Wheel Spacers....???

[dwatts1984]

Looking to give my Long Bed a little wider stance. I cant seem to find anything on the market. Does anyone know of spacers or something...

86 GMC 1500 LWB Single cab
5.7L V8 350 , Turbo 350 long shaft trans swap

Currently has 30x9.5R15 tires that are in great shape, on stock wheels. Don't really want to spend the money to run larger wheels and tires... But want the look of a wider stance. Help!!!

[bigblock73]

search member cjbargains on ebay, he sells quality spacers. I have run them on 2 trucks so far, no problems.

[Mrknowitall]

Spacers will work but not good to use. Mine ran them for 20years with no problems.

Wider rims and tires woth aggresive offset is the proper way to widen stance
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[dwatts1984]

Originally Posted by bigblock73

search member cjbargains on ebay, he sells quality spacers. I have run them on 2 trucks so far, no problems.

So I got a chance to look at them from "cjbargins" and Those are exactly what Ive been looking for. However in other ebay postings for the same item pretty much they say they wont work on my truck... So I discarded the idea. I'm sure they would be fine once the vehicle was re-aligned... But I'm not positive.

Just dont want to "waste" money on something only to find out they dont fit! How did you like the look of them on your truck. Did you get the 2 in???


Thanks

[bigblock73]

I ran 1.5" spacers on the rear. They will work...he sells 5 on 5 to 5 on 5 spacers...just contact him and ask the question.

Is your truck 2 or 4 wheel drive?

[Mrknowitall]

INCH!? Yuck. Thats SOOOO much more leverage on that poor hub/ studs. I HIGHLY reccomend u DO NOT use spacers.
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[joe231]

I ran 1.5" spacers on my CCSB with no problems...
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[baclay9]

Originally Posted by Mrknowitall

INCH!? Yuck. Thats SOOOO much more leverage on that poor hub/ studs. I HIGHLY reccomend u DO NOT use spacers.
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I don't see what the difference would be between running spacers and deep offset wheels?

[dwatts1984]

Originally Posted by baclay9

I don't see what the difference would be between running spacers and deep offset wheels?

The difference is simply price. A set of spacers will run about $160... While deep well wheels can run about almost that per wheel, plus the cost of tires... I'd love to have deep well wheels with like 31's but... dont have the dough to pull that off.

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[hartbraker]

Hauling a bunch of weight with spacers doesn't put any more stress on the hubs than just having say a 4 inch offset rim bolted on??? Seems hard to believe, but I'm still curious

[joe231]

You can speculate all day long...
But unless you have the engineering data they isn't proof either way.

All I know is my experience and lots of people that have used them with no problems...

[puppy]

Be very cautious of e-bay spacers. Some are cast aluminum. Some are true billet.

I always run a set from trailsport4x4(sscramblin???) on e-bay. I just got a set in Friday and they are beefy.

I have only ran them on the rear wheels of my 4x4's due to the 3" narrower rear axle housings.