 01:13 PM
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Am I gonna be ok doing this?
So, just bought new wheels, tires, and a lift! Got a problem, though. I'm picking up my wheels and tires here locally and getting my lift installed at my dad's, two hours away. Pretty sure I can't fit all my tires in the cab of the Jeep.
I'm getting 35" MTR's and a Teraflex 2.5" lift
. The lift instructions mention not running stock wheels without spacers. I don't have spacers on my current wheels. I am not sure if I can fit the new wheels/tires under there without any more lift. (I only have a 1" body lift right now). I removed my front plastic air dam long ago.
While going between my home and dad's, I'll only be on the highway, no big flexing will be going on. Will I be ok riding the teraflex lift, factory wheels, no spacers, back to my house? If not that, will I be able to stuff the new tires under there, with only 1" body lift, to my dad's?
After spending all this money, I don't want to mess anything up.
Thanks!
Clayton
I'm getting 35" MTR's and a Teraflex 2.5" lift
. The lift instructions mention not running stock wheels without spacers. I don't have spacers on my current wheels. I am not sure if I can fit the new wheels/tires under there without any more lift. (I only have a 1" body lift right now). I removed my front plastic air dam long ago.While going between my home and dad's, I'll only be on the highway, no big flexing will be going on. Will I be ok riding the teraflex lift, factory wheels, no spacers, back to my house? If not that, will I be able to stuff the new tires under there, with only 1" body lift, to my dad's?
After spending all this money, I don't want to mess anything up.
Thanks!
Clayton
07-23-2010, 01:29 PM
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Go to your dad's, install the lift, and run back to your house with your current rims and tires. You'll be fine. Just keep in mind your center of gravity will be higher, so no funny business 
07-23-2010, 01:44 PM
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You will also be fine putting your 35's with new wheels on your JK with the body lift, and running to your dad's if you decide to go that route (unless your dad lives on the other side of a mountain that you can only off-road to over the top)...just no sharp turns...
Why don't you put the new wheels and tires on when you get them home and try them out...?
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Did you lift include a rear track bar relocation bracket? If not, then the warning from TeraFlex is correct, you will NOT be able to run even your stock rims & tires with that lift unless you have wheel spacers.
This very same thing happened to me. My father helped me install my 2.5" TF lift and we got done, and started putting the tires back on and noticed that the rear driver's side tire was too close to the rear swaybar and was un-drivable until either a relocation bracket (to re-center the rear) or wheel spacers were installed.
The easy, and probably wisest solution, is to invest in either an adjustable rear track bar or a track bar relocation bracket. In either case this should offset the axle shift and allow you to run your factory rims & tires until your upgrade.
This very same thing happened to me. My father helped me install my 2.5" TF lift and we got done, and started putting the tires back on and noticed that the rear driver's side tire was too close to the rear swaybar and was un-drivable until either a relocation bracket (to re-center the rear) or wheel spacers were installed.
The easy, and probably wisest solution, is to invest in either an adjustable rear track bar or a track bar relocation bracket. In either case this should offset the axle shift and allow you to run your factory rims & tires until your upgrade.
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Did you lift include a rear track bar relocation bracket? If not, then the warning from TeraFlex is correct, you will NOT be able to run even your stock rims & tires with that lift unless you have wheel spacers.
This very same thing happened to me. My father helped me install my 2.5" TF lift and we got done, and started putting the tires back on and noticed that the rear driver's side tire was too close to the rear swaybar and was un-drivable until either a relocation bracket (to re-center the rear) or wheel spacers were installed.
The easy, and probably wisest solution, is to invest in either an adjustable rear track bar or a track bar relocation bracket. In either case this should offset the axle shift and allow you to run your factory rims & tires until your upgrade.
This very same thing happened to me. My father helped me install my 2.5" TF lift and we got done, and started putting the tires back on and noticed that the rear driver's side tire was too close to the rear swaybar and was un-drivable until either a relocation bracket (to re-center the rear) or wheel spacers were installed.
The easy, and probably wisest solution, is to invest in either an adjustable rear track bar or a track bar relocation bracket. In either case this should offset the axle shift and allow you to run your factory rims & tires until your upgrade.
So, I actually do have the relocation bracket, I ordered the full kit with shocks, springs, and all. If I put the new bracket on the track bar, and get the axle where it should be, will I still be rubbing rear swaybar links on the stock tires?