Scott'sXJ

As BigSquirrly said, the spacers give it a nice aggressive stance, but I think they may be your death wobble problem.


When I got mine, I had these ugly 80's style wheels that had 4.00 back spacing. It gave the exact same look as yours, and except for the wheels, the stance was perfect.


I also had DW. I checked, and replaced the track bar, upper and lower ball joints, tie rods, and ends, upper and lower control arms, basically I replaced and adjusted the entire front end. None of that solved the death wobble.


I took an opportunity to get some OEM steelies super cheap (Free)
15x7 3.75 BS, because I hated those aftermarket wheels. When I had my tires mounted, balanced, and installed, the death wobble was gone.


Now YMMV, but I can't argue with my results. try removing the spacers, and see what happens.

SatiricalHen

I've never seen any factory steelies with 3.75 backspacing. You got some pictures?

Scott'sXJ

They're the same wheels as he has in his pics.
They aren't 3.75 BS? Honestly I didn't measure them myself. I just repeated here, what the guy I got them from told me. So you're likely absolutely correct.
Just for my educational benefit, what IS the offset on the OEM steelies?


The point is, the factory wheels made the difference on mine. Removing the spacers may help the OP.

SatiricalHen

I'm not 100% sure what his are but mine were 5.5 and I thought all factory rims were. Going from 4" backspacing to 3.75 would push the tires further out.

Scott'sXJ

Makes sense to me. When I put the steelies on, I noticed that the front tires would rub a bit, at full lock. The ugly aluminum ones had plenty of space. It was a trade off, but, over all I'm good with a bit of rubbing when it happens. Lets me know not to mash the gas pedal.

Patriot Blue

Thanks I appreciate it!

Patriot Blue

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I'm going to get an alignment and see if that solves anything. If not, then I will try new wheels and no spacers. Thanks much!

Patriot Blue

So I still haven't bought the tie in brackets for the front because i'm not sure they will fit. From my experience installing them directly to the jeep, they fit tightly without the spacer. Wouldn't the uniframe tie ins from JCR make the bumper not fit?

SatiricalHen

well it's try that or not use the bumpers

Patriot Blue

yeah true, I'll probably go for it and if it doesn't fit ill bend/fab it to fit

Patriot Blue

So I recently went out and bought a roof rack from Cabela's. I wasn't really planning on getting one but it was on sale for 100 dollars so I couldnt pass it up. It mounts on really easily and got the look I wanted for cheap. I also got my spare out of the cabin and freed up some room. I threw a high lift and shovel up there (mostly for looks at the time but it really came in handy when I got really stuck.) I purchased a really cheap unity light that fit in the hole on my A-Pillar from my jeeps time as a cop car and wired it. finally, I got a cheap 12k pound harbour freight winch and carrier.