badmix
1/2 ton status
what is consensus on bringing rear tires out to match the fronts?
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Opinions on wheel spacers
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badmix
1/2 ton status
Can't find steel, all billet
I have made threads already
The good ones will be close to $400 you can bet cheaper on Amazon though.
I still have yet to pull the trigger on them.
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The good ones will be close to $400 you can bet cheaper on Amazon though.
I still have yet to pull the trigger on them.
Wheel spacers
A 6-lug to 8-lug adapter is dumb. Anybody sketching it on paper can see that... Just a spacer (not adapter) is a different category and can be useful when the right offset wheel isn't available.
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Steel, good, expensive
www.customwheeloffset.com
Steel 1.5in Stahl Spacer
Give your build a completely new look with a set of Motorsport Tech wheel spacers. These spacers sit behind the mounting surface of the wheel and push them
www.customwheeloffset.com
badmix
1/2 ton status
Ok , thanks, I'll forego them at this time, lol
People run the aluminum cheap ones all the time. You just have to religiously check them. But I wouldn't trust them. Steel, probably the safest way
I've trusted them for years. Loctite the spacers nuts to the oem studs if you want to. Or don't. Just torque them correctly. That means in the correct sequence and to the appropriate amount. Then, just like we do with ubolts, take a drive and recheck your torque. When they maintain torque, set em and forget em.
Or don't. Whatever I'm not your mom.
Or don't. Whatever I'm not your mom.
People are timid, you always read horror stories with these things...
I’ve never had any issues with spacers. 2-piece adapters? That’s a different story all together.
I have spacers on the rear of my 05 Silverado. Rancher I bought it from had put them on for exactly this reason, line the front and rear up so it goes through snow drifts and mud better. I didn't even notice when I bought it. 6 months later I got new tires and figured it out. 2 years later now and no issues. No loosening, no vibration, nothing wrong. Aluminum.
Appreciate that info.
Then with so many running these, why the horror stories, user error?
All sorts or reasons. Unfortunately Darwin isn’t right as often as he should be when they stack them and other dumb things
Plenty of videos and stories of wheels falling off on stock rigs too.
Nobody posts up a video of their wheel spacer working properly.
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Post in thread 'please, please, do not use wheel spacers'
https://ck5.com/forums/threads/please-please-do-not-use-wheel-spacers.55753/post-456980
Post in thread 'please, please, do not use wheel spacers'
https://ck5.com/forums/threads/please-please-do-not-use-wheel-spacers.55753/post-456980
Same reason you get bad reviews on Google. They only talk about it when it's bad.
I kind of don't like it, honestly.
You can tell the body lines were not made for the tires to be out that far in a purely aesthetic view. Functionally, seems to throw crud up the side of the vehicle worse than with them tucked in more.
Best spacer? 14SF. While its a big step up from the 10b, it isn't necessarily as easy a swap as it seems, even if 6 lug.
I used these on the rear wheels of my suburban and couldn't be happier with them.
Did you use loctite on the spacer to hub bolts?
