Randy_Q

I have an '18 JK Rubicon and was wondering if anyone knew what the backspacing is. I am wanting to get the Teraflex Tire Carrier but it says that you need after market wheels with a backspacing of 5" or less and I'm not quite ready for lift and tires yet as I would like to do both at the same time as I think it would look funny running 3" of lift with stock tires, so I know there is a way to measure it yourself but I can't right now as I'm not even in the same state as my JK and won't be back until the beginning of Nov.
Thx, if you know.

nthinuf

I don't know if anything has changed, but the standard backspace for factory rims has been 6.25". A few people in the last decade have mentioned that theirs were lower, but the thinking was that it was a dealer addition, not factory.

You can order a set of wheel spacers and bolt one to the carrier to make up the difference. (spidertrax, teraflex, synergy, etc. Lots of folks make them.) Maybe you can even find a single one somewhere, but I think they are usually sold in pairs.

jadmt

resharp001

+1.....for tire carrier purpose, you could get the cheapest eBay special even. I wouldn't put some cheap eBay spacer on the hubs, but for tire carrier purpose only it doesn't matter much.

Randy_Q

Thx, for the info and I'll probably just see if it'll adjust to the factory rim first and if not then I'll search ebay for a cheap one to just hold it there sometimes it's annoying how little the owners manual actually tells you about the important stuff like that.