If anybody is sad that the Land Cruiser hatch emblem is now hidden, the FJ60 rear quarter panel badge came out really nice. There's a couple guys on ebay selling these badges with adhesive backing. OR if you want to use your own adhesive, you can get them even cheaper on Amazon.
Yes, my non-OEM receiver had spacers between the receiver and the frame. For some reason, EACH BOLT has it's own spacer on mine. My spacers were 3/8", whereas the GGM spindle attachment is 1/4". So I had to make up an extra 1/8". I used washers.
In your case, since you have no spacers at all...
I gave this a lot of thought, but ultimately settled on DS due to visibility. Time will tell if that was the right move, but with 24 hours of having this installed, I am so far happy that I went with DS for parallel parking purposes here in the city.
Lifting my factory alloy rims with a 255/85...
Attached is a pic...I posted a more thorough review in the 80 series forum. This was pretty straightforward and looks great! I was able to confirm it works with my non-factory hitch which is a bonus!
https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/ggm-bolt-on-tire-carrier-installed.1301047/