Painting my Moabs?

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Jan 8, 2012 | 10:33 PM

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russell1998

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I'm mainly trying to find a wheel with 3.5 back spacing to get a serious looking stance on my xj

Jan 8, 2012 | 10:37 PM

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I'm mainly trying to find a wheel with 3.5 back spacing to get a serious looking stance on my xj

i got ya, i like the stance i have with the moabs and tires i got. not sure how much bs the moabs have but i think it is like 3.5 or so possibly more

Jan 8, 2012 | 10:39 PM

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I painted my stock wheels black, I dont regret it because I did it the right way and they turned out perfect, but it suxs when you get a rock chip and you have to do some touching up on them. So Ive been lookin for some black pro comp styles also. And ya man it will look bad *** Trimmed !

yeah i hope so man i liked the flare look but i definately need to trim to flex more..im rubbing bad

Jan 8, 2012 | 10:59 PM

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R they the 16x8 ? They should be 5.5 back spacing I believe, not for sure though. What size tire u have on them?

Jan 8, 2012 | 11:06 PM

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Yeah 16 x8 and I have 285/75/16 on them

Jan 8, 2012 | 11:23 PM

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I got my stock 15 inch wheel now with 2" wheels spacers on a 2" BB lift right now, but I'm puttin a 3" lift on soon once I order my shocks next week and then I'm gonna go with some 32x10.5 tires. Hopefully it doesnt rub

Jan 8, 2012 | 11:45 PM

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It might considering im on 4.5 inches and rubbing

Jan 8, 2012 | 11:46 PM

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You might considering im on 4.5 inches and rubbing

Jan 9, 2012 | 03:30 AM

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What all r u rubbing on?

Jan 9, 2012 | 05:00 AM

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R they the 16x8 ? They should be 5.5 back spacing I believe, not for sure though. What size tire u have on them?

The backspacing on Moabs is 5".

Jan 9, 2012 | 04:42 PM

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What all r u rubbing on?

Don't really rub any in the front but the back is a different story..I just run the inner fender in the rear nothing major but im going to be cutting all that crap out this week

Jan 9, 2012 | 04:46 PM

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russell1998

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Don't really rub any in the front but the back is a different story..I just run the inner fender in the rear nothing major but im going to be cutting all that crap out this week

nice post some pics so we can what the finishing result looks like!