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Tereflex 1.5" Budget Leveling kit question and pic requests

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Old 09-10-2012, 01:31 PM
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Default Tereflex 1.5" Budget Leveling kit question and pic requests

I have a 2011 Rubicon Unlimited.
In the description of the Budget leveling kit, it says you need wheel spacers if you are going to run factory wheel.
Does that include the factory tire size also?
Also can u post some pics of your jeep using this kit
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You don't need spacers to run the factory tires
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I ran a 275/65/18 without slavers. They measures 31" tall x 10.8" wide. Plenty of room. They assume people will run 33-34 tires when they say that.
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Im not using spacers on a 12 rubicon unlimited..
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I believe what they mean if you try to use a 34 or 35 then you will need spacers. It works grest with factory setup/../
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My tires are a 285/75/17 on a rugged d ridge wheel. So a 33.5" x 11.2" mounted tire with a wheel back spacing of 4.5".

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The spacers are more for the width. I'm running spacers with my 35x12.50s.
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Wow...you running 35's with just a 1.5 leveling kit? Don't you get any rub or having the flat fenders do the trick?
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You might already know this, but keep in mind that the Teraflex kit does not actually fit the Rubicon models without modifying your swaybar (at least on the 2010, not sure about your 2011). The pre-installed bolt that comes with the new sway bar links is too large of a diameter and will not fit into the swaybar unless you ream up the hole. Teraflex knows about this (they knew exactly what I was talking about as soon as I called them), yet they don't make it known in their instructions and they don't tell you that when ordering the kit. They basically let you figure it out for yourself because they're too lazy to do anything about it. And when you call wondering WTF is going on, they basically tell you it's your problem, deal with it.

Might sound stupid to some, but for this reason alone I'll never buy anything again with the Teraflex name on it. There are too many other good companies out there who make quality products and treat their customers better.


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