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Old Jan 27, 2016 | 08:09 PM
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Alright "Jeep driver" not all of us like to have a show jeep. Some of us actually use them and beat on them because it's what we enjoy. Most people here aren't "mall crawlers". As for the spacers I pictured. The listing is for a jeep. When is the last time you've seen a tractor or dusky jeep?.. Exactly. So get lost bud.
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Old Jan 27, 2016 | 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by JPXJMOAB
Alright "Jeep driver" not all of us like to have a show jeep. Some of us actually use them and beat on them because it's what we enjoy. Most people here aren't "mall crawlers". As for the spacers I pictured. The listing is for a jeep. When is the last time you've seen a tractor or dusky jeep?.. Exactly. So get lost bud.
I ain't your bud.

My truck is a work truck, driven daily and then some.

I live and work here in the mountains where 4x is essential.
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Old Jan 27, 2016 | 11:53 PM
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Originally Posted by JPXJMOAB
I could use the JK 5 spoke wheels they come with and get spider trax adapters, but what are the opinions on that? They don't sit very wide do they? Would they tuck ok?
I run the JK 5 spoke wheels with a 1 1/4 adapters. I have ran them for 2 years with zero problems. In the 2 years my jeep has been on 8 400 mile trips to wheel (not trailered). If you run spacers check torques on a regular basis. A 35 will never tuck without trimming. I have 5 1/4 of lift on my jeep and I run 32s and it tucks but no room to spare in the wheel wells.

Hopefully from the pics you can get an idea how they look and fit
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Old Jan 28, 2016 | 08:01 AM
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Well I'm going to run the JK wheels for a while, oddly enough I found some spidertrax adapters on Craigslist for a good price. I'll run those for maybe a year, I'm hoping to get some method race wheels! Sometimes things just fall together.
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Old Jan 28, 2016 | 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Jeep Driver
No, you see posts like this from 1000s of us who take care of our **** and don't behave like idiots and animals.


Yes I see very clearly that yours is a "Mall Crawler" and a beautiful truck BTW looks great congrats!!!! Wish I had one like it


But at the same time its clear that those wheels never see the trails or any hard core use at all the spacers with them would fail the first time out around here. Then you would need at least 3-4 spare tires/wheels like those to get back to a road.


Spacers/Adapters have been around for many more years I bet than you have been alive. The first time I saw any were in 1963 at a Drag Strip they were being used by 2 guys using the same set of slicks mounted on a single set of wheels that didn't fit the other car. Neither of them really needed the slicks and the cars were real POS. The one using the adapter was pitted in front of my car and in fact we were staged together in the test & tune when the light hit green he dumped the clutch and the adapter twisted all the lugs off and tire was stuck up under the 1/4 panel. That was my first time seeing them used.


Then in the towing business with several company's we saw the issue on many tows a lot of the time on 4x4's as it was in CO.
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Old Jan 28, 2016 | 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Jeep Driver
No, you see posts like this from 1000s of us who take care of our **** and don't behave like idiots and animals.



Sorry about this post, but I'm trying to find 1000's of positive posts here on this forum on that subject.

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