REDrum5.0

Anyone who is lowered running spacers in the rear on stock rims (FX2 or otherwise)? I feel the rear wheels sit too far in and would like to get them a little more flush. If anyone is, what spacers and any pictures of before and after would be awesome, thanks!

maxpat82

My stock wheel with stock size tire, are pretty close to the fender lip.
my 07 fx2 18'' were not as close as my 08 fx2 20'' but still close enough that spacer would have been a bad idea.

You do know that differential move side to side a bit while cornering?
(not inches but still, 1/4" is normal)

Jimaa66

why don't you see if you can get a different offset on the rim?

REDrum5.0

I will down the road but in the mean time I like my FX2 rims.

Jimaa66

You're starting to go down a road I have traveled.
I looked into this, and depending on the rim, you may also see the need to have the studs on the wheel longer. By this I mean that when you slide the rim onto the studs, there is "x" amount of stud left for the nut to hold the tire on. If you find (or have made) spacers that are 5-10mm in length- you will loose that much for the nut.
Advice? - Take a nut off with the tire on the rim. Then measure how much stud is actually there to screw on to. Now, deduct the 10mm for the spacer, and see how many threads are left to hold the tire on. Do you feel that is enough?
I remember last summer doing this and measuring for my summer wheels. I don't remember the length or thread count- but I wasn't happy with it. If I really wanted to do it, I'd see if I could get custom disks with studs that were 10mm or so longer (I wanted to go out 10mm).
Hope this makes sense.
And remember- if you do want to use spacers, make sure they are hub-centric to the truck.