285/70 R17 wheels and tires

I am in need of wheel spacers. Can anyone recommend the smallest size i can use and not change lug studs. I was thinking 3/16 but i am curious on everyone's opinion. The tires fit pretty good. Slight rubbing at full turn but i also think it may be hitting the upper a-arm when compressed. Anyways here are some pictures. Thanks for all the comments good and bad HAHAHAHAHA

 

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Spidertrax 1.25” spacers are most common and are solid.

 

I hope you mean the type of spacers that have their own lugs pressed into them, with holes for your lugs to go through (see pic below). Those type bolt onto your lugs, then your wheels bolt onto the spacer's lugs. The thinnest option for these types of spacers is 0.75".



Based upon your comments, I'm assuming you mean something more like this



Without extending your existing stud length, these are very unsafe. You're effectively reducing the portion of lug stud that your lug nuts are grabbing and you're just asking for a wheel to come off

 

Also, keep in mind that if you go with the 3/4" spacers, your existing lugs will likely have to be trimmed to allow your wheel to sit flush to the spacer. I did that with mine, and it sucks trimming 24 lug studs with a sawzall and a metal cutting blade (probably should've used an angle grinder).

 

thanks for the comments. I also wanted to get this here to show the team what these tires look like. They fit but very very tight. Rubs metal full cock when turning and the wheel roll when cornering is something i overlooked. That is where i am mostly concerned. So, instead of the tire rubbing the frame the a-arm is rubbing the sidewall when rolling into a corner. That is where I was thinking a 5mm shim would still retain the hub centric flange and i should get at least 7 turns on the lug nuts and still have maybe 6mm of hub flange left. after looking and seeing i thing i need to just bite it and go with, at least 1" spacers.

 

I'd suggest measuring your existing lug stud length (amount showing from the face of the rotor to the tip), and get spacers just bigger than that.

Guessing you'd need 1.25-1.5". That'll avoid the trimming hassle, and allow you to totally revert back to smaller tires/no spacers. I know I get tired of taking the spacers off to do any front end work that requires getting the rotor off. If I want to revert, I'll have to replace my lug studs.

 

yeah, at this point spacers will cost me less than any other option.

 

Lastly, be sure to use blue locktite on your existing lugs when bolting the spacers to them. And they should be torqued to 85 ft lbs. Recheck the torque a day or two after initial install.

 

for sure!!