When you change wheels and tires on 300+ cars a day, you see it all. On light cars and trucks, they're bad enough, but to put them on a full size truck is about as smart as driving without lug nuts. The axles where never designed to be put under that much stress. Besides being illegal in most states, spacers also put the bearings under a lot of stress. The reason we won't work on vehicles with them because we have had customer who have damaged their vehicle greatly due to the spacers, and they blame us.

 

Personally, I would never put that much undue stress on the suspension. It changes the bearing loads and the suspension geometry. That and whatever offset changes after-market wheels bring could really cause some problems.

 

Ive had 1.5" adapters on my truck for over a year now with not one problem. Now if you load up the bed pretty good, it might cause some problems. Otherwise I think youll be fine. Oh, for everybody else, they are called "Adapters". "Spacers" are just a plate that fits between the hub and the wheel. Does not bolt to anything. This is just incase some people dont know the difference. Not putting anybody down.

 

I looked at the listing again and I'm not sure why he called them adapters. Technically adapters change the bolt pattern.

 

I guess because you would have to run 6" long studs to use a regular style spacer and since they bolt-on, they are technically more like an adapter

 

i run adapters on my rig. i tow , trail ride and for a year now never had a prob with them
most problems accure from a idiot installing them you need to follow the steps follow the correct tourge of the lugs and rember to check every 500 miles or so you will be golden

 

The labeling is correct. It doesnt really have to have a different bolt pattern, does the same job. Just has the same pattern.

 

I had "adapters" on a mustang about 4 years back, but like stated above it was to put rims with a non-stock bolt pattern on it. I was driving home about 2 in the morning and my front drivers side rim flew off my car and i was on my axel for approx. 50 feet. Luckily didn't break the axel or cause serious damage (don't ask me how it didn't). The reason the rim came off: adapter broke!