Wheel spacers that bad?

Are wheel spacers really all that bad? I mean is anyone completely against them? And what's the problem with them I love my stick steelies but want a wider stance so what's wrong with them?

 

it just turns the wheel/tire assembly into two parts. extra point of failure. honestly they're fine as long as you get hubcentric, that way the weight of the vehicle rests on the hub of the spacer and not the lugs

 

That's what I have, stock steel with spidertraxx spacers. No problems as long as you apply the proper torque to the spacers and wheels.

 

I've had no issues with mine.

 

I think you and I should trade rims just for good measure.

 

I've heard they can make wheel bearings fail prematurely, but I don't see how they are any worse then wider wheels

 

thanks guys im buying a set then

 

they're not. a spacer+wheel is equal to a wheel with less backspacing. they will both do the same type of wear.

 

I have spidertrax no problems at all. Just don't buy cheap. Spidertrax are in my opinion the best on the market.

 

Wheel spacers work great. The Spidertrax are certainly the highest quality ones. Just like your wheels, they just need to be torqued on properly.

They are available in standard Spidertrax Blue, and also now in Black.

 

What about Bora Spacers ?

 

I have had several customers buy bearings that have failed with or without spacers. I won't attest to one or the other being worse, however there is a difference between spacers, and wheels with a different offset from what I learned back at the dealerships. According to Timken, a wheel spacer changes the extent of leverage for a load, versus just the location it is attached. Their description was basically that a wheel spacer would be like adding a longer arm to a torque wrench. While the attachment point is still the same (the bolt, and in this case the original wheel hub) but a spacer allows more torque to be applied to the hub, like a cheater pipe.

That being said I don't have more customers with spacers asking for new bearings, and those who HAVE bought my bearings and are running spacers have never called back saying that the new bearing has failed.

 

Would you like to buy a set?

 

What size ?

 

1.25" set as in 2.

 

Pass

Thanks though

 

IMHO - Worry about function over form.

My stock steelies look just fine and even if no one else likes the look of them I don't care what they think.



If your "stance" really bothers you get spacers.

Just know the stock steel wheel backspace is absolutely perfect for running large skinny tires that allow maximum clearance with minimal fabrication work (255/85/16).

 

If this is the argument against, which has some validity, explain why the 5lug wheels do not rest on the hub but are carried by the lugs. From my understanding hub-centric spacers were made to ensure that the wheels stay centered on the hub so as to not be out of round when rotating thus causing imbalance issues.

 

because that's how Toyota designed them? I wasn't trying to argue anything just stating the reasoning behind hubcentric vs lugcentric wheel spacers.

5lug wheels aren't going to be subjected to the same driving style and stresses that a 6lug will, I imagine they are designed to reflect that difference.