What Spacers for Rubicon Wheels

[Cursed_JL]

Hey guys, just ordered a 23' 2-Door Sport 6-spd and picked up a set of Rubicon wheels for cheap. I will likely be running 285/70/17's (still trying to decide if those will be too much for the stock 3.45 gears) and I'm stock piling parts for when it shows up. Trying to figure out what size wheel spacer I would need for about 1" of tire poke on the stock Rubi wheels? Thanks!

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[Fouts]

I would put them on first without the spacers and see how you like, may not need at all.
Guessing you will notice a difference with the 6 speed and larger tires, I did and did not like it. Although did not really like the Jeep manual anyway but it was a 19 hopefully they improved.

 

[CarbonSteel]

I ran Synergy spacers for several thousand miles with no issues.

Torque them to spec and use blue or orange (not red) loctite on the hub studs and check the torque every 5K or so and you will be good to go.

Stay away from eBay or Amazon knock-offs. Synergy or Spidertrax are the only ones I would consider.

 

[calemasters]

My opinion: do not add wheel spacers. The tire will protrude beyond the plane of the Fenders / wheel opening extensions.

 

[jaardappel]

I used Borne Offroad (Mishimoto's offroad company) 1.2" Forged Aluminum hub-centric 12.9-hardness bolt wheel spacers. Insanely easy to install. Put a little locktite (blue) on each one and torque it to 130/each bolt, then put your original Rubi wheels back on and torque to same. Zero issue with them. Checked them after 50 miles...no loosening or odd wear. I run my original Rubi wheels too.

If you are going to do wheel spacers and have them for the long run (I put the XR flares on my 2-door and put the spacers on to increase drive capability after getting my 2-inch lift), I suggest getting 1) forged aluminum, not billet 2) hub-centric (no brainer here) and 3) 12.9 hardness steel bolts.

 

[Shibadog]

Try ’em without spacers first. They’ll look good and your fenders will still provide some paint protection. Stick them out past the fenders and drive a gravel road and you’ll each a lot of rock damage to the paint. Your call.

 

[Cursed_JL]

Guess I'll give the wheels and tires a shot first and then see if I want spacers. Thanks for the input. I really like how the poke looks on my TJ but I definitely get some rocks kicking up here and there.

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