Are wheel spacers bad to use

[wayne98tacoma]

I have been thinking about buying a set of wheel spacers for my tacoma but I have herd they can be bad to use. I have some 35x12.50 Pro Comp Mud Terrains with some 15X10 wheels. It's just that these tires are not wide at all. I had some Pro Comp Xterrains 33X12.50 and they were not wide either. I would like for my tires to be about 2"-3" wider than they are now. Please help and let me know how wide of a spacer to use and what brands are the best to use. Thanks.

[rockcrawlintoy]

wheele spacers arent goin to make the tires any wider, they will make the tires stick out more then they do now. they will increase wear on the bearings and ball joints and make sure u keep them tight. it would prolly be cheaper to get some 2.5 inch BS wheels and safer. also when u get tires next time get something thats wider then 12.5 inches

Drew

[wayne98tacoma]

Hey thanks for your help. Thats what I ment to say about saying my tires to stick out wider.

[bowshtr]

They arent worth the trouble! Unless you absolutely must have them!

[rockcrawlintoy]

yeah they are get high quality ones and maker sure u check them every so often and use loctite red on the studs

[ak106]

don't use them there not the best thing to use
goto your local tire and wheel place and buy a different rim with a different offset that
should give the look you want the people at the tire shop should be able to help
let them know what you want i recomend les schwab they do pretty good by me you won't have the ware and tare on your truck this way plus its a hole lot safer

[cmfb87]

why do they give you wheel spacers when you buy a sas kit?

[DeadlyPeace]

Wheel spacers are included with SAS kits cuz the rear axle on an 86 and later is 3" longer then the front 85 and earlier axle. Wheel spacers are intended for off road use only, although some people do use them on their DD.

[rockcrawlintoy]

iknow quite a few people using wheel spacers in the front on a DD rig with no problems as long as u check them everyso often

Drew

[YOTADICK]

I DD my truck, granted not very many miles. but it's my dd
I have them on the front of my truck and I just re-torqued them the other day using loctite(rockcrawlintoy had suggested in an earlier post).
They weren't loose or anything. As for the longtime wear and tear, I only have 500 miles on my truck since the SAS was done.
I have an extra set that have never been used that I would sell you for cheap, if your interested.
rich

[metalmorph]

forgive me if i'm wrong here...and i may be, but an offset wheel with the same offset as the spacers have is going to put the equal amount of wear on the wheel bearings,etc. Yes the wheel bolts on closer to the hub,however the force being applied to the bearings is still going to be more than stock.same as with spacers.