Is 2 inches to much

That is not what she said! Now got the punt out of the way is a 2 inch wheel spacer to much? Does it make the trucks look goofy? I'm putting 285/70 or 75 17's on so just want to see what you guys thought of the bigger spacer. Pics would help this thread

 

IMO, yes. Not because of looks but more because of safety. That's a lot of space, moves the tires out which puts more force on wheel bearings causing premature bearing failure.

 

Any wheel spacer is a good way to destroy your wheel bearings.

 

B A D I D E A B R O

 

I've run a shit ton, from 3mm to 30mm. Once mounted properly, a spacer is no more than an extension of the hub/mount pad. The vehicle knows no different.

 

Did you order 5100s or fox 2.0?

 

Haven't ordered yet still throwing around ideas. It's like hunting or fishing gear there is way to many choices lol there should only be one and everybody has to deal with it

 

Vehicle may not but the wheel bearing will, also the steering will notice because of the increased scrub radius.

 

this.

 

I think you'll get more bump steer and your 285's will rub your fenders in places they normally wouldn't have if you had the right backspacing.

 

Yea lots of things we do cause premature wear/stress on oem parts. I was more or less speaking to them being unsafe, which is total BS. I spend most of my time in the euro side or vehicles, and often see others steering newbs away from spacers, saying they are unsafe, can hurt your vehicle etc. I laugh. I've even gone to buddies in the aeropsace engineering/motorosports world, and they agree. Hell, spacers are used on motorsports applications all of the time. I have plenty of buddies that have 15/20 or 20/15 applications just for their track setup.

As for looks/rub, could look goofy for sure, and you will likely rub (not sure what your suspension setup is). But I'm sure my current setup pokes close to that from the oem package.

 

I agree with Mop. What's the difference between a wheel with 4 inches of backspacing, and a stock wheel with a 2 inch spacer? Load occurs at roughly the same place. Just my little 2 cents.

 

Of course they would be if improperly installed. And as I said, like many mods we do to our vehicles, they can add stress. Big tires can stress a tranny, lowering springs can stress oem damps, etc. Never steers me away from achieving the look/feel I want. I'll let him know.

 

I've done this with so many people dude. Once a few say the same BS, its becomes fact. I really dislike arguing on the web, so I'm gonna roll out

 

Disagree 100%. Bearings will see more stress from the increased leverage on the hub.

You may see increased bump steer.

But different back spaced wheels can cause similar issues.

 

Buy proper wheels w the correct bs and you shouldn't need wheel spacers and will be happier in the long run.

 

Thank you! Why can't people understand this?

OP, point be it is that wheel spacers or less backspaced wheels add stress to the wheel bearings. Are we going to statically prove if its a significant amount? No, because there are 1,000 different scenarios that add even more stress to them, so we'd never be able to point the finger at wheel spacers. Is it going to look funny? That's a person opinion, but I like how stock wheels look with 1.25" spacers, so you're looking to go 1.50" inches more than that over all. I don't think that it's going to do a whole lot of difference. I think that the most stress actually seems to be at the wheel studs too, because those seem to fail a lot more (obviously to improper mounting). With that, if you make sure they're installed properly, and check them every time you rotate tires or change your oil, then you shouldn't have any problem there, but I still wouldn't go trying to be an airplane in the truck either.

So if you think you'd like it, or even if you don't, I wouldn't be scared of what would happen if I did do it. Repairs due to any mod just come with the territory.

 

Never intended to mislead. Guys I suppose I just don't worry about much over such little stuff. And I'll continue to be pro spacer. Someone could pick apart mods in a negative way all day long. Hell the -2.5+ camber, 275 on 10.5, and 10.5 ET20 plus 5mm rear spacers (from oem 8.5 ET29) etc specs of the stance on my silver car could be picked apart for days. I've modded close to 30 personal vehicles, and consulted for 100's more over the years. There are negatives to almost any aftermarket mods. I'm going to apologize if I seemed like a dick, but I'm a bit sensitive to this topic. I see people shit on wheel spacers, like they are ghetto junk. It's just not true, and they are very safe if proper. Out of 100's of spacer setups, I've never seen or heard of any situation where the spacer caused a failure. In fact a co-worker here runs 25mm's on his '05 Taco, and he did 160K before he ever saw bearing issues. I'm just trying to say they are not unsafe, going to "destroy" anything, or a bad idea.

 

285s plus 2 inch wheels spacer equals trimming and still rubbing... Alot

 

That's for sure. My 8.5 ET-10 with 285's rub pretty hard if not careful, and I have a full 3" up front.