2in wheel spacers

There is no difference between spacers and wheels with equal backspacing, both will slightly increase the wear on your wheel bearings and such. But you never hear people saying don't put aftermarket wheels on.

 

I'm gonna agree with you on this. This isn't to say I'm dog piling on someone's who passing on information, but instead to mention most of the time I'm looking for insight from someone who's really done it.

Backspacing on a wheel and adapters do the same thing to wheel bearings and stresses, but the "danger" of an adapter vs. a solid wheel is that it's a 2 part system. If you have those lugs in there well, and using the locktite Red my spidertrax came with, it shouldn't be an issue. Wheel bearings don't know the difference between backspacing and adapters.

Spacers, which use the stock lug threads, present a leverage effect on the lugs themselves, and that's a very different scientific problem. I would never recommend those at all.

My buddy has a 2014 Rubicon which have had 2" adapters on since about the first month has never had an issue. That's 40,000 miles of road trips, wheeling, and daily driving. If installed correctly, it's a non issue.

 

Try pressing the "quote" button on the bottom right of the post you're replying to. it creates a nice chain of responses that can easily be read, referenced, and replied to. It also shows up as a notification when someone's text is quoted making it easier to find.

 

There is a a level of disconnect with the spacers as you essentially have two sets of lug nuts stacked on two pieces of hardware which adversely effect the rigidity. Custom wheels with lower offset are bad enough, spacers are worse. Both will aggravate any imbalance issues and put an offset load on wheel bearings.

 

Oh, so you mean to tell me the hundreds of different OEM wheels with a low-ish offset (thick packpad) wheels (think: BMW) will aggravate any imbalance issues and put an offset load on the bearings? No.

 

Every thread

 

The spacers are just until I get M/T on her

 

And as well you guys are all saying you are having problems with the spacers that just slip over the existing lugs then you put the wheel back on.

What about the spacers that bolt on to the existing lug nuts then have there own lugs in t for your wheel to go on. Done a ton of research and everyone talks good about them

 

They are fine. Just follow the instructions and torque them to the proper spec and check the torque again after 50-100 miles.

 

Alright perfect. Thank you.

 

2016 Tacoma TRD sport with 2in spacers things work great. Went through mud and threw doughnuts and never had a problem. They drive better than when I bough the truck . And he truck only has 3k miles on it.

 

Looks good. 1.5s might of been a little better imo

 

Glad to hear you ignored everyone put them on anyways. You'll be FINE. People think spacers are the spawn of Satan for some reason.

 

In what way

 

There is a lot of misinformation in this thread. If you want to talk to someone who knows what you will be dealing with it's me.

I run them. Not because I want to, but because I have to. Not only does my dual shock setup in the front make the suspension longer overall but the chances of the wheel rubbing on the rear shock body is a huge possibility as well without them. It's either that or go long travel, but I am not willing to do that so I'll settle for this setup. It works and it works damn well for the sort of wheeling I like to do and the body roll has actually improved drastically even without a sway bar with them on due to wider wheelbase.

You would have to be pretty stupid to botch the install on these adapters. When done right, they become an extension of the hub itself due to it's design, which will in turn be a very strong setup.

Don't believe me? Look at my sig pic. Done many times over on them. Still run them to this day some 40,000 miles later for three years at least.

Also, no I do not run loctite on them... "Ohh my gosh your wheels are going to fly off!" Bullshit.

Now, will his truck in stock configuration look weird or maybe even bro without some flared fenders to match? Possibly, but that is not our journey to take and choice to make now is it. Give the man his info and move forward. Instead of chastise and make this forum more toxic than it already can be. If you want to BS and talk shit to each other there is a Off topic and BS section for that.

This is far from truth. Wheel bearing issues are luck of the draw. I have talked to and seen some folks on here whose wheel bearings failed as early as 60 to even 50K on their trucks (these) with easy driving. I'm at 81K, have had these spacers on for nearly half of those miles easily, have beat the ever living piss out of this truck and am not having any wheel bearing issues to date.

Failure of the ball joints is a different story. However, you are in no way altering geometry from the upper and lower control arms so in all truth their longevity should be no different than if you had them on or not. I have had uniballs for a long time so the ball joints strength deal is not something which relates to me.

 

The money can be put towards decent off-road rims instead... or offset flashy bro rims whatever your fancy .

 

I dig everything you said on your post, but I'm sure someone is gonna challenge you on this. I certainly agree wider = more stable, but body roll is a part of the sprung system while wheel adapters are part of the unsprung system.

I'm gonna say the wider wheelbase helps your stance to be more planted, but those dual shocks you mentioned are probably firmer than stock, and those are likely knocking a lot of that body roll out. I know mine improved dramatically on the 4Runner and the Tacoma after firmer shocks went on with my lifts (along with stiffer springs).

 

This much is true. I definitely overlooked the fact that I run 650 lb spring 100 lbs over stock and shock valving on both the coilovers and the secondary shocks themselves which are resistant enough to handle things like dune running.

Don't worry, there is always someone to challenge another. I'm nearly counting on it.

 

What kind of spacers did you go with? I need some to be able to fit some 15’s I got as a gift also your truck looks sharp man!

 

where did you buy these spacers? Looking for 2” but all I see is 1.25 and 1.5. All the others have sketchy reviews