Wheel spacers

[sreidmx]

Whats the general consensus on wheel spacers? I would love me som HD wheels with some 35s but Im a gofast kinda guy and worried that wheelspacers carry that old scary spooky kind of trustlessness...

 

[76zimmer]

I have spacers between my dually rims...1.5" thick I think, they come with separate studs....they mount to the factory studs over the inner wheel, then the outer wheel mounts to a different set of studs on the spacer/adapter. I have pulled 10K + with them and no issues. They are steel spacers, not aluminum for my application though.

 

[sreidmx]

Is there a difference between billet spacers? or are they all billet.

 

[sweetk30]

from a guy that did a lots of tires and custom wheels for years I can say my opinion is . . .

if the back side of the rim were it sits on the hub/rotor/drum face is not a solid surface then I would preter to run steel spacers .

if its a flat back face rim were the lug holes are like a lot of aftermarket rims are then aluminum be fine .

 

[magik235]

I have spacers between my dually rims...1.5" thick I think, they come with separate studs....they mount to the factory studs over the inner wheel, then the outer wheel mounts to a different set of studs on the spacer/adapter. I have pulled 10K + with them and no issues. They are steel spacers, not aluminum for my application though.

I have the same spacers. Excellent quality but expensive.

 

[kennyw]

Billet is just a marketing term.

a : a bar of metal
b : a piece of semifinished iron or steel nearly square in section made by rolling an ingot or bloom
c : a section of nonferrous metal ingot hot-worked by forging, rolling, or extrusion
d : a nonferrous casting suitable for rolling or extrusion

It is meaningless to someone in the engineering field and tells you nothing about the actual material used. I want to see the material grade. 6061-T6 Aluminum is just as strong as many steels.