Wheel spacers? Evil, meh, or go wide!

[freeformed]

I'd like to increase the stance of my CJ8. Not a bunch. Just an inch or so on each side.

Spacers... are the dangerous? Will they fail while off-roading?

 

[CJ8Rockcrawler]

I would look at wheels with the offset you need to create the stance you're looking for.

 

[rubclt]

The best option is new wheels with the backspace you want. Lots of people use wheel spacers, I have... good ones are ~$50 each. Make sure they are installed per the directions cleaning wheel studs, lock tight and torque to spec. I add torque paint to bolts to check for any loosing when rotating tires. Good luck with your decision

 

[tower210]

I currently have wheel spacers on mine. I don't like the idea of it; and it should be temporary in my case. You will need to shop very carefully for these on a CJ. The factory wheel studs aren't very long. I had to replace all (4) wheels studs to have enough thread i was comfortable with it....

 

[bigwalton]

I'm running them, don't go more than 1" and follow the comments above, clean, loctite, ensure plenty of stud, torque wrench, recheck.

The ideal is wheels with the correct offset, but that's often hard to do with the exact wheels you want. I chose the wheel I wanted because there was no option for it in the correct offset

 

[Randyzzz]

I’ve ran spacers before. Wasn’t my preferred option but it worked and I never had issues.

 

[Spieg]

My .02
Ideal ($$$$) would be axles of the desired length, a reduced back-space wheel would be my second choice, wheel spacers would be my last resort (would not even consider this if only doing it for looks).

 

[tower210]

My .02
Ideal ($$$$) would be axles of the desired length, a reduced back-space wheel would be my second choice, wheel spacers would be my last resort (would not even consider this if only doing it for looks).

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