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Upper Control Arm Tire Clearance

John89

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Can't wait to see pictures. It's hard to find wheels that look good on a white truck. I have been looking for awhile now.
Yeah man, I know what you’re saying. I got tired of going through hundreds of pages on customs wheel offset. Honestly I wasn’t even sure how these were gonna look… Im not totally in love with the look but they look decent!
 

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Just want to add that after installing them, I do have some rub when doing full lock turns… Gonna have to do some trimming unfortunately. I did not have this issue with the stock wheels since they had a positive offset. These are -18mm.
 

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You might be able to avoid trimming if its rubbing on the plastic liner. Well placed zip tie or two might do the trick.


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You might be able to avoid trimming if its rubbing on the plastic liner. Well placed zip tie or two might do the trick.


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It’s actually rubbing on the little mudflap on the inside corner. I can tell by the markings on it.
 

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Scratch that lol trim away


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Looks great!

My tires rubbed on the inside section of the mud guards too. I pulled the little flap off and bent the metal tab up and back, then heated the flap with a heat gun and formed it to fit the new contours so I could retain all the plastic. I also have the husky flaps that bolt over the OEM ones. I heated that up and formed it too. Now it all fits without contact.
 

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Looks great!

My tires rubbed on the inside section of the mud guards too. I pulled the little flap off and bent the metal tab up and back, then heated the flap with a heat gun and formed it to fit the new contours so I could retain all the plastic. I also have the husky flaps that bolt over the OEM ones. I heated that up and formed it too. Now it all fits without contact.
I need to do this to my Husky mud guards. I have slight rub with 35x12.50s at about 3/4 turn. Just a small area on the flap where it sticks it a little
 

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I need to do this to my Husky mud guards. I have slight rub with 35x12.50s at about 3/4 turn. Just a small area on the flap where it sticks it a little
With heat, I was able to push it all back plenty to clear the tire.
I had to slot the hole in the small flap with a file for the plastic retainer pin after relocating the metal tab.
 

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Looks great!

My tires rubbed on the inside section of the mud guards too. I pulled the little flap off and bent the metal tab up and back, then heated the flap with a heat gun and formed it to fit the new contours so I could retain all the plastic. I also have the husky flaps that bolt over the OEM ones. I heated that up and formed it too. Now it all fits without contact.
Thanks man. Would you be able to send me a pic if possible when you have a chance?

You mean remove the flap, and underneath that there’s a metal tab you can bend upwards and towards the rear? Just wanna make sure I’m following.
 

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They look good! The machined chrome in wheel goes well with your chrome trim and bumpers. Well done sir.
Thank you! Yeah, I tried my best with these. Kind of wish I had the body color bumpers, definitely would’ve opened me up to a greater selection of wheels. The chrome bumpers IMO do resist scratches and highway rocks/pebbles a lot more so that’s a plus! Overall I’m happy with the look
 

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I got the amp research power steps from morris4x4 at a good price with promo code warmup100:

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You can get the Mopar Power Running Boards from BAM for a little less $$.

 

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You can get the Mopar Power Running Boards from BAM for a little less $$.

Plus $200 shipping
You can get the Mopar Power Running Boards from BAM for a little less $$.

Plus $200 shipping makes it a little more. At Morris 4x4 they gave me a $75 rebate on a visa gift card, so that’s why I went with them vs bam. Thanks for looking out though!
 

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Plus $200 shipping

Plus $200 shipping makes it a little more. At Morris 4x4 they gave me a $75 rebate on a visa gift card, so that’s why I went with them vs bam. Thanks for looking out though!

Pretty close to a wash. It's nice having the ability to retract/deploy them through UConnect. Plus the display in the EVIC. No worries.


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Pretty close to a wash. It's nice having the ability to retract/deploy them through UConnect. Plus the display in the EVIC. No worries.


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Damnnn I didn’t know it’d show up there!! Is it worth returning the amp research steps? I received them a few days ago…
 

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Damnnn I didn’t know it’d show up there!! Is it worth returning the amp research steps? I received them a few days ago…

Not sure. That's up to you. You would have to activate the running boards with AlfaOBD.
 

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