Ontario BS Thread

Well boys I’m a fuckin re-tahd.

Turns out I didn’t need spacers. Either I have the not thick as fuck calipers or previous owner already ground them down.

Anyone wanna buy some 6x5.5 paperweights...

 

Nvm spoke too soon, they rub on passenger.

 

Took longer than my ARB took.

Was only about 2 hours

 

6x5.5. What diameter though? Or what’s the issue?

 

I was just super stoked I was able to install it myself with out paying anyone to do it for me

 

Did you drill the a-pillar?

 

Nope, I used double sided gorilla tape. Its called Gorilla hanging tape. It says it can support 30lbs per square inch.

 

I may have to try that one. The double sided tape I have used has not help up lol.

 

I bought 15” wheels cause I’m dumb dumb and got a good deal on 15” tires. Found out after the fact that I need spacers (adapters) so I sucked it up and got them.

Been stressing me out that the spacers are eating away at my front end so I took them off to see if I can run without. Got excited that the driver side worked but passenger rubbed the caliper and I don’t want to grind the caliper just for these wheels.

So I’m gonna throw the stock wheels back on with the highway tires and then figure out what to do from there, I don’t want to run a spacer. I may just wait till next winter and buy a set of duratracs or something that actually fit my setup.

In the bright side I got my rear Bilstein 4600s in! Rides like a dream.

 

What are the offsets on the rims and how big are the spacers.

Reason I ask is because if I ran 1.5” spacers on stock wheels I would be roughly at the backspacing of my aftermarket rims.

Yes spacers will wear out wheel bearings, but so will larger tires. My concern with spacers is something else to break. Again, not a huge concern if you just do regular maintence and inspect and have a good quality spacer.

Just food for thought.

 

The rims are already 3.75” so it’s a lot of load over an extra 5” over stock. Just worries me more than it’s worth, my front end is older and I don’t want to deal with losing a ball joint or wheel bearing on the highway.

I can hopefully recoup the cost on this set and buy some tires that will actually benefit me and it can be a proper set up... hopefully :’(

 

Ahh. I’m running 3.5” backspace on 315’s so I hear ya.

What size were you thinking for tires? 31’s?

 

Link?

Same . Mine keeps coming off . Mind you I don't think the snorkel moves without the support

 

I think I’m gonna get 265/75r16, so 31.6x10.4r16 I think it works out to. It won’t rub, I could go 285 and hammer more but again, bigger tire, more stress, more issues.

 

This is the stuff I used.

https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/gorilla-glue-mounting-tape-black-0671081p.html

 

Doesn’t look terrible on the stocks, wish these were ATs and not HWY however...

 

It gets to the point where you don’t care. Once your there, 35’s or 40’s

 

315s no lift?

 

Just want my shit to be in good condition, that’s my issue, 35s and 40s fuck ya shit up good

 

You don’t count....