Wheel spacer recommendations: yes/no, size, and type

I bought my 2010 Tacoma earlier this year with very little tread left. Just after I replaced the tires, I discovered that the front tires rub against the upper control arm when the wheels are turned all the way to the side. When the wheel is turned two full turns to the right, right at the limit, the upper front inside corner of the tread on the right tire hits the right upper control arm, and the same is true on the left side when turning to the left.

From what I can tell, tire may no longer hit the UCA once the corner of the tread begins to wear significantly. But it is enough that it produce a well-polished area maybe 1" high by 2" or 3" long, on the forward lower corner of each of the upper control arms. So it is perhaps not drastic, but definitely noticeable visually.

I am not too worried about the occasional slow-speed brush when turning around or parking, but I am more concerned what happens when spinning tires trying to get out of a snow drift or the mud, when there would undoubtedly be a lot more torque and speed involved.

I do not want to sink hundreds of dollars into new wheels, so the first question is this: should I just ignore this, or should I consider spacers? If I should consider spacers, then I need some additional help here.

Factory tire specs inside the driver door are 265/65R17. I think the vehicle has maybe a 2" body lift, which may explain the larger tires. It never occurred to me to even look at this before I got my new tires, so I just had the shop put on new tires the same size it had when I got it, 255/85R16, or about 2-1/2" greater diameter than stock size. It was only after this that I noticed the wear, and unless the original tread on the old tires was less aggressive than my new Cooper Discover S/T Max tires, I am pretty sure that the old tires would also have been rubbing there before the tread wore down.

So this all leads me to my other questions.

Any reason to go (or not) over 1" spacers?
Are these spacers (the ones with holes for the hub's lugs and separate lugs to attach the wheels) vehicle-specific? If so, how specific? If they say Tacoma, can I trust that? The description here makes me thinks so, but I know nothing:

Supreme Suspensions - 4pc Kit For 1995-2015 Toyota Tacoma 1.5" Wheel Spacers 6x5.5 (6x139.7mm) with M12x1.5 Studs [Black]

https://www.amazon.com/Supreme-Susp...9017&sr=8-1&keywords=6+on+5-1/2+spacer+tacoma
Do they reduce integrity or function of the steering system in any way?
Do they introduce any potential for alignment or balance issues?
Since I technically need them on the front only, is there any reason to avoid putting them on all four?
Brand recommendations? Supreme Suspensions (only because that came up first on Amazon), other? Interested in strength & quality here, nothing fancy. This is a solid hunting, exploring, and work rig, but not a rock crawler.

 

Many people run spacers. There are some negatives, but not so much that it's a big problem. They will cause slight premature wear of the wheel bearings due to offsetting the center of the wheel and putting more pressure on the outside of the bearing. However, wheels with low offset will cause the same problem. I have wheels with low offset. No problems yet.

You will want some quality spacers and make sure they are installed with the proper torque so they don't come loose. Something like spidertrax.

They will reduce your turning radius by a bit, but not a lot.

Make sure to get hub centric spacers, and not lug centric. As in, they mount to the hub directly and are centered perfectly. Lug centric are centered by the lug nuts, and it can be hard to center them causing vibration issues.

 

Do it!!!