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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by 2Evil4U
Is it just me or do the flares look stock?
ya they are. they run underneath and connect to that little plastic "wind" piece under there that we all rip off in the first week of having out xjs.
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by flushpuppyTRb
do you really think those have that much? i was gonna say 4.5, but its hard for me to gauge that because the tires arent 12.5" wide
well the canyon rims that came on zj's are 4" arent they?? and those look they have the same maybe even less backspacing than those.
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by flushpuppyTRb
they are stock

I thought so to, and said so to some old wrangler coot customer of mine and he looked at me like I was a lunatic....should I measure something on the wheels?
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 12:25 PM
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Are both tires sticking out? If not, when it got the 3 inch bb the track bar may not have been relocated. This causes the axle to be pulled towards the drivers side about an inch or so.
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by krawlthis
ya they are. they run underneath and connect to that little plastic "wind" piece under there that we all rip off in the first week of having out xjs.
ok ok no need to get nasty, 'm gonna go fix that right now, clean shirt and all.....picky bastards
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by phillyxj570
Are both tires sticking out? If not, when it got the 3 inch bb the track bar may not have been relocated. This causes the axle to be pulled towards the drivers side about an inch or so.
good call,

also, what brand are the wheels? the center cap is blurry in the picture. If we knew the brand, im sure we could easily find the BS
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 12:28 PM
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[QUOTE=flushpuppyTRb;798948]good call,

also, what brand are the wheels? the center cap is blurry in the picture. If we knew the brand, im sure we could easily find the BS[/QUOTE


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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by DIY4luv
ok ok no need to get nasty, 'm gonna go fix that right now, clean shirt and all.....picky bastards
if u wanna keep it go ahead. i just did it cuz it kept getting snagged on crap when i was wheeling. so on the trail grabbed my vice grips and ripped that sucker off
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by flushpuppyTRb
good call,

also, what brand are the wheels? the center cap is blurry in the picture. If we knew the brand, im sure we could easily find the BS

Ya there equal, rims are procomp.....I didn't like that thing anyways, gone. ("what are you doing laying in the driveway in your work clothes??!!"....."I had to honey the guys on the forum were making fun of me")
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by DIY4luv
Ya there equal, rims are procomp.....I didn't like that thing anyways, gone. ("what are you doing laying in the driveway in your work clothes??!!"....."I had to honey the guys on the forum were making fun of me")
hahahahahaha i told that to my dad when he came into the shop at 2am one time and i was still grinding away at my bumpers. i just slept in the shop that night.... he was pissed.
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by flushpuppyTRb
they are stock
X2 on the stock flares...Tj
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 01:00 PM
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possibly an old style procomp 8179? the outer ring is throwing me off...
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