Spacers
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Spacers
I'm fixin to get me some spacers. Anyone else runnin spacers? I'd love to see some pictures. I'm not sure how much space I want yet. Seeing some examples would be much appreciated! Thanks!
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Wheel spacers are bad. Period
Even the best made spacers put a significant amount of added stress on the front end (hub and lug nuts primarily).
Wheel offset (distance between inside mounting point of wheel to center point of wheel) and backspacing (distance from inside mounting point to inside of rim) are design attributes of the vehicle.
Adding wheel spacers (or even different rims with a more negate offset or smaller backspacing) can cause huge strains on the mounting hardware.
Red Ford's pic is an example of catastrophic failure, not common, but enough to say don't use wheel spacers.
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It is a very real issue that is more common than people talk about. Wheel spacers are bad. Period Even the best made spacers put a significant amount of added stress on the front end (hub and lug nuts primarily). Wheel offset (distance between inside mounting point of wheel to center point of wheel) and backspacing (distance from inside mounting point to inside of rim) are design attributes of the vehicle. Adding wheel spacers (or even different rims with a more negate offset or smaller backspacing) can cause huge strains on the mounting hardware. Red Ford's pic is an example of catastrophic failure, not common, but enough to say don't use wheel spacers.
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Well, first I took them to les schwab because I have heard stories like what happened to me happen, so I wanted a professional to do and get a warranty on it. They said they wouldn't touch them because of a safety hazard (I think they said anything over 1/2" they won't mount?). With that I decided to just do it myself, didn't get more than 20 miles out of them before one popped off. Turns out the company that sent them out sent the wrong lug nuts and I didn't catch it, so when you have fine thread lug nuts trying to go on a course thread stud, you may have some issues lol.
I'm sure that if I used the right lug nuts everything would have been fine, but after everything I read on them I will never use them again.
The spacers vs no spacers is kinda like Coke or Pepsi? Lifted or lowered? Cash or card? etc. It is a preference, it is a risk, and to me it is cheap. It is just another thing that can fail (and for me obviously did). If you want the big stance then get new wheels with a negative offset.
I'm sure that if I used the right lug nuts everything would have been fine, but after everything I read on them I will never use them again.
The spacers vs no spacers is kinda like Coke or Pepsi? Lifted or lowered? Cash or card? etc. It is a preference, it is a risk, and to me it is cheap. It is just another thing that can fail (and for me obviously did). If you want the big stance then get new wheels with a negative offset.