I recently purchased a 2005 TJ that has been altered a good deal to make it a true “crawler”. I am totally new to jeeps, so bear with me. While I think the 3” Rusty’s long arm lift and other mods are very cool, I am concerned about the width of the jeep going up busy narrow trails and I am not looking forward to meeting an oncoming jeep that is as wide. The 33” tires probably have at least 1.5” wheel spacers and I am considering removing them, making the track 3” narrower. I don’t plan to do much crawling over boulders, just going up rough mountain trails. Will this be a problem, considering the common mods to make a crawler’?
Narrowing the TJ width
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On stock axles, a 12.5" wide tire on wheels with about a 4" backspacing is a good goal to strive for.
Yes that will work perfectly, 4" of backspacing is ideal for 12.5" wide tires. That's how my TJ is set up too.
NO, not fine at all. Who the hell wants their ball joints to live longer, steering that isn't all fucked up, and better "stability" offroad?
What's not fine about removing the 2" spacers?
C.J. Roberts
TJ Addict