Brady733

so I had a quick question I was looking at my Jeep the other day and I noticed that the front tires stick out more than the back tires. I was just wondering why this is. Both the rims have the same offset and I have 31s on my Jeep. Thanks

SirCyber

Do you have the front fenders removed?

Brady733

no all of my fenders are still on

caged

do you have a lift of any sorts? if even a small lift, the track bar will make the axle sit a little off to one side, therefor sticking your tire out a little on the drivers side.

or possibly you might have a ford 8.8 rear axle swap? the 8.8 is a little narrower than a stock jeep axle.

andrewmp6

Most 4x4s the front axle is a tiny bit wider then the rear.

EZEARL

Yep ^^

diskman

Here is a reply I made back in 2014..

"All XJs have exact track. Front and rear axles are the same width at the rim edges.

Comes in handy for driveway alignments."

58 inches. Front and rear.

Bugout4x4

It's an optical illusion.

Tbone289

A Dana 30, Dana 35 and the Chrysler 8.25 are all 60.75" in width WMS to WMS (wheel mounting surface).

The difference front/rear that you see is due to the body being narrower at the front.

Bugout4x4

Yep... And the difference in how high the front fender is above the tire compared to the rear showing more tire. The combination of the two is creating an optical illusion. Add a different color wheel to either end and it will change even more.

Tbone289

It depends on how you look at it. If you look directly down the edge of the flare from directly above it, down to the tire, front and rear, the front flare definitely doesn't cover as much of the tire as the rear. That is not an illusion, and can be measured.

Bugout4x4

I agree, it absolutely does indeed depend on how you look at it... That's why it is called an "optical illusion" completely defying the true real measurements.

Bugout4x4

How did you do that? I thought I was absolutely sure that BlueRidgeMark was the only one on this board who could take a cordial reply that was in total support and agreement with his concept and words then self create something out of nothing and transform it into a conflict and argument.

Tbone289

Right, but just saying that it is an optical illusion is not the whole story. There is an actual (not illusionary) difference in flare coverage front to rear that can be measured. Is the OP seeing an optical illusion, or the actual difference? Hard to say.

Bugout4x4

I made that observation because I just stepped out and looked at mine to notice it myself personally.