Quality Wheel Spacers (1 Viewer)

[Fishbulb]

I swear I’ve seen this on here some where’s, but not finding anything at the moment…

What high quality brand of wheel spacers do you trust? I have 6 lug and looking for 1.5 inches.

I’m not looking to start a wheel spacer debate. I’ve ran them fine for years with proper install and upkeep.

 

[dbleon]

Spidertrax .. or slee
Iirc I believe slee is made by spidertrax

 

[sr5pickup]

Bora

 

[Guyute]

Good ol' blue SpiderTrax and Orange Permatex here.

 

[FJBen]

Same, spidertrax and some thread locker that they give you.

 

[rick_d]

Wheel spacers - H & R

www.h-r.com

 

[Fishbulb]

I just ordered the Spidertrax ones.

 

[iwashmycar]

Theyre kind of the 'gold standard' for Toyota spacers. Good choice.

 

[Sundowner]

Theyre kind of the 'gold standard' for Toyota spacers. Good choice.

Also true for other vehicles: I used to run Spidertrax on my TJ, at various times. They have a great market presence. I definitely had a lug issue or two, but no problems with spacers in general; that was just me not checking torque regularly.

Also - just to prevent accidental brand hangups - anything that's the correct size and that's milled from quality aluminum is going to work just fine. I've used/seen $50-for-an-entire-set secondhand generics hold up to hard use as well as the $250-apiece models. In the end, there's no magic: it's just a chunk of metal doing a job.

 

[coldtaco]

confused about something. everyone talks about periodically checking the torque on the spacers. how does that work if you use locktite?

 

[Sundowner]

confused about something. everyone talks about periodically checking the torque on the spacers. how does that work if you use locktite?

In theory, it shouldn't be an issue...but if the thread locker fails, a nut can work loose while remaