Hello all.Fortunately thanx to this site and all the great people here I have not had a problem with my truck in over a year now.Thanx to you all...My ? is about wheel spacers.I traded my stock wheels n tires for wider ones off a Durango.And they look great btw.Problem is when turning too hard they are rubbing on the radius arms.Would spacers solve my problem?I can get them cheap enough around $100 but,have never used them before and do not want to spend the money if they are not going to help. Ty

 

spacers i dont advise... puts to much stress on the studs... and can cause them to snap quick..
NOW ADAPTORS that have thier own studs on them are good way to go, only issue is clearance front and rear of tire cause when you gout outward it moves the piiot point so when tire turns it goes further forward and back..

on my lifted 92 dakota (body and suspension) i ran 33X14R15 on 99 Durango 15X8 Rims 5.5 offset and 1.5 inch Wheel Adapter . remeber if you do front do rear.. or front tires will stick out further and look funny LOL

 

I don't use spacers.

 

I used to run 1" spacers when I had the stock front end, and I never had any problems. As long as you don't go crazy (2" +) and you use quality parts, you should be fine. They will slightly increase wear on front end components, but the effect is minimal.

 

Tom ran spacers? or adapters? spacers just sit there adaptors bolt on then wheel bolt to it....

anyway spacing out tires aint anyworst then a more offset rim

 

By my definition, adapters change the lug pattern and spacers just space the wheels out. Spacers can be either the slip-on kind, or the bolt-on kind that are similar to adapters.

But by both of our definitions, mine were actually adapters, not spacers. They were also hub-centric and wheel-centric, which no doubt contributed to them being trouble-free.

And I agree with your last statement. Same effect as changing wheel offset.

 

Hub centric.
Wheel centric.
Two very important terms when it comes to strength.
Remember that. If the spacer/adapter is not hub/wheelcentric, keep looking for quality ones that are.

 

Thnx guys.I would say the item I am looking at for this project are spacers as they have the bolts on them.They bolt onto hub then tire bolts to them.Going to try the 1".Thank you all again and I will put an update on here when project is finished.

 

Just FYI, you'll have to shorten your wheel studs with 1" spacers. If you go with 1.25" instead, you won't.