I'm finally gettin' around to workin' on my '89 XJ and was wanting to give my Jeep a wider stance without having to switch out axles right now. I've looked a little at wheel spacers... are they a good idea and if they are, which ones are good but also affordable?
Wheel spacers?
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GubNi
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Its a bad ideal because it will wear out you Dana 30 unit bearing and ball joints quicker.
firewood
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As stated above not a good idea with unit bearing axles. But, if you were to use them get a good set of Spidertrax spacers. You could also switch to a set of RAM 1500 axles from say 1994-2002. Stronger axles and not too much coin cause people are taking them out of the Dodge pick up and swapping in tons.
GotWood
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I'd say they will be ok if you run mostly on the trail. For a couple hundred bucks you can buy new wheels with the proper backspacing.