Spacers seem like a great way to blow out wheel bearings more frequently. Something about moving the load further away from the bearing seems like it would add significant additional stress to the bearing. Now I'm not a mechanic or an engineer, but I play one on YT
Same thing applies to greater negative offset wheels. Negative offset and wheel spacers are definitely gonna wear out parts faster. There's a price to pay for that stanced look, but if you're like me I think it's worth it for that look.
@@Maxllerrelic I know I'm not. My stock 1984 K30 flatbed is about 100x better looking, and 100x more useful than this pavement prancing grocery getter.
@@junkyarddog8277 exactly. I have trucks I bought for 2000 dollars that can outwork these shit boxes any day of the week and it makes me insanely happy
I have over 100k on hub centric spacers. Both my 4runners that run them have 225k+ on them with factory bearings. It may speed up wear a little but I'd be more concerned about the heavy wheeling ive done on both of them. They are also Japanese so American trucks probably fail sooner, but I'd suspect that would be the case regardless of spacers.
@@mitchellbrown7022 Nice to Know I bought a 2002 Tacoma from a older guy its clean and stock except for the spacer I think is like 1inch and second gen wheels on it. It has 195k miles.
@@mitchellbrown7022 I’m sayin man, my truck has had 26x16’s on it since 500 miles and now it’s 52k miles, same hub bearings since day one and they are extremely tight still like new
Even if you did on chevys the front wheels will stick out farther than the rear wheels. I don’t run spacers I just deal with not having the “even” look. I’d rather be safe towing 15,000 pounds than have a spacer fail and lose my truck with the load.
very good term to teach would be the word "scrub radius", which gets worse and worse the more you offset your wheels. your turn radius actually shrinks as you go further out from center after a certain point.
If anyone has ever watched the older whistlindiesel videos you'll know these things don't break as long as they are made from quality material and are hub centric. I run 1.5" adapters on my Ranger just to fit the TRD Pro rims and they've worked great on and off road. Haven't backed out or loosened on me. Before that I had 2" spacers on my other truck and those loosened up after about a year, but you're supposed to check them sooner then that anyway, so that was my bad. Luckily no harm was done. But these guys are just a middle man for Motorsports Tech that actually makes the spacers, you can order directly from them which I did the second time around after these guys dropped shipped it to me direct from manufacturer and charged me $30 extra for their trouble.
Run bora spacers, order longer than studs or cut off stud, tight to spec and you will have zero issues. Anyone saying different either didn’t use bora or didn’t do the others correct.
That thing isn't going down any mud or gravel roads. driving down anything other than the most pristine newly paved roads would cause those rims to shatter.
Only have spacers on the rear to have same width, but I’ve heard so many people having wheels fall off, torqued mine twice in a few hundred miles and check anytime wheels are off.
I just need a 1in spacer on the front of my ranger so i san put 18in mustang rims on the truck without hitting the control arms, cause then i could us my mustangs rims on my truck when its tires get a flat. Also cause i can find mustang rims everywhere.
I have 2 1/2" hub centric 6061 t6 billet spacers on my 08 silverado (4 1/2" lift on 33x12.50r20's on factory 20's) and I haven't had 1 single issue with ball joints, wheel bearings, tie rods, anything. I always recommend hub centric spacers for every lift I install if the customer doesn't want wheels at that particular moment in time.
Adding those automatically puts negligence in your corner. Wheelbase is "engineered". If you want to underduty your truck , throw em on. Get weaker rims and stretch those c-/d-rated tires. There's a reason tires/rims have load/speed ratings. If you want convert to 19.5's
Read the package they come in Number 1: not for roadway or highway use Number 2: offroad use only and even then they break studs or come loose and fall off
I can't wait for this stupid trend to stop on trucks (squatted, jacked idc) A truck is for work. Raising the bed so i have to lift tools and materials higher is dumb asf.
All depends on who the owner is, not everyone has the same reasoning for getting a truck, that's the joys of the truck enthusiasts out there, there is a variety and everyone has their own tastes
Hey it is what it is man. It’s not always just working tool truck. Modified trucks for looks, style, daily driven, racing trucks, off-road trucks can be used in many way. Not just work. So get over it
@@HumansAreCarnivoresNotCows we all have different taste. It’s basically a u hate or love it. So sorry, I can’t get over it. I’d still say it’s a very clean truck. We all have our own different taste of what type of trucks we can transform them into. So sit down.
I have to use them on the front of my mustang. I hated how ford did two different offsets for the front and rear on the 15’s. I got a square aftermarket setup so I needed the fronts to even them out… and not hit the new brembos 😂
Spacers aren't bad. Make sure you use a hub centric spacer, make sure you torque the spacer on just as you would a wheel, make sure the studs of the vehicle don't stick out so far that the wheel won't seat properly, and you'll be ok. Maybe someone could do a video about the difference between a hub centric spacer and a.... whatever cheap spacer. Hub centric is very important on a truck especially if you intend to use it as a truck.
Apparently they are only for the front of a vehicle. 🤔 If you can't afford new offset rims and just need a little space on your solid axle rear end to avoid the occasional rub on the interior side of the fender why not?
If you have the money for big tires and rims buy the correct wheel to match your build don't put that garbage on you truck. You will be replacing hubs and ball joints unless you enjoy working on your truck monthly.
Remember when a set of 35s to 38s super swappers were all you needed to look good Peppwards farms remembers . Rubber band life not for me I like sidewall
I'm curious of why everyone is wanting to push the wheels out like that I mean maybe some big tires where they just stick out a little on there own but not extending them out like that. Well to each is own I geuss
I got 15s from yall for my 03 silverado, they too small for the brakes, but I cant return them, had to rebalance them since the weights fell off they scuffed them, would a spacer help its 0mm offset
These are hinge are illegal on street cars in my country- both hub- centric and non hub- centric and illegal. Just buy the correct offset wheels to begin with
I drive a widebodied 8th gen civic sedan, it’s hellaflush so it’s low as hell, no air ride just static, I get stuck on dips in the road. I’m not one of those guys who is all show no go, my little civic has 468hp and the car weighs around 1800lbs so it gets up and boogies🤣
You think this comment makes you look more mature but in reality it makes you look stupid commenting this on a custom offsets video, do you now know what custom offsets is?
So guys If you don’t want to replace your wheel bearings every 20-30k miles, don’t buy spacers get proper fitting wheels and tires. Worked on a 2019 Wrangler with some massive 35” tires on it and at 40k miles front left bearing was screaming for mercy lol
