.25 inch wheel spacers.

I bought a set of 4Runner limited 5star rims but afterward I realized the back spacing is different. I don't think I can fit the 285s. So today I bought a set of .25 inch wheel spacers for the front until I csn decide what size adapters to get.

Is it a really bad think to drive around town for a month or so with them?
Extended studs sounds like a PITA and I can't even find a good write up on it.

Thoughts?

 

I'm not a fan of spacers to begin with, although I run them and will have to run them once I put my 285's on.

Floating spacers are even sketchier, in my opinion. I know the studs on my truck are really short, I'm not sure about the first gen though, I've read about guys using IS300 studs if that helps you at all!

 

I would PM nj636, he knows his stuff in this arena.
Here is a link to his Wheel Bearing/Hubs thread: http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2n...s-4x4-sale-complete-best-price-ever-save.html

 

x2. I had a few stripped lugs on mine when I bought it. Not knowing of this forum and all my options, I ended up putting in extended studs. Which would've been about the same price to buy good hub centric spacers. So I'm still running them, granted I have all long ass studs now. But just haven't gotten around to putting more money in original length studs, and bolt on spacers, just to get it converted back. Another thing too, is certain shops, such as discount tire, will not service any vehicle with these 'floating' spacers. So I had to take all my wheels alone down there to get new tires from them.

So yeah, don't do it. Unless you can get the extended shank lugs for more threads. I couldn't with my aftermarket rims. Wouldn't fit in the holes... I would wait. Or at least get what you need now, then swap them out for whatever you need when you change it out. Will be cheaper and safer and hassle free in the end. I'm sure you could sell your other spacers when you need to swap them.

 

And extended length studs are a pita, but fairly easy to do. But remember if you decide to get bolt on spacers, you'll have to convert back to original length studs. At that point you're risking mangling up the bite marks that hold the stud in from spinning. I'm hoping my don't do this when I do convert back. Otherwise, I'll have to get some new hubs. Which I'd be all over that if the members on here that sell complete units, made them for my prerunner, but they don't.

Another thing to note, is I could not find any open ended lugs for mine. As the studs were too long and the lug stopped when the threads hit the cap of the lug inside. So they couldn't be tightened down all the way. And I did get the correct studs. I may have been able to get some shorter ones, I don't remember what all is available. But I had a hard time figuring out which ones to get because they don't make them, I think, for our truck. I think it was for a Lexus or some crap... But yeah, I ended up having to cut off the cap on every lug so that I could tighten the lug all the way down. So now the studs stick out of the lugs a hair.

 

Damn. Please tell me I can put some kind of spacer on....

 

*edit* question answered before I refreshed/posted before.

3/4" is the smallest spacer to safely run on our hubcentric trucks.

 

Won't I have to cut the studs shorter with those. No pockets on rim...

 

Yep that's what I'm running now. Lug centric. With the aftermarket rims. And the 1/4 inch spacers. It was like that when I bought it. I think the extended shank lugs only come in lug centric too. Not sure on that. Been a while since I looked at lugs. I'm still not sure what I'll have to get when I convert back... My wheels are lug centric. So would I need the non lug centric spacers? Or will the lug centric work too? I believe the center bore fits over the hub. So hub centric should work yeah? Or should I get the flat ones. Because IF I ever decide to get different rims, I'd like my options to be open. Because from what I've seen, most hub centric wheels are limited. most "cool" ones are not hub centric...

 

Gotcha. Makes total sense now

 

I've made a huge mistake...anyone want some 4Runner wheels for $300?

 

Just to clarify another question about this stuff... Isn't it bad to cut wheel studs? Potentially decreasing the tensile strength? As well as using the impact to pull/snug the studs in place on the hub when installing new studs? I was told it's best to press them in. Which I did. A bit more of a pita, but safer route I guess?

 

I wouldn't cut my wheel studs.