15" Wheels & spacers....or 16's....

[FJBen]

Going to be building my 80 up once I finally get another one for my wife.

I have 5 new BFG m/t's with less than 5K on them and AE589 aluminum rims, this is the size iwould like to run on my 80 once I build it up.

Would this be bad running them with 1.25" spacers/adapters (marlin/trail gear)?


or should I sell and just buy some 315's which are going to be $$$$ With what I could sell them for, i barely can buy 4 new 315's....

thoughts?

 

[RavenTai]

are you sure that the wheels you have are going to fit with 1.25 spaceers?

the one combo that I saw aptempted it would not have, a diffrent shaped wheel may work

 

[FJBen]

I put one on the rear and it seemed to just be off slightly. Like 1/4-1/2" to clear easily to clear. The backspacing is 3.25" on the rims.

Just wondering if there is anything wrong with running 15's?

 

[Tapage]

not really .. a litlle more wear in your front bearings but nothing to worry ..

tito are using 1.5" wheel spacers I thought for a year or more .. without problems ..

also I use 2" wheel spacers in y Tencha.

 

[FJBen]

I was hoping this wasn't going to be a problem. i really didn't want to buy new tires again...

 

[ginericLC]

There will be some problems. With a 3.25" backspaced wheel I think you could run a .75 or 1" spacer and clear the rear brakes. I figured it out to be about 2.7" of backspacing to clear the rear brakes. Your next issue is going to be the front. I bought some 15x8s with 2" backspacing. They were great in the rear but I had problems with the front in turning. They will work if you take the flares out and do some trimming but I wasn't willing to run the rig with tires sticking out that far without flares. The local law enforcement doesn't like that. They also don't like running without bumpers or mudflaps.

 

[Discyota]

If i go with a 15x8" procomp nato style steel wheel will I have any issues with clearing the brakes on a '95 even with the much thinner material of the steel vs. alum rim?

 

[Gumby]

Yes. I would not reccomend grinding the rear calipers. Mr Bryan did it to clear steel 15s and had slider pin issues.

I've been debating 15s without spacers on my pig or 16s with as I have an extra set of 16" Tundra steelies.