Getting a little upset!!!!!!!!!
04-13-2011, 05:03 PM
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04-13-2011, 05:04 PM
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04-13-2011, 05:36 PM
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Edit: if it is a minor rub right there then I say get the 1/4" spacers, sometimes called sandwich spacers. They're $20 per axle and generally not recommended here because people aren't educated enough about them. I personally run these with no problems in the front of my corvette. That car sees more G's than a jeep will, so I think they'll work well for your scenario.
04-13-2011, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by mkjeep
Umm, yeah, these type of spacers are also the reason tire shops will refuse to install wheels with spacers added. More power to you though, I know several hot rodders that use them aswell. As for me, I'd never use them on a vehicle I own. Especially a jeep that see's off-road and a 37in tire being bounced, trounced off rocks and high speed washboard type sections. A 50lb tire rim combo on asphalt is a helluva lot different than a 100lb plus combo bouncing off rocks, dropping down ledges, sidewall stress, etc.
04-13-2011, 05:48 PM
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Ok i ran to autozone and got some spacers. Dumb question here, but do I need to put them on all 4 or just the 2 front?? I got 4 just in case.
04-13-2011, 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by ArkJK
Ok i ran to autozone and got some spacers. Dumb question here, but do I need to put them on all 4 or just the 2 front?? I got 4 just in case.
04-13-2011, 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by ArkJK
Ok i ran to autozone and got some spacers. Dumb question here, but do I need to put them on all 4 or just the 2 front?? I got 4 just in case.
04-13-2011, 05:55 PM
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Funny you should mention that. Spidertraxx says for "off road use only". I am in the other school of thought. I would not want them on a high powered street car. I don't think a 1/4" spacer would matter in either application but I still would feel better not having them on a car pushed hard into a turn at speed.
04-13-2011, 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Mad-Hatter
The 1/4" spacers are just added onto your existing lugs and moves the stress away from the base of the lugs to more of the middle where they are weaker. The spidertrax ones, for example, mount onto your lugs and provide new ones and are a lot safer IMO
