2000 Jeep xj Classic lift kit
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From: Wantage, NJ
Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 I6
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From: Wantage, NJ
Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 I6
XJ's dont have frames.
And no, it will not hit the frame rail, it would have to magically go through your suspension components and wheel well to get to the frame rail to hit it.
And no, it will not hit the frame rail, it would have to magically go through your suspension components and wheel well to get to the frame rail to hit it.
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From: Milwaukee, WI
Year: 1987
Engine: Check
I suggest staying well away from wheel spacers. I've seen, read, and known many horror stories when using them, not to mention several states have outlawed them.
Also, adds more stuff to break, and they need to be checked every so often. Being how I am and what I've got, I already need to check tons of other crap, so another thing is just un-needed.
On a side note, I'm not saying its good or bad that states outlawed them. But some *could* argue it was based on a safety issue. Whether it was or not is nothing I'd like to get into, but keep in mind, modified exhausts are illegal in some states. Is there a safety issue if I put a better muffler on?
Also, adds more stuff to break, and they need to be checked every so often. Being how I am and what I've got, I already need to check tons of other crap, so another thing is just un-needed.
On a side note, I'm not saying its good or bad that states outlawed them. But some *could* argue it was based on a safety issue. Whether it was or not is nothing I'd like to get into, but keep in mind, modified exhausts are illegal in some states. Is there a safety issue if I put a better muffler on?
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Joined: Aug 2010
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From: Wantage, NJ
Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 I6
I suggest staying well away from wheel spacers. I've seen, read, and known many horror stories when using them, not to mention several states have outlawed them.
Also, adds more stuff to break, and they need to be checked every so often. Being how I am and what I've got, I already need to check tons of other crap, so another thing is just un-needed.
On a side note, I'm not saying its good or bad that states outlawed them. But some *could* argue it was based on a safety issue. Whether it was or not is nothing I'd like to get into, but keep in mind, modified exhausts are illegal in some states. Is there a safety issue if I put a better muffler on?
Also, adds more stuff to break, and they need to be checked every so often. Being how I am and what I've got, I already need to check tons of other crap, so another thing is just un-needed.
On a side note, I'm not saying its good or bad that states outlawed them. But some *could* argue it was based on a safety issue. Whether it was or not is nothing I'd like to get into, but keep in mind, modified exhausts are illegal in some states. Is there a safety issue if I put a better muffler on?
"High quality spacers like JKS are being used by many offroad enthusiasts without problems and with increasing popularity. The Spidertrax wheel spacers from JKS are very strong and they are designed to take the kind of abuse that offroading has to dish out."
They are also successfully being used on some ARCA competitors rigs.
SCCA Uses them.
Almost everyone in NHRA uses them.
They bolt on exactly like a wheel, and are designed stronger than the wheel itself. Crush tested at 50,000 lbs of force per square inch they are safe to use in a wide range of activities like offroading and drag racing.
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From: Wantage, NJ
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Cheap offset wheels-summit racing
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Why add a measure of additional mechanical complexity, weight, and failure points to an area that's already a very dynamic point? Unsprung weight is always a consideration to any vehicle, especially one so frequently in the same sentence as "death wobble".
If you buy the spacers which folks are clearly saying here requires maintenance and you fail to do the maintenance, that creates a problem in an accident. I don't know about you but when it comes to regular maintenance items, sometimes life has a way of getting in the way of them. Years go by after you put the thing on the jeep, you have checked it over a hundred times and then begin leaving it off of the list of things to check somehow. That is usually how these things get into the problem safety area. This might not even be noticed in a state inspection of the vehicle. Especially in a state where they have not been made illegal yet.
pretty much the definition of complexity. More stuff.
More potential failure points, more weight. Just unnecessary.
My wheels were $85 each and no shipping charges.
You also need to consider that the 3 biggest tire retailers in the US have adopted a "no spacer" policy and won't mount/rotate/repair tires on a vehicle with them.
I get the best smokin' deals from Discount Tire; they wouldn't pass on business unless there was a pressing liability issue that had come up and bit them.
More potential failure points, more weight. Just unnecessary.
My wheels were $85 each and no shipping charges.
You also need to consider that the 3 biggest tire retailers in the US have adopted a "no spacer" policy and won't mount/rotate/repair tires on a vehicle with them.
I get the best smokin' deals from Discount Tire; they wouldn't pass on business unless there was a pressing liability issue that had come up and bit them.
And this:
http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f9/ti...ilure-1054227/
Just some stuff I found in a few minutes of looking. Food for thought, if you will.
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From: Wantage, NJ
Year: 1995
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Spacers maintenance is checking them every 3k.
"High quality spacers like JKS" Quoted from some guy, cant remember who....
Dont go cheap, dont buy offbrand, get high quality full billet.
Thats some old info ya found there. I believe Pepboys was one, they now carry wheel spacers.
JKS got theirs DOT approved, NHRA approved them, ARCA, SCCA, etc.
Everything your saying has either been about cast or aluminum with lug bolt plugged spacers.
"High quality spacers like JKS" Quoted from some guy, cant remember who....
Dont go cheap, dont buy offbrand, get high quality full billet.
Thats some old info ya found there. I believe Pepboys was one, they now carry wheel spacers.
JKS got theirs DOT approved, NHRA approved them, ARCA, SCCA, etc.
Everything your saying has either been about cast or aluminum with lug bolt plugged spacers.
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From: Milwaukee, WI
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Saying they add complexity to an already dynamic point is old? Jeeze, didn't know the function of the drivetrain was "old."
I'm just saying that there are much better, more reliable, ways to accomplish what you are doing with spacers. And the better ways don't include adding regular maint. every 3k miles.
Do what you want, I don't care. Your truck, your time, your labor.
I'll just be using the time I'm not checking wheel spacers taking my truck off road.
I'm just saying that there are much better, more reliable, ways to accomplish what you are doing with spacers. And the better ways don't include adding regular maint. every 3k miles.
Do what you want, I don't care. Your truck, your time, your labor.
I'll just be using the time I'm not checking wheel spacers taking my truck off road.