Spacers on the way!!

fish eye · **Posted:** Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:53 pm

I finally bought my wheel spacers today. 2 pair of Spidertrax 1.25" spacers to allow me to better accomodate my 265/75's that are waiting to go on. Now, all I need is for the Frankenlift to get here....its killing me...

shak · **Posted:** Tue Feb 21, 2006 11:37 pm

how much did you pay for them?

dcljeep · **Joined:** Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:08 pm **Posts:** 9

I've been thinking about spacers for the same reason. I've heard concerns about their safety. Has anyone run these long term? How safe or unsafe are they??

DCLJEEP

03 Rocky Mountain Edition.

fish eye · **Posted:** Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:40 am

shak wrote:

how much did you pay for them?

I paid $260 for 2 pair. Found them on eBay. Free shipping, from CO, so I should have them soon. As for the safety factor, as long as they are a reputable spacer and installed correctly, they should be fine. Just one more thing to were out the ball joints!!

AZ_Overdrive · **Posted:** Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:17 am

Yikes! Only paid $100 for all 4 of mine (6061 alum).

Just an FYI, I had the same spacers on our KJ and wound up taking the front ones off. The 245/75's rubbed ALOT in the front on stock tires. They would rub while turning on flat ground. Thought about cutting the liners but don't really want to do that.

warblade666 · **Posted:** Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:02 am

Spidertrax are the best. They are also the most expensive. You get what you pay for.

fish eye · **Posted:** Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:10 am

warblade666 wrote:

Spidertrax are the best. They are also the most expensive. You get what you pay for.

Yeah, I was going to get the ones from RRO. After the OTT lift experience, I was skeptical to go that route, plus they were more expensive as well.

AZ_Overdrive · **Posted:** Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:30 am

warblade666 wrote:

Spidertrax are the best. They are also the most expensive. You get what you pay for.

Well, when they are made from the EXACT same material (6061), custom fit for jeep hubs, and have all the correct grade of mounting hardware I am not sure how Spidertrax are any different than the onces I purchased other than they are anodized.....

Time will tell.

snowsport · **Joined:** Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:52 pm **Posts:** 1211

RRO sells Spidertrax. That's where I got mine.

LimitedLurker · **Joined:** Fri Jul 08, 2005 7:18 pm **Posts:** 114

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Well, when they are made from the EXACT same material (6061), custom fit for jeep hubs, and have all the correct grade of mounting hardware I am not sure how Spidertrax are any different

If I'm not mistaken the 6061 standard only defines the metals content and says nothing about how it was worked. I'm no expert but I could see where the manufacturing process could make a difference. Working them at too high a speed could cause heat build up that could impact the metal. Too low a speed could cause stress related damage to the metal. There is also no way to tell how the initial ingot is formed. Then there is the security factor if one should break I would think its going to be easier to find a company like ST than Some guy off ebay.

Reality is there is most likely no difference between the eBay and ST spacers. There are lots of high quality suppliers of metal and lots of guys with the machinery and knowledge to work it properly. But what if there is difference?

fish eye · **Posted:** Sat Feb 25, 2006 12:26 pm

AZ_Overdrive wrote:

warblade666 wrote:

Spidertrax are the best. They are also the most expensive. You get what you pay for.

Well, when they are made from the EXACT same material (6061), custom fit for jeep hubs, and have all the correct grade of mounting hardware I am not sure how Spidertrax are any different than the onces I purchased other than they are anodized.....

Time will tell.

Anodizing the spacers keeps them from corroding. ST spacers are double anodized.

Skyjump136 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:50 pm **Posts:** 1633

Let us know when you get these mounted up. It has always been my impression that spacers cause more rub rather than "accomodate" the larger tires. At the best they will simply move the rubbing off the swaybar but increase it on the wheel liner and pinch weld. Just be prepared to do some cutting and pounding with that size tire.

CTKJ · **Posted:** Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:20 pm

Speaking from experience, you will have to trim the fender wells and flatten out the pinch welds. The spacers increase the wheel track and give you a sense of more stability though.

It also looks meaner!

Joe Jeeper · **Posted:** Sun Feb 26, 2006 6:45 pm

I'd love to get the Spidertrax spacers but they're illegal in Pa., bummer!!!!!!!!! Joe

LibertyinPA · **Posted:** Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:28 am

Ok, I've been reading the boards for a little over a month now, so I'm still a newbie, but since I just picked up my KJ Renegade two days ago, I thought that it's about time I make my first post.

Joe, how exactly are the wheel spacers illegal in PA? I thought the only law in PA was that the outermost part of the fender must cover all but one tread width of the tire. Please elaborate.

You could still get the same wide stance from an aftermarket steel or aluminum wheel with 3.75 or 4'' of backspacing. Your comment makes it sound like running those wheels on a KJ would be illegal too. Like I said before, please elaborate.

Kraig
LibertyinPA

LibertyCRD · **Posted:** Thu Apr 06, 2006 2:54 pm

Dude for that kind of money you could buy a set of 4 NEW wheels in black or chrome and choose your own backspacing! Then it would be perfectly safe and legal too! And you'd have a separate set of wheels for 'wheeling!

fish eye · **Posted:** Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:36 pm

LibertyCRD wrote:

Dude for that kind of money you could buy a set of 4 NEW wheels in black or chrome and choose your own backspacing! Then it would be perfectly safe and legal too! And you'd have a separate set of wheels for 'wheeling!

Yeah, I realize that, but I don't want to deal with swapping out rims/wheels to go wheeling, not to mention finding a place to store them around my house. Plus, I really like the stock Renegade rims...

Once, they're all chewed up though, I'll get steel wheels, and sell the spacers...

priell3 · **Posted:** Wed May 17, 2006 9:16 am

Joe Jeeper wrote:

I'd love to get the Spidertrax spacers but they're illegal in Pa., bummer!!!!!!!!! Joe

Spacers over 1/4" are not permitted in PA. At the very least, you should fail state inspection.

http://www.pacode.com/secure/data/067/chapter175/s175.80.html

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