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Old 02-02-2013, 07:24 PM
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So I've been on here all day searching and have got a couple of questions. I have aftermarket wheels with acorn style lug nuts so do I need hubcentric spacers or not. And I'm not exactly sure which size lug studs I have cause aren't there two different ones on the 2000 models. Thanks ahead for any help you guys can give.
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I recently purchased the 2" wheel spacers from "cjbargains" on eBay and I am impressed with them so far! They are also the hub centric ones...on my 00' and 02' my lugs were both the same size 14x2..so I'm not completely sure how you would figure out which you had..
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I recently purchased the 2" wheel spacers from "cjbargains" on eBay and I am impressed with them so far! They are also the hub centric ones...on my 00' and 02' my lugs were both the same size 14x2..so I'm not completely sure how you would figure out which you had..
I thought that was lug size but wasn't sure. Thanks for info and a seller, ill have to look them up. Do you happen to have any pics of how far your tires stick out with the spacers on?
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Originally Posted by 4x4wolf

I thought that was lug size but wasn't sure. Thanks for info and a seller, ill have to look them up. Do you happen to have any pics of how far your tires stick out with the spacers on?
When I was looking into spacers EVERYONE recommended them! And yes I do there on my computer I will put them up when I get back home! Over a quarter of my tires stick out on the very bottom of my valance and back fenders...IMHO it was exactly what my truck need to give a really mean look!
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K thanks for the pics
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Being that I'm still a teenager it doesn't bother me that I have to wash my truck all the time because it throws mud all over my truck! Just from regular driving!
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Hubcentric spacers are not a necessity, but they will definitely help your wheel be perfectly centered to the hub. Even with acorn style lugs, there's no guarantee that the aftermarket wheels will be perfectly centered unless the center bore was the same dimension as the stock wheel so it sits hubcentric already. If you're spacing it out over an inch I'd recommend it. I just bought hubcentric wheel adapters from http://www.motorsport-tech.com/ and couldn't be happier... cheers.
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Thanks again guys do the pics and all the info
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Ive been running 1.5 inch spacers for about a year now...and i would recommend hubcentric..here are a couple pics to give ya an idea how they look on a 10 inch wide rim

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Probably a stupid question but do these spacers work with stock wheels?


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