Does anyone have their wheels off and spacers available ?

[Man in black]

We all have different tyres on our 90's or 95's and most will have noticed a bigger tyre than standard gets very close to the front mudflaps . What i would like to know is how adding a wheel spacer (or perhaps a negative offset wheel) affects this . Does the tyre get closer to the mudflap ?

I have 285/75 R16 on 16x8 zero offset wheels and no suspension or body lift . I just used a grinder to trim the mudflap and metal seam . I've been driving around like this without problems for a month , but on full lock steer my tyre touches the chassis making an awful noise . Its annoying rather than a problem and its always funny to watch people jump when i scare the life out of them when i use full lock to get between cars in a parking bay .

But it seems a shame not to sort this out on an otherwise perfect truck .

I've heard lots of theories but i would be very grateful to anyone who can actually try this for real and tell me what they find before i fork out £150 for spacers .

 

[Liftman]

Spacers will make a difference,i fitted a set once and needed to take them off as the wheel rubbed on the mudflap with them fitted.

 

[Man in black]

Thanks for that Liftman but because my wheel & tyres are far from standard and the mudflaps and body seam have already been trimmed what i realy need to know is what offset wheels you were using when you tried the spacers .

Standard wheels are +15 offset so if you tried a 15mm spacer on a standard wheel it would only put your wheel where mine is now .

Sorry but its not easy to explain .

 

[Man in black]

It might help to say a common modification is to put the wheels off an 80 series landcruiser on 90's and 95's because they are a zero offset and so sit closer to the curb filling the arches a little better . Perhaps someone has done this AND added spacers to bring the tyre flush or even sticking out slightly from the bodywork ?