can i get this and NOT destroy my flairs?
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ok, my plans are to get a 2" spacer and shackle lift, and i know that 31s will fit with stock wheels, but what i want to know is if they will still fit with offset wheels. I have Mickey Thompson Classic II's signature satin black with an offset and like 4 1/2 backspacing. Heres a quick drawing i made on paint of how far my wheels and tires stick out, this is pretty close to how it really is
will the 2" lift be enough to keep the tires from ripping off my flairs? sorry for the crumby work on the picture, not too good with paint. Also, if the tires will rub, could i use bumpstops or something of that sort to keep them from rubbing?

will the 2" lift be enough to keep the tires from ripping off my flairs? sorry for the crumby work on the picture, not too good with paint. Also, if the tires will rub, could i use bumpstops or something of that sort to keep them from rubbing?
had to cut the flairs up. I do have very wide tires though...Tj
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remember, im not gonna be using mine in situations where its gonna need to flex, just a lil muddy patches at the most, but mostly street driving and i mean a big majority
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What is the backspace on your wheels? Wheels that stick out further means the tire will be right under the fender flare, where the factory wheels tuck them under the flare. My friend has a 2" BB and 31's on his '89. He got cragars with 4" backspacing and he rubbed his fenders pretty bad on turns. With stock wheels, he only rubbed the LCA's at full lock and never rubbed the fenders. This was all street driving. He actually went to 235's yesterday because he commutes to Cape Cod on the weekends and was tired of the horrible mileage.
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I am running the mickey's and 31x10.5 km2's on a 3" bb slight trimming of the front bumper (lower section ) rubs on turns
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i wanted a 3" but didnt want to spend 1500 dollars on a lift and tires compared to 800
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alright so... i had a 1.5" tera flex budget boost. i had 265/70R15(30.6/10.4515) General Grabber AT2 on stock wheels and i rubbed bad. When i turned you could here and feel it rubbing the lower control arms. the tires stuffed good with stock wheels in the rear....stuffed real good right into the back inner fender well... there was black half circles from it rubbing all of the time. And i kept having to straiten my fender back out because when a little bit of flex would and i turned it would catch the back of the flares in the front and would bend them in or out..... then i got 4" back spacing soft 8's..... and well flexed them a bit on the same trails and then had nice 1/2"-3/4" slices all in my tires..... so I trimmed! but the damage to the tires as still done....
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overall as long as you dont major flex it out it will be a good set up dont get me wrong! it worked awesome on the street and some easy trails its just when i really flexed it i ran into problems! so dont be scared off my my first post. lol.
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so 2" and 31s should be fine if its a street rig? the ol' girls only 2wd and gonna be driven on the highway, so im not worried about a loss of power. i just dont want it to be rubbing every time i turn a little or every time i hit a bump
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should be fine! like i said on the street or minor off flexing i had no issues and you will not see a big loss in power it may down shift every now and again ify ou have an auto and if you have a manny. you'll be perfectly fine!
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did you have stock wheels? thats my only concern since my tread would hit the fender flaires


