Been running 4 inch spacers for about 6 years now and still no issue on my 06 dakota everything is still good and it still gets your typical v8 mileage
@@JYSnukejoewhat he doesn’t know because he doesn’t actually know anything is it’s only for trash spacers that aren’t hub centric that do it. The ones in the video are hub centric. Massive difference.
@@imoffendedthatyouareoffended exactly if you buy quality spacers with hub centric then your vehicle will be fine almost all the people ik have bora spacers and none have had accidents or anything that you usually hear in spacers arguments
People don't understand why hub bearings and suspension goes to $**t when they use these and think there's gotta be something else wrong. Or get upset when then jack around w the suspense and it won't go back in proper alignment.
When you dont use extremely wide spacers but something like 0.5-1 inch, nothing will happen. I been using it forever or my 30yo bmw drift car and nothing is broken, chill
@@denisnovacek8428 BMW is half the weight of a truck. This is truck stuff they're talking about in the video. If you "drift" your BMW, you have upgraded parts, or are changing them out often, and aren't gonna have time to see the damage from spacers.
It's also a good idea to balance the wheel and the studded spacer together. With a studded spacer there's more centrifugal force and it's possible to develop a vibration. You can mount the studded spacer to the wheel and put it on a balancer. Then mark where they line up before you mount it back on the car. Helped my F-body camaro ride better after I put spacers on the rear.
That half inch spacer is enough to cause extra stress on the components, same as offset wheels, it's not a matter of if you get damage but when it'll start to show the damage from the stress
It’s no different then getting an offset wheel that sticks out 1/2” more. Your steering components may wear out a little faster (probably nothing measurable or even more so then hitting a pot hole that you usually miss on your daily commute) but as long as you got quality parts for everything else, a half inch won’t kill anything. Now, the amount of thread left, that’s a no no. Most aluminum wheels have a flange of 1” thick or more, leaving a couple threads for the lug nut to engage. To get the ideal holding power of a bolt, you want the same amount of thread engagement as the diameter of the bolt. (So if it’s a 1/2” bolt, you’d want atleast 1/2” thread engagement, I know vehicles are metric, just easy to convey inches) you’ll be in worse shape skimping out on cheap parts, like ball joints then you’d be by having your tires poke out 0.5” more
@@hunterraatz5481 there's this awesome thing called rebarelling your rim so you can change the offset and retain the factory rim look... Just a bunch of broke idiots who want to look cool with as little money as possible... You know because what others think of you is super important in today's world!
@@SupraSkyline369 or you could upgrade your suspension components to bring the rim out so the tire can fit. Again just people being broke and taking the easy way to run bigger rims and tires...
I see at least a few a year come in for some type of vibration, test drive and confirm just to take wheels off and see junk spacers removed them and go drive again. Like magic!
no. they don’t. if you install them incorrectly or get extreme spacers, then you do run that risk. getting a typical 15-20mm spacer isn’t going to do any harm.
@@phosphene6145 lmao it 100% will cause more stress on your suspension system. Its not up for debate but people take that risk to achieve the look they want.
my friends tire passed him on I 10 in Phoenix going 75mph. somehow he managed to pull over with 3 wheels. his 4th tire was 100 yards ahead of him. he looks up the road and someone pulled over, picked up the tire and took off with it.
So he was going 75 mph the tire passed him he pulled over and came to a stop and the tire was only 300ft ahead of him? I'll take shit that never happened for a hundred alex.
@25MinutesToGo he was driving 75. Tire falls off obviously you will begin to slow down plus the tire probably hit something, no tire on its own is going perfectly straight
@@leeboystv2531 Ackermann steering geometry read up on it , getting it wrong with spacers will turn a vehicle into a twitchy dangerously unstable thing at speed.
@@mazdaman1286 Yeah, there is a lot of ignorance out there on this subject and in almost every case it will have a negative impact wear and handling with large spacers.
Thats not true, however I found in my expirence increasing toe-in 0.05°-0.1° past factory specification will help reduce bump steer caused by increased wheel offset.
