Spacers vs. backspacing

just got home with my 2018 trd sport. Can someone tell me why people are against the hubcentric spacers? I don't want to have to replace front wheel bearings in 40,000 miles.
aren't the tires/mounting surfaces the same distance?
Can someone tell me the math, not just "they worked for me"..
thanks in advance
dewey

 

I’m not a fan of having to re-torque anything every 5k miles. A tire rotation is one thing but if I have to check the torque on something that’s bolted to my wheels... no thanks. Get a decent offsetted wheel and call er good.

#SCSWHEELS #BFGKO2

 

A 1" spacer and a wheel with 1" less of backspacing will affect your bearings the same way. The difference will be that there are two sets of lugs to keep torqued and a greater likelihood of something going wrong with those lugs.

 

thanks, I had 1.5 inch spacers on my 09 taco, and had to replace the front wheel bearings at 90,000 miles. what a damned job..lol
but loved the stance of wheels.. 200 miles on the new 18, and already talking mods. here we go..lol

 

Yea I believe there’s a tsb on the front wheel bearings on the 2nd gens.

 

6 hours each side... and a whole lot of skinned knuckles....never again..i would take out a loan to have them done.

 

Sweet Jesus! Lol. Hope it was worth it.

 

nope..but I learned a lot! baahaaa. went to a jeep 4 door wrangler, and now am back in a rolling computer---2018 TRD sport.

 

Well, at least you’ll be happy to know that the bearing is a lot easier to swap on newer tacos. They’re bolted to the spindle instead of pressed in. Wheel off, rotor/caliper off, cap off, axle nut off, four bolts on the bearing, and that’s it. Especially quick and easy if you replace with a pre-pressed hub and bearing assembly.

 

good to know. looking for spacers now. not many listed for 2018. did anything change from 2017?

 

Any way to retrofit this onto a 2nd gen?

 

I don’t think so, should be same bolt pattern and hub size still.

 

thank you. gonna try them. love the tire flush stance

 

Not sure what year this changed, I think it was 2011 and up. So some 2nd gens have bolt on’s. Otherwise I’d imagine you’d have to swap out the spindle to retrofit.

 

I just took my 1.25 spacers off when I put on new wheels. Put the spacers out on craigslist. They are just two months old. Look almost new. The new wheels are a 0 offset, so the spacers were just not needed. Put on the MB KOs. Love the look. No pictures to post as yet but will soon.