Wheel spacers and clearance issues?

[Chris Laun]

Hello all! I have been lurking on the forum for quite a while now and am finally posting my first thread :emb: I purchased a 2008 H3 Alpha last month and am finally getting around to some customizing and modification. After cranking my t-bars up to 23.5", I went ahead and slapped some new 315/75/16 BFGoodrich KO2's on, and am having some rubbing issues on the front end. The previous owner didn't have the wheels aligned correctly and I verified this by taking a look at the visible un-even lengths of thread on the tie-rods... I'm getting an alignment done this week, and was wondering if I will still rub on the sway bar? and if not, how may of you guys run wheel spacers to remedy this? Thanks!

 

[alrock]

You'll still rub on the sway bar. I'd rather deal with a bit of rub than have spacers.

 

[rsc]

Since those sidewalls are pretty smooth you won't notice the rubbing like you would with a mud tire. You should only have rubbing in the last couple degrees of steering wheel movement. Not a big deal. If it is, drop is down about 1/4" on the t-bars.