Topic Sponsor
1997 - 2003 Ford F150 General discussion on the Ford 1997 - 2003 F150 truck.

Wheel Spacers

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 05-03-2016, 01:03 PM
  #11  
Senior Member
 
ScrewThat's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2015
Location: North DFW
Posts: 667
Likes: 0
Received 42 Likes on 39 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by rjiacobucci3
I just wouldn't want to spend more than about $700 and I'm not sure what would look good on my truck
What style wheel do you like? Black? Chrome? Do you like having a lip on the wheel or no? I put mb tko's on my truck mainly because they were the best looking wheel that I could find in our bolt pattern in my opinion.

I attached some older pictures cause they were the ones you could see the wheels the best. I kinda like the stance in the one where the rear end is real low..that's 2" lowering shackles and like 45-50 car batteries and a couple tires in the rear lol. Both pictures were taken when I worked for Acura.

Last edited by ScrewThat; 05-03-2016 at 01:06 PM.
Old 05-03-2016, 01:37 PM
  #12  
Member
Thread Starter
 
rjiacobucci3's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Denton, Texas
Posts: 30
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by ScrewThat
What style wheel do you like? Black? Chrome? Do you like having a lip on the wheel or no? I put mb tko's on my truck mainly because they were the best looking wheel that I could find in our bolt pattern in my opinion.

I attached some older pictures cause they were the ones you could see the wheels the best. I kinda like the stance in the one where the rear end is real low..that's 2" lowering shackles and like 45-50 car batteries and a couple tires in the rear lol. Both pictures were taken when I worked for Acura.
I think I want to do black wheels, I'll post a pic of my truck when I get home, but I want an aggressive offset but not too much
Old 05-03-2016, 02:08 PM
  #13  
Member
Thread Starter
 
rjiacobucci3's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Denton, Texas
Posts: 30
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

This is what she looks like right now

Old 05-03-2016, 06:10 PM
  #14  
Senior Member
 
ScrewThat's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2015
Location: North DFW
Posts: 667
Likes: 0
Received 42 Likes on 39 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by rjiacobucci3
This is what she looks like right now

I had those exact wheels. I think a black wheel would look good on your truck
Old 05-03-2016, 09:21 PM
  #15  
Senior Member
 
Red-Ford's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Camano Island WA
Posts: 3,510
Received 185 Likes on 179 Posts

Default

Originally Posted by rjiacobucci3
I just wouldn't want to spend more than about $700 and I'm not sure what would look good on my truck
Wheel spacers costed me a little more than double that budget with a headache on top.
Old 05-05-2016, 07:22 AM
  #16  
Senior Member
 
pfoley12's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: KY
Posts: 2,830
Received 40 Likes on 32 Posts

Default

Get a set of bora spacers. Keep them torqued down correctly, and you will be happy. There's always that one person that had a wheel fall off, due to an incorrect installation. Also use loctite. Boras are $70 a piece for the 2" so if you really want spacers you'll have to pay up.

Wheel Spacers-image-1296396351.jpg
The following users liked this post:
02_Black_On_White (05-05-2016)
Old 05-07-2016, 05:37 AM
  #17  
Senior Member
 
Jackedup00's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 20,710
Received 229 Likes on 200 Posts
Default

To add to foley, there's always that person that cheaped out and learned the hard way to spend more now and less later.
I've never personally seen a case of quality Bora or machine shop built spacers fail
The following users liked this post:
02_Black_On_White (05-07-2016)
Old 05-07-2016, 12:44 PM
  #18  
Sh!tllbuffout
 
Heavy_Metal's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Sierra Foothills, Ca.
Posts: 639
Received 66 Likes on 58 Posts

Default

If you change the spacer width to metric itll help a little with the math. So 25.4mm equals 1" then just add the offset from the spacer to the offset of the wheel (which youll need to find out.)

So I ordered a wheel with +18mm offset then added a 1.75" spacer to get -26.5mm (rounded up) offset.

Edit- Not as "stancy" as others but I prefer being a little different as Im in Ca. and that "Cali look" where the small diameter tires poking out of a huge truck looks silly to me. Theyre mostly 3/4 and 1 tons though.




Last edited by Heavy_Metal; 05-07-2016 at 12:49 PM.
Old 05-07-2016, 05:16 PM
  #19  
Member
Thread Starter
 
rjiacobucci3's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Denton, Texas
Posts: 30
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by Heavy_Metal
If you change the spacer width to metric itll help a little with the math. So 25.4mm equals 1" then just add the offset from the spacer to the offset of the wheel (which youll need to find out.)

So I ordered a wheel with +18mm offset then added a 1.75" spacer to get -26.5mm (rounded up) offset.

Edit- Not as "stancy" as others but I prefer being a little different as Im in Ca. and that "Cali look" where the small diameter tires poking out of a huge truck looks silly to me. Theyre mostly 3/4 and 1 tons though.



Man I love those wheels. I was looking into getting some like that with the red accents, could you tell me which ones those are? I was looking into getting -12mm ones that way i dont have to get spacers
Old 05-07-2016, 05:35 PM
  #20  
Sh!tllbuffout
 
Heavy_Metal's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Sierra Foothills, Ca.
Posts: 639
Received 66 Likes on 58 Posts

Default

Theyre Moto Metal m0961. They only come in +18 offset with our bolt pattern. Mine are 18x9. IIRC theres a 20x9" option too. They come with both red and chrome inserts. They will fit your truck good but wont likely stick out any. I had to get spacers due to the lift.
The following users liked this post:
rjiacobucci3 (05-07-2016)



Quick Reply: Wheel Spacers



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 03:35 AM.