Spacers for your Jeep Wrangler, good idea?

If your tires are rubbing on your Jeep, spacers might be the way to go.
This is an installation video for all you diy Jeep owners out there.

Here is a link for 1.5" spacers for the Jeep Wrangler:

[DanAcondaOutdoors]

Getting ready to add my 2” spacers tomorrow! This vid helped me be prepared for this job. Great catch on the stud brackets! I woulda def missed that and scratched my head, thrown some tools and yelled at the air to try to figure it out. You just saved me from the embarrassment from my neighbors, lol.

[joshuawells]

I almost commented to use a wire brush instead of the sandpaper then you broke one out. 😅 Plus the comment "as you know I'm quite lazy" really got me. You're my kind of mechanic. Backyard style man.

[jamesyers]

One of the great things about owning a Jeep is making it your own and that includes painting calipers.

[ludakrisr]

My .02 use blue locktite on spacer side studs. You do not want those coming loose. Check torque after 50-100 miles to make sure they have not backed out. Use your molyb for the wheel studs but really not necessary

[gunsammodrones]

Dude, great job cleaning and painting the calipers... Ive done the same thing... Most people dont have a gd day to take it all apart... 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[willambrown]

I put Spaces on my Jeep it rides beautiful about a year and a half ago

[brucesnow]

Really should use locktite (red) when installing the spacer nuts. I do understand the thought on future removal, but the last thing you need, is to have any of the nuts backing off during in-service.

[marcogarofalo]

I only watched this to see the wheels I have a civic. I think you did a fabulous job my man and by no means are you lazy!

[JackwDyles-zujt]

I have a 2013 jeep wrangler sport 4x4 and I just put a set of 285 75 16 AT tires on it and have no problem with rubbing but had to redo my speedometer and do away with my low tire warning. I have the 3.6 V6 and 6speed trans.

[ThomasofAllTrades]

I like the name winter for your white Jeep.

[gofasters]

Good video, however I would not recommend anti-seize. Use Red Lock tight with your spacers.

[stillenacht]

Late response but generally speaking unibody cars will have a lift point on their pinch seam, and a couple other places like the transmission crossmember and suspension mounts. Body on frame cars like jeeps and some trucks and most stuff made before the nineties will have a frame and you can stick a jack pretty much wherever you feel like along the frame. Cherokees are sorta between the two, in that it is a unibody vehicle but the unibody has rails molded into it, and you can lift it on those rails. You can also cradle the axle in a wood block with a cutout and lift from anywhere you can get a jack to fit.

[kalyanchatterjee]

Really helpful video. My Jeep is my daily driver and is primarily an on-road vehicle with lots of country road driving. I cannot get large tires as that would kill my mileage. A wider tire is all I need to strike a balance. And no, you're not lazy (just heard the remark as I was typing this comment).

[HumanBean]

Def recommend putting anti seize on the back of the spacers too if you ever plan to take them off

[johnjoselupisan]

The rims I used has a deep portion where you put the nuts. Making the tires go out 1.5 inches already.

[DenverMan]

Please use Blue Loctite. And check the nuts on the adapters-spacers after everything gets hot. Maybe 25 to 50 miles. Then check sagain around 200. After that 1000 miles. Red loctite is too agressive for this application. Unless you decide to not take them off. Blue is perfect. Good video Mike. I wouldn't use anti-seize on these though. These work great when properly installed but man oh man can they be a nightmare if not.

[thedoorguycharlie]

Like the paint in place. I'm lazy too...

[MNR]

I like the fact that you cleaned the mating surfaces b/w the hubs and the spacers. One thing to keep in mind is that spaccers/adapters add unsprung weight & the car will not be accelerating as stock.

[Gzus]

NEVER use anti-seize on your lugs when installing spacers!! You want the exact opposite for the spacers and should always use red Loctite on the threads that the spacers will be tightened to!

[TheKingdomSecrets]

“Imma put them on the jeep” *points at a ex cop car* 😂😂😂