Wheel spacers?

[hpva]

I was think of installing wheel spacers on my Gladiator the 1.25" spacer just for a little wider stance look.I have the stock suspension and wheels. Would the spacers put too much strain on the wheel bearings and would it screw up the alignment? Thanks

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[Wheelin98TJ]

I’m not sure if 1.25” will work with the stock wheel studs due to the stud length. I have 1.5” spacers on mine and the wheel studs stick out slightly. It works with stock wheels that have the divots in the wheel mounting surface. Won’t work with aftermarket wheels that have a flat mounting surface. You need 1.75” to fully clear the stock wheel studs.

They slightly increase wear on wheel bearings, but most just accept it as a necessity for running wider tires. You wont be changing wheel bearings every 25k because of them.

They do not impact your alignment specs of toe and caster. They do impact your scrub radius.

 

[Rusty PW]

I have a set of Synergy 1.75" spacers for sale. $100 plus shipping. Bottom picture is oem Rubi rims and tires.

 

[kevman65]

Be the same as aftermarket wheels and larger tires, ball joints are the weakest point, unit bearing/ hub the second.

You're moving the weight out and putting more torque on those items.

 

[OffAxis2021]

Keeping wheel spacer/tire width to a minimum, you are OK. Along with high(er) offset wheels and you will be perfectly fine.

Hub centric wheel spacers are an absolute must.

I run 1.5” wheel spacers with stock Mojave wheels and 10” wide tires (winter). It is nearly identical to 8.5” wide 0 offset wheels and 10.5” wide tires without spacers (summer).

I have run spacers on 3 other vehicles, all with the same minimal width mindset and all were just fine (100K+ miles). One of those vehicles was my then 16 y/o’s Tacoma Prerunner (100% trust).

I have zero issues with wheel spacers personally.

 

[SaiintNick]

I’m not sure if 1.25” will work with the stock wheel studs due to the stud length. I have 1.5” spacers on mine and the wheel studs stick out slightly. It works with stock wheels that have the divots in the wheel mounting surface. Won’t work with aftermarket wheels that have a flat mounting surface. You need 1.75” to fully clear the stock wheel studs.

This is what I was told. I didn't want to do that so I trimmed fender liner after installing 37" KO2's. I also didn't want the wider look.

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