Jeep Spidertrax wheel spacers

tintin · Sun Feb 06, 2011 6:35 pm

You sure you don't want it, last chance WA?

Wasif Ahmed · Sun Feb 06, 2011 6:50 pm

tintin wrote:You sure you don't want it, last chance WA?

sorry ...changed my mind

Jenniah · Mon Feb 07, 2011 6:07 am

Hey Tintin - do you still have these? Would they work for my car?

tintin · Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:21 pm

Hi Jen, yes I do. They will fit the following jeeps
Jeeps with 5 on 4.5" Bolt Pattern:
* 84-01 Cherokee (XJ)
* 86-92 Comanche (MJ)
* 93-98 Grand Cherokee (ZJ)
* 02-06 Liberty (KJ)
* 97-06 Wrangler (TJ)
* 87-95 Wrangler (YJ)
* 04-06 Wrangler Unlimited (TJ/LJ)

You have a KJ (Liberty) right? If so, then yes. Let me know if you want them and I will arrange for them to be sent to you ASAP.

Thanks

PR · Mon Feb 07, 2011 7:39 pm

Good mod, these - anything that improves roll-over angle is good for the dunes! Great buy 8)

Get them installed nice and tight, jennyd. They're the hub-centric kind, too, which means they centre themselves on the wheel hub: nice. Have a good look at the bolt threads to make sure they're perfect - not that I'm second-checking our tintin here; no need for that - but just a thought as I once drove all the way to Dubai to pick up a set of used ones and found out the bolt studs had been stripped by someone forcing the wrong size nuts on... again, not that I expect tintin was fooling around with his nuts...

Jenniah · Tue Feb 08, 2011 6:40 am

Hey PR - thanks for your comments and advice - I did notice, while researching my car that it already has a high threshold for rollover - great... but they should save me from cresting so often!! Next thing will be getting them on to the car!

Wasif Ahmed · Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:28 am

LOL...didn't know Tintin had nuts !!!!!!

PR · Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:34 am

Cool - what's the breakover angle for the Liberty? It's a solid little truck 8) The difficulty I found with it in the dunes was limited wheel travel and the open central diff. That means a wheel would come off the ground quite easily and then all power would flow to it, leaving the other 3 wheels sitting ducks.

For anti-cresting you need more height, so the car slips over without dragging its belly. Spacers will help if they allow you to fit taller tyres.

This model, right? Photo taken on a very stormy day trying to cross Wagan to Hameem - had to turn back

Wasif Ahmed · Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:05 am

Jenny has what is sold as the Liberty in the US and called Cherokee here with the 3.7 engine and not like the one in your pic

Jenniah · Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:07 am

Similar - urs is a bit more square - it's this one: http://consumerguideauto.howstuffworks. ... iberty.htm The Limited Edition, not the sport. That does look like a really stormy day - a bit like the windstorm we found ourselves in for Marina's Rabbie Burns trip. I'm finding the Jeep pretty good and more often than not, surprised by what it can do. I have nothing to compare it to, so don't really know what I'm missing out on being able to do yet - no doubt I'll find out in time! I do wonder if not having a diff-lock is going to be problematic in the future - for now, it doesn't seem to matter! Take it you did the Wagan to Hameem trip before there was a gatch track most of the way - or is this recent?

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