Wheel spacers, or nah?

Any difference between the Bora and Spider trax?

 

Have had spacers on every truck I've owned, never an issue, not one.

 

Quality wise probably not much. Bora has more options for spacer width, Spider Trax only come in 1.25"(unless they started offering others)

 

He should check and see if they're lug centric and not hub centric. If lug centric, that's likely the cause of the vibes.

Oh man, that's rich.

 

No problemo. If it's a name brand like Bora or spidertrax and meant for a Toyota, then it'll be hub centric. Anything else and it's a toss up.

 

I have the spidertrax 1.25” spacers on my 2017 Off Road. Looks great, no vibes at all, could not be happier.

I personally think the way the stance is with the spacers is the way the truck should have came stock.

But needless to say proper install and tq specs matter, plus re checking tq after 100 miles (plus plenty of thread lock).

 

If wheel spacers where bad and wrong then everyone who has them would break theirs. The fact that it does not happen to most would suggest that improper installation, poor quality of the spacer, poor maintenance or the wrong wheel and tire set up may be the reason for failure. I'm using a custom 17x9 -12 wheel but if I were using my stock wheel and wanted to push them out, i would not hesitate to install some 1 1/2 spidertrax wheel spacers. $.02

 

@SchwiftyTaco17
... What's the verdict?

 

I just need to add my .02: wheel spacers are perfectly fine if you buy quality spacers.

I have heard several people say shit like "added point of failure," "shearing off at speed," or "wheel bearing failure"... bullshit. None of those people have actually seen any of this and it gets old.

I had two cars that I used to autocross and open track on high speed courses, both with wheel spacers. None of my spacers failed, warped, bent, or wobbled at speed. Both cars were daily drivers, one had full race slicks and the other r-compound tires when I would bring them to the course. I can tell you that the lateral forces exerted on those wheel spacers are far greater than anything a Tacoma will see, on road and off road.

Spacers are fine, buy them.

 

Get out of here with your bullshit.

 

147,000 miles of highway driving, LOTS of off roading, heavy 285/75r16's, and not the first issue with lugs, vibrations, etc....

Bora 1" spacers....Safe, effective, and trouble free. . Use quality parts, install them correctly, and ignore people who parrot bad info they hear from others who parrot bad info they simply do not understand.

Track width is track width...Doesn't matter if it's wheel spacers or wheels with more offset.

 

Thanks for the input, brotha.

 

Get new rims, not wheel spacers. Never trusted them especially for something so important.

 

Well that’s some empirical proof.

 

Where are you guys getting the best price for some spidertrax?

 

Steer away from wheel spacers. Just get the right wheel with the correct/desired offset and backspacing. You’ll feel much more confident about the application.

 

Send a message to @Wheeler's Off-Road Inc and josh will get you squared away

 

Thanks for the info.

 

Here's my opinion...

I'm not a fan of wheel spacers or high offset wheels; especially, for the sake of 'stance'.

Minimal use of wheel offset or wheel spacers to correct scrub radius, due to running taller tires, is fine; to a point.

32"-33" tires on stock wheels, would require 1/2" wheel spacer. Since quality wheels spacers start at 3/4", the correct width/offset wheel would be required for correction. A good example would be, going from the stock TRD Offroad 16"x7" et+25mm with 265/70/16, to the TRD FJ 16"x7.5" et+15 with 285/75/16. This combo would give about 3/4" of poke without sacrificing scrub. If a 3/4" wheel spacer was used on a 16"x7" et+25 with 285/75/16, it would add 3/8" of positive scrub; too rich for my blood.
35" tires on stock wheels, would require 3/4" wheel spacers.
37" tires on stock wheels, would require 1" wheel spacers.
39" tires on stock wheels, would require 1.25" wheel spacers.
My personal limit is a 33" tire; therefore, wheel spacers are a no-go.

Excessive positive scrub radius and it's effects aside, spacers will still affect effective spring rate, suspension geometry and loading of the wheel bearings. To deny it, would be to deny physics and geometry.
To what degree it affects the man and/or machine, can vary.

 

I don't have a 3rd gen, but I had a set of Bora spacers on my first gen. Let me say this first, I had zero issues for the 5000 miles I put on them. The only reason I took them off was because of something I didn't account for when I got them. Absolutely no tire shop in town would so much as spit on my truck with those "death traps" installed. I had 1 guy in the entire city to go to for work and that was after I pleaded... A lot. Think about that before you do it.
Edit: oh and the whole "use of impact tools will void the warranty" thing on Bora spacers, always left me thinking everytime it went in for service. I had to make it clear to the guy, but still wandered.