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Originally Posted by OpTimuS
Hi Mace.
LC stuff is nice. 
And yes I will most likely spend $2700-$3000US on the front diff alone, However for me to get a built, locked, 35-spline, high-steer Dynatrac to Darwin in Aus would cost much more initially, and exponentially more to maintain.
Now as for the wheel spacers I can not understand why it would be a bad choice to use them?
I was thinking that by widening the front housing 5 1/2" and using an 'average' offset wheel (standard 16x8" LC 80-series wheel) I will be able to get some sort of a longer life span out of my wheel, and king-pin bearings. 
Then by using 1 1/2" wheel spacers that would be giving me almost 8" wider wheel track. This very wide wheel track combine with the lower roof line, and lower chassis will create a heaps better CoG. |
Using a "normal" offset wheel and wheel spacers has the same leverage effect as just running less backspacing. The trunion bearings and wheel bearings don't care how the tire gets out there, they just know it's further away.
If you want to be 8" wider, just make the housing 8" wider. The way to make your wheel and trunion bearings last longer is to keep the wheel/tire tucked up to the knuckle.