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Tire rub

Discussion in 'Wrangler JK (2007-2017)' started by Mike Adkins, Jun 28, 2018.

  1. Jun 28, 2018 at 2:07 PM
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    1530218520759.jpg 1530218544296.jpg 1530217034766.jpg Just bought a 2016 unlimited sport 4 dr and the dealership has put a maybe 2in body lift, not for sure, but they also have 35s on stock wheels , no spacer,and they rub bad when you turn. What do i need to get them to do? The last pic is the body spacer 1530218520759.jpg 1530218520759.jpg 1530218544296.jpg 1530218520759.jpg
     
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  2. Jun 28, 2018 at 2:33 PM
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    Factory wheel backspace (BS) is 6.25". Depending on the width of that tire you need to decrease the BS. Up to a 12.5" wide tire shoot for 4.5" BS. You can accomplish that by getting new wheels with the proper BS or by adding wheel spacers.
     
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  3. Jun 28, 2018 at 2:41 PM
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    Awesome, thanks. Those tires are 12.50 so i will shoot fo a new set of wheels, on them.
     
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  4. Jun 28, 2018 at 2:51 PM
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    Couple of other things:
    That spacer looks like the factory one, at least from the pic.
    You'll need to trim the front air dam (or remove it)
    You'll need to adjust the bump stops, add a lift or cut your fenders to avoid ripping them off.

    Good luck!
     
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    Very helpful, i have no clue, this is the first set of 35s I've ever had. I am going to get the dealership to foot the bill for whatever i need, i am just trying to get a bit more educated. It is a shame their ase certified mechanics can't do a better job.
     
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  6. Jun 28, 2018 at 5:13 PM
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    A quality set of 1.5"+ wheel spacers might help with the tire rub bringing the B.S. down to 4.75+ moving the wheel+tire combo away from frame/suspension. Suprised a dealership would release the Jeep with the tire rub condition but it can be addressed by the tips mentioned by @Blue Baby Sound
     
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  7. Jul 13, 2018 at 11:42 AM
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    Afternoon, Our objective was to purchase the Quadratec Hardrock wheels because they have an offset (ET) of 10mm where as the factory wheels are offset of around 40mm. With the Quad wheel sticking out rather, there would be plenty of clearance thereafter. Also, in our case & just temporary, we've retain the factory 16'' steel wheels. But ran into an issue where the longer or (too long) sway bar end link would bottom out on the steel wheel rim edge and sheared off the wheel weights. We've since replaced the 11'' sway bar end links with the factory 10.5''.
     
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  8. Jul 13, 2018 at 12:19 PM
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    I like those QT wheels 17x8.5 very nice looking with OEM styling and a 5.2" backspace which is better than the OEM wheels
     
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