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  1. Ratbikerod

    JK Fender Trim vs Replace

    I am trying to decide whether to trim my stock fenders vs replace them. I have vacation time coming up next week and I am going to put on a leveling kit and "maybe" trim the fenders. I like the way the guys at DPG Offroad trimmed the fenders in the pic below. He has a how to video that shows him...
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    What did you do to your JK today?

    Added a Motobilt Hatchet stubby rear bumper to my 2015 JK and removed the rear fender inner liners to prepare for cutting the stock flares down over the week I am off. I really like this stubby bumper, it matches well with my cut down front bumper. I will mostly likely go with a Motobilt front...
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    moparpartsoverstock.com

    I went back and looked at what I chose and it would seem....
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    moparpartsoverstock.com

    Duh! BLACKJKU obviously graduated at the top of his/her class!
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    moparpartsoverstock.com

    Great info and I am going to show my ignorance. What is A/T vs M/T?
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    Correct wheels for 37x12.5x17 set up

    Too bad you are a long way from me. I just pulled off a new set of 17x9.5 with 4.5 backspacing that need a wider wheel to be right.
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    What did you do to your JK today?

    Replaced the Rubicon decal today.
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    Regrets on the wheels and tires I bought?

    Here it is, back to the stock wheels and wit 1.5 spacers.
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    Regrets on the wheels and tires I bought?

    And who changed my thread title!? I liked my misspelling of Regrets, that was on purpose!
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    Regrets on the wheels and tires I bought?

    I have been going back and forth on the above question and theroycrafting. I had read that the Rubi springs are a bit of a lift but are also progressive. Thus, I was considering just doing a light lift with spacers as the springs are doing a good job and the ride on my Rubie is pretty nice...
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    Regrets on the wheels and tires I bought?

    Much like many touted bulled penetration statistics that are stated as fact, while I agree that a 45 to the head is never recommended. Guns, reloading and shooting are another major hobby. The idea of spacers (good ones, properly made and properly fitted) should cause no additional stress to...
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    JKU hesitates and sputters when accelerating at low RPMs

    "spray clean throttle body" I would almost always first start with a more through cleaning and possibly new injectors. That many miles means you have some build up in the injector and it may not be nebulizing the fuel well until it is under greater pressure. Especially, in a cold start state...
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    Regrets on the wheels and tires I bought?

    On this point "your JKU looks like the stance has a rake back to front", I do feel like mine has more than I notice in others. Not sure if this is just a byproduct of spring sag at 75,000 miles or something that was initially inherent. The shocks are really rusted and pitted and in bad need of...
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    Regrets on the wheels and tires I bought?

    Always happy to hear everyone's opinion, pro or con.
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    Regrets on the wheels and tires I bought?

    Would love to know your thinking behind this, being that spacers are used so frequently and have been used for so long?
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    Regrets on the wheels and tires I bought?

    I also noticed that the new Rubicon’s are coming with the 285/70R17 on the 17x7.5 rims. I may decide to switch back to the stock rim and add spacers.
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    Regrets on the wheels and tires I bought?

    Yea, I knew that would not be everyone's cup of tea, and I wanted that. I like a more utilitarian almost military look.
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    Regrets on the wheels and tires I bought?

    So I am trying to decide if I have regrets regarding my relatively quick decision on wheels and tires. It came faster than I expected after getting my 2015 JKU Rubicon two weeks ago as I kinda fell into it bass-ackwards. I really liked the look of these wheels but did not account for their...
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    Very upset that car wash damaged my Jeep

    You ran it through a automatic wash with a roof rack on the top? Not sure that would be advisable in any way, shape or form. I could see that being a thousand kinds of potential for things getting jacked up. Factory rack or not, it is a rack framework going through something that twirls around...