I have always been under the impression that wheel spacers were gheto. It was a bad thing that you were never to do. But I have noticed some fairly reputable companies making them lately. What do you think?

I have fairly new wheels and don't really want to replace them with the proper backspacing. Should I just suck it up, or are spacers OK?

I have a chance to pick up some rock buggy 2" spacers for $90 shipped.

Spacers are not all bad. You jus have got to make sure they stay tight.

Many run them on Toyota axles with good results. I have had mine loosen after they were installed. Double check tightness of hub to spacer nuts after driving for a few miles.
Ha ha! you were there first

I run 2" up front and 1-1/2" in the rear. Had em' on there for a couple of years now with no probs. Just make sure theyre tight, and if it makes you feel better, locktight the inner studs. BTW, they are on Toy axles.

we run them on toys to clear the frame with 36 12.5s with no prblems. if you torque them right the first time and check them once in a while they should work fine.

Run 'em without any prob's

I am biased against spacers, I dont think they are 100% safe.

I have to agree, I don't personally like them, but wayoff brings up a good point, there are more and more of them for sale. Maybe they have always been this available, but not just advertised, I am not sure....

Even so, I still don't like them. Personal opinion of course, and there quite a number of people that do run them with good results.

Are you just interested because you want your wheels to sit roughly where a "stock bs wheel sits" or are you having clearance issues/rubbing???

I would say if you don't need them to clear anything, don't bother.

im thinking about some here soon on a F150, wanna get rid of my radius arm and frame rubbin, and get a better look also :D . i hear they are safe, i hear that you shouldnt go bigger than 1", and make sure that they sit perfectly flat on the hub, and on the wheel.

GSGG

I have 2" front and rear on my 4runner with no problems.

I installed them with all new studs and nuts (all 96 of em got expensive too)

All the horror stories you hear are either bull shit or they were never tightned right in the first place.

Mine have never (knocking on wood) came lose.

Look at the leverage a dualie wheel puts on the wheel studs if only the out side tire hits a curb...

Sure an engineer would/COULD tell you it'll never be strong enough in theroy, but in the real world there really isnt a problem with them.

partially true about the duallie.

I have only used stock steelies on duallies, and they werent 2" thick... If an inner dual was 2" thick, then yes it wouldn't be *much* different than running a spacer when you ran on the outer dual alone.

Originally posted by jpcj
I have to agree, I don't personally like them, but wayoff brings up a good point, there are more and more of them for sale. Maybe they have always been this available, but not just advertised, I am not sure....

Even so, I still don't like them. Personal opinion of course, and there quite a number of people that do run them with good results.

Are you just interested because you want your wheels to sit roughly where a "stock bs wheel sits" or are you having clearance issues/rubbing???

I would say if you don't need them to clear anything, don't bother.

I run 38x14.5 and they rub on the springs i nthe front. But my rig is a trailer queen now, so I want to get my sh!t right out there too. I narrowed the front fenders, and would like to have the extra width too. I had planned on getting 2" backspaced rims, but I really don't need all that in the rear with the wide track rear, and I have 3/4" all pro through the stud spacers in the front I can move to the rear.

ran them with no probs for almost 4 years;)

I run the Spidertrax on my cj and they have been great.

Originally posted by upinit
I run the Spidertrax on my cj and they have been great.

Funny, you mention Spidertrax.

A pair of spacers from them, for a CJ is $124.95 (5 on 5.5)
A pair of 15 X 8 wheels with 2-1/2" backspacing from them is...

$99.90

So, 4 spacers = $249.90
and 5 wheels = $249.75

So, not only are new rims cheaper than spacers, there are fewer parts to fail on your rig - always a good thing.

Oh, yeah, I have Spidertrax rims on my rig. CJ and Sidekick are both 5 on 5.5 wheel pattern.

What about a pair of cheap 8 lugs? All that spider trax place sells is 5 lug.



What about using the dually spacers from a factory DRW?