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TJ1978

TJ1978

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Lame or send it for an 8 lug?
Just to kick the wheels out a bit from flush with the cab...

if yes, what would you recommend?

place is ghost town lately, hopefully I'll get a bite on this ,, hahahahahaha
 
Ugh.. Not a fan. That being said, steel bolt-on versions are much safer than aluminum.

The mismatch of wheel tracks is annoying for sure, but I'd rather put a wider van axle in to fix it than run spacers. But since my money tree hasn't started to grow yet I just put up with the mismatch.
 
If your not rock bouncing aluminum ones are fine.
I ran a set for nearly 6 years on my burb in DD duty.
Never had an issue once.
Beat it hard now and then.
Just have to remember to torque them, run them, and remove wheels and torque them again in a hundred miles.
Then you just re check em whenever you rotate tires.
 
Which ones have you guys run? The bolt on type from amazon? What width like 1.5 to 2 inch?

money tree? I wish
 
These are the ones I had.
(Bolted together for storage)
No idea where I bought them from lol.

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I run some 3" version if i recall for 10+ years on a K30 truck to make it SRW from DRW C&C width . Not 1 problem with the ebay spacers with both aftermarket aluminum and stock steel wheels .

I hauled 2ton of gravel to plow snow and daily drive and even vehicle recovery . .

How i put them on was red lock-tight and 10ft-lb over spec for the nuts .

Come to think of it that truck lasted 10 years like that . . . Its been gone a few years and i need to scrap out that axle . . . .
 
@TJ1978 I’m glad this conversation came up, I’m shopping for used beadlocks at the moment. Since I’ll have no real choice in the backspacing I’ve considered that I might have to use some spacers to either fit the wheels over the brakes (if I get 15” wheels) or push the rim outward of the wheels have minimal offset.
 
I saw a few blazers on Instagram that had the wheels just pushed out from under the wheel wells amd it looked slick.

nothing ridiculous just line 1.5-2 out.

i just don't know which brand to go with for an 8 lug. Rough country has them at $100 a pair and amazon has sets of 4 around $120-150ish
Furthering the confusion for purchasing, when I enter my vehicle none of them say they will fit.
 
I forget do you have a 14b? Are you trying to go from 6 to 8?

They won't tell they fit cause your truck isn't stock.

Make sure to figure cost of lug nuts in. Those little buggers are getting expensive.
 
sweetk30 said:
Dana 60 frt brakes need a little bit of grinding at 3.5" backspace. I did it years ago on some 15x10 wheels .
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If you’re talking about mine, I’ve done 15’s on a 60 before and you’re right it’s more work than a 3/4 ton but definitely not a difficult job. I’m just not sure how 15’s would fit with the big calipers in the rear, I guess it would be about the same.
 
Best spacers out there. Lug-centric and hub-centric.

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I don't understand what "lug centric" "hub centric" mean

man those spacers are $100 a piece,
$400+ for four? Yikes
 
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