That's interesting you mention off roading because it a very common practice to use spacers on Jeeps. It allows them to run a wheel with another lug pattern or just move them away from the body to clear larger tires.

 

I have spacers on mine from the Last wheels, I just left them on. I off road daily for work and havent had an issue. I would think if you were off roading in a way that you could snap some lugs, many other things woud break prior.

 

Yes and no. If you are talking about plate spacers that just go on between the lugs and the wheels, then no - they are a bad idea even on a jeep. If you are talking about 1.25" or thicker spacers that bolt to the lugs and then have a second set of lugs - then yes, but only a marginally better setup and certainly not something I would use on a 6000lb truck.

 

it is common, but i dont recommend it. even the off-road shop i do all my stuff at recommends that.

 

The MO951 only come int 5.71 and 6.18,,,,gotta do some homework before you buy, You need atleat a 5" to clear...Sucks

 

I grew up around lifted trucks. My grandfather, uncle and father were mechanics by trade and had trucks with some degree of lift. Back in the day, wheel spacers were taboo and you heard horror stories about them all the time.
I even had a co-worker in the early '90s when I was a network tech who had wheel spacers on a lifted Nissan and lost a wheel on an on-ramp on I-85 in Atlanta due to a spacer failure. Personally, I'd never use them and would just buy a wheel with the right offset and backspacing.

However, I've had many a discussion with not only guys who run them and guys who have 4x4 shops who use them, but also guys who actively race lifted trucks off-road who use them and they all swear by them and claim that billet hub-centric spacers are stronger than the actual hub itself. Awful lot of 3rd Gen guys run 'em and I've not heard of anybody having an issue.

So, be your own judge...