Idkk, I bought 275s for the front on my mustang and 305s on the rear and the rear sits perfectly but the front is still tucked in. I didn’t want to go wider in the front so I bought 1in forged hub-centric spacers just for the front and been using them couple weeks now. Sits perfect, looks way better and rides real good. We’ll see what happens. I’ve heard good and bad things about them
Yes and the added stress to the wheel bearing is also a great feature. Rim and rotors will stay together and leave the chat together when the bearings fail 😂
@@fedism any spacer adds stress to the bearing and suspension. The small spacer will still have the same effect just a lot less and won’t wear it out as fast.
I used them to flush mount mine. Lowered 1.5in. Little bit of rubbing on well in the mountain runs. Didn't know 4x4 did this. My 79 on 35's looked perfect on a 3" lift.
Wheel spacers also cause premature bearing failure. By moving the wheel out it shifts the weight and applies pressure to the bearings that they were not designed to handle.
You are incorrect. The bigger Bora spacer you pulled out at the end is a spacer. It’s not an “adapter “ Adapters are the same but they “adapt” different stud patterns so you can run wheels that your car can’t normally run. Thus the term “adapter” If a spacer has the same bolt pattern as your current hubs but is too wide to use the stock studs , then the spacer will have its own studs to use. It’s still only called a spacer , not an adapter. And….. running high quality USA made spacer made from quality metal , like the BORA spacers , is not an issue at all ! Just make sure they are torqued to specs with every tire rotation. I’ve never had a single bolt come loose after 3 years on 3/4 ton diesel with 1.5” BORA spacers. Even towing 10,000 trailers with it. Guys get into to trouble buying a set of crappy China made spacers off Amazon. And spacers are no different on suspension parts and bearings than running the same offset wheels.
Never use spacers. They are dangerous. The lugs wear and snap due to pressure. They also put extra wear on your bearings. Just get offset rims. Please don't listen to this guy.
Agreed wheel spacers are dangerous! I’ve seen many guys get passed by there own wheels from spacer failure. Either put new wheels on with the desired backspace or drive out the old studs and replace with longer studs
I've put over 100k on hubcentric spacers. If installed properly they will not fail. If wheels are coming off it's because of cheap non hubcentric spacers, studs too short and/or improper installation.
When offsetting wheels, I prefer to unbolt the hub assembly off the knuckle and space it with washers as long as the CV axle is long enough to accommodate it. It puts less stress on the brakes and wheel bearing
I have a Chrysler 300 luckily the extended mopar warranty out 8,000 In work on my car before the warranty ran out but I had to wait 2 months for my car to be ready. Rule of thumb if you have to go to the stealership by your own parts if you don’t have a warranty.
I need 2 pairs because the wheels I bought don't fit due to the inner diameter being 15 inches versus my 20s the lugs on the right where the calipers are don't get passed the holes on the wheels. If I had longer studs it'd be good but I'll have to order some spacers with the lugs already pressed in.
Extended studs are better than spacers with studs. If the spacer with studs is made of cheap material or over torqued, it can cause stud in spacer to spin. That is when things get fun. Had that happen in cheap cpacers on customers cars.
@@aegiscaleb these shoes are great honestly, I've had mine about 6 or 7 months and still havent killed the soles on them,I normally wear shoes out in 3 months or so but these things keep going.
Hi i had big rims and tires on my car for like 20k miles. I just changed them back to rs focus rims but kept the small spacers on and now i have 8 in my wheels and they who
I have a 07 2500hd with 35's i notice that my fron wheels come flush to my bushwacker flairs but my back wheels are in too much. Im curious if just putting them on the back will make it drive different or something
Real truck guys don't use spacers. We buy offset rims, those concrete queens this videos for them. Just so they know what spacers do, but I doubt any of them know how to put them on. They probably pay somebody at a tire shop way too much money to do it.
Oh God, if you have to ask that questions, you have no business.Putting spacers on whatever it is you're trying to put them on.I'm gonna guess it's another pavement , queen
@@CWFerbo I'm actually a very efficient learner. One of the methods I use is asking questions. Don't let anyone fool you into thinking someone is less intelligent because they ask questions. I encourage you to ask as many as possible. I actually have no desire to put any spacers on my truck as I learned of some of their shortcomings. I learned that by asking questions. My truck is actually used to go up a 6 mile rough trail to some acreage I have where I'm DIYing an off grid cabin. You would have known that if you asked the question.
