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Old Jan 19, 2009 | 04:51 PM
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Well, I think I may go with wheel adapters so I can fit 35's (315's) on my 04 Ram with a leveling kit and stock 17x8's. Where is the best place to get them with the best price?
 
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Old Jan 19, 2009 | 05:07 PM
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your talking about spacers right?, i found them on ebay for about 130 for 2 if i remember correctly and ur only gonna need the front 2 to keep from rubbing unless you want all the wheels to stick out a little bit...
 
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Old Jan 19, 2009 | 05:22 PM
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Better off just getting them for all 4 wheels so it looks even or else the front will stick out noticeably farther out than the back and look funny
 
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your talking about spacers right...

no, spacers are just metal pieces that go between your wheel and hub. adapters bolt to the lugs and the wheels bolt to the adapters....making it a little stronger then just spacers. what size spacers are you runnin?
 
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Old Jan 19, 2009 | 06:56 PM
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1/4 is all you need.
 
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Old Jan 19, 2009 | 07:20 PM
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im running adapters (hub centric) have had no problems at all and im running 2 inch and i go off-road . if you get a good set and tourge them proper they will not give any probblems...heck i even have them on my 660 grizz
 
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Originally Posted by caliboy@heart
no, spacers are just metal pieces that go between your wheel and hub. adapters bolt to the lugs and the wheels bolt to the adapters....making it a little stronger then just spacers. what size spacers are you runnin?

Actually, open spacers are stronger than adapters primarily because the wheel is bolted directly to the hub. Adapters need to be bolted twice.

Thin spacers that allow the factory lugs to be retained with the lug nuts are the best thing to do. When you get too wide for that,(generally anything wider than 1/4") then "adapters" are needed. Now adapters are not really the tech savvy term because adapters are technically used for running lets say a Chevy lug pattern on a Dodge.(adapts the chevy size to the needed Dodge size). Spacers are actually the proper term regardless if they have open holes or new set of lug nuts mounted to them!
 
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im running adapters (hub centric) have had no problems at all and im running 2 inch and i go off-road . if you get a good set and tourge them proper they will not give any probblems...heck i even have them on my 660 grizz
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Actually, open spacers are stronger than adapters primarily because the wheel is bolted directly to the hub. Adapters need to be bolted twice.

Thin spacers that allow the factory lugs to be retained with the lug nuts are the best thing to do. When you get too wide for that,(generally anything wider than 1/4") then "adapters" are needed. Now adapters are not really the tech savvy term because adapters are technically used for running lets say a Chevy lug pattern on a Dodge.(adapts the chevy size to the needed Dodge size). Spacers are actually the proper term regardless if they have open holes or new set of lug nuts mounted to them!


thank you for the help! this has been the most information yet! now, where is the best place to get 1/4 inch spacers?
 
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summit.com
 
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Old Jan 19, 2009 | 09:54 PM
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summit.com

i just tried summit. are these gonna work?
 

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