Running JK 17" wheels with 35" tires - setups requested
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If/when i go to a 35-12.50 maybe I should swap to a 1.5" adapter. The wheels are flush with the 6" metalcloak fenders right now so if i swapped to a 1.5" adapter they would be inside the fenders by a half inch, and swapping to 4" fenders would leave the tires sticking out by an inch and a half.
my amazon-fu is failing me, not sure how to search for 2 different sizes. I either get 5x4.5 or 5x5 but not the adapters.
I had planned on Spidertrax adapters, but ended up with Rough Country. Both have a beefy hub ring and what appears to be quality hardware.
RC is hardly top of the line, but I’d be wary of Sunnylife or ImprovesHappiness or whatever pot-metal stuff you’re likely to find on AMZN.
RC is hardly top of the line, but I’d be wary of Sunnylife or ImprovesHappiness or whatever pot-metal stuff you’re likely to find on AMZN.
I always use the Titan Wheel Accessories adapters/spacers.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/3340584804...pid=5337789113&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1
I'm running JT wheels with adapters and have had no issues.
My tires are 285/70/17 so not quite 35's.
I did have to install a washer on the steering stops on each side to stop rubbing when turning.
I check the torque on my adapters every time I have the wheels off.
A big benefit of running JK/JL/JT wheels is that the market is full of them and you can sometimes find great deals on them.
That also means you can bugger one up on the trail and replacements are plentiful.
I picked up 8 of these for $200. 5 on the Jeep and 3 for the camping trailer.
My tires are 285/70/17 so not quite 35's.
I did have to install a washer on the steering stops on each side to stop rubbing when turning.
I check the torque on my adapters every time I have the wheels off.
A big benefit of running JK/JL/JT wheels is that the market is full of them and you can sometimes find great deals on them.
That also means you can bugger one up on the trail and replacements are plentiful.
I picked up 8 of these for $200. 5 on the Jeep and 3 for the camping trailer.
I posted these for the Moab trip and nobody was interested but I'll leave a link here if someone wants them shoot me a PM and we'll figure out a price w/shipping.
https://wranglertjforum.com/threads/moab-2025-parts.84680/post-1723881
https://wranglertjforum.com/threads/moab-2025-parts.84680/post-1723881
I would have been your buyer if I didn't jump on @Renegade TJ 's stuff.
Is it true you have to grind/cut down the wheel studs with 1.25" spacers? I brought my caliper out when I installed the 1.5" spacers, but I forgot to use it...
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I believe the dealership that I purchased the jeep from mounted them so I don't know if they cut the studs or not to make them fit. I just know they all fit when I bought it.
Another thing I didn't think to check is the size of the pockets between the bolt holes in the wheels. if the small open nuts that come with the spacers fit into those, it might not matter if they protrude a little. Eyeballing mine at 1.5", it's a close call whether they'd stick out or not anyway. I'm sure someone here knows for sure.
Blue would have thrown off the color scheme I got going, anyway. RC spacers are adonized light-ish red, so now I'm up to like five or six different shades of red... body, hood, doors, floor, hinges, and now spacers.
Blue would have thrown off the color scheme I got going, anyway. RC spacers are adonized light-ish red, so now I'm up to like five or six different shades of red... body, hood, doors, floor, hinges, and now spacers.
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PTSD. Post-Traumatic Spacer Disorder.
Those shafts do exist. 300ish per side. 5 on 4.5, 5 on 5, and 5 on 5.5 bolt circles. Your exhibited propensity to be both cheap and stubborn would normally cause me to highly recommend you fetch these up for a bit of karmic entertainment and then I realize that you are not that bad, so I'll warn you off.
They are a terrible product that should not exist because the bolt patterns make it impossible to drill the access hole for the housing end retainer nuts. That means you are trying to find some tool to reach in over the brake shoes through the narrow gap behind the flange and edge of the shoes to tighten the nuts. If you can get the shaft in and even get the nuts started on the housing end bolts in less than a half hour, you're pretty much a fucking mechanical prodigy.
It would be possible to sneak an extension through one of the unused stud holes, but there is no way to get the socket back out through any of the gaps.
FYI- the second part of your requirement is address by knowing these are CTL.
My guess is a traumatic spacer experience as a young child...
We need to find a safe spacer for him.
I am only aware of 2 locking hub kit bolt circles. 5 on 4.5 and 5 on 5.5. The JK folks have to swap to the 5.5 circle if they convert. Or at least that's all I've been able to find.
Mine are 1.5" and they just clear the stock studs on the front.
I have aftermarket axles in the rear, but I think I remember the stock axle studs being shorter than the front.
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