Topic: Best friday ever!!!! (new wrangler)

[chardrc]

i hear what your saying about being able to spray mud and water everywhere... that's on of the things i like about the willys not having fender flares so they cover themselves in mud.. unlike these new fender flared jeeps that stay clean.

i think what goes bad with the spacers is that they come loose from the axle

[Tsd]

Those flares dont look 1" wider like the Rubicons. I thought the Rubi's were the only one that had wider stock flares?

Yep, i think they are stock flares painted to match the jeep.

[Jeffy]

I really liked splashing water and mud all over the jeep when I crossed puddles, and since we don't have a law for keeping the tires under the flares here, i was thinking on keeping them, do aluminum spacers have a high chance of failing?

The right way to use spacers would be to have longer studs on the axle and use steel plates.  Most aluminum spacers have at least 1" since they require the extra room to allow for the nuts.  The spacers use the original studs and are bolted to the axles then your wheels use a new set of studs on the spacer.  Not really good if you go offroad.  It also means if you flex enough, your tires will eat a groove into the bottom edge of your flares.  Some say changing the offset like that puts more stress on teh wheel bearings but I'm not so sure it matters enough.  Stock wheel width is 5.5" while those of us on 33 and up are usually running 3.75".  Still I know some guy's who have had spacers and have has no problems.  They know they aren't optimal though.

[Tsd]

After my finals i will check the spacers issue and see if it flex enough to eat the flares. Thanks for the info.