I took the time today to give SSDutch a long-overdue oil change, and also finally installed the 1.5” wheel spacers on the front wheels.  I’ve had them sitting on the shelf for over a year, and hoped they would improve the turn radius of the already-long CJ6.  They did!

First, some comparison photos.  Here’s the front stance before installing the spacers:

And after:

Side view before:

Side view after:

Inside clearance before:

After:

The results?  A 20% improvement in turn radius.  Before installing the spacers I could do a 41’ foot circle turning hard left.  After installing I could turn a 33’ circle.  I neglected to measure the right-turn results but seat of the pants feel is the same or better.

I wish I would have measured the radius of the CJ5 with these same wheels and tires mounted - just to see where the CJ6 with spacers comes out against it.

I do have fears of tire-to-fender interference now though, and will soon try some ramp testing to see how that pans out.  I do have different springs to put on yet so that may affect it as well.