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What lift are you running love the looks
Can you take the bead lock bolts out to paint while the tires are mounted?
Did you ever try getting the center machined out? I really want to get away from spacers, or at least only run 1/4" ones.I can confirm that the Vector 5s will only fit with at least a 1" spacer. I ended up ordering the Spidertrax 1.25" spacers from Slee. There are two separate item numbers, one that only fits the front, and one for the rear. While I am not a fan of spacers, without, the hubs will not clear the wheels. I am contemplating having the center section of the Icon 5s machined out to clear the 100 series hubs. I may take my spare to a local machine shop and see how it turns out.
As others have mentioned, fittings 35"s (315/70/17) is not for the faint of heart. With the spacers and the +30 mm offset from the wheels, serious work is needed on the front "pinch weld" to get the tires to clear. The name is kind of deceiving, it's not really a weld, but instead 3-4 different sections of sheet metal folded together at the end. When you cut and trim, these sections are no longer joined, so I ended up welding them back together. A little primer and rubberized undercoating later, and things are good to go. In trimming the finder lining, you create an area where wheel spray can get into the rear portion of the fender, the rubberized coating should keep corrosion at bay. If any, at least now you can get in there with a hose or pressure washer and keep it clean, Before, this area was just packing mud and I couldn't even tell.
I still need to get some extended bump stops for the front (Wheeler) and bump stop extensions for the rear. Even with those, I think I am going to have to cut the top portion of the fenders because at full stuff, they will likely impact the fender lip. Getting rid of the spacers would help.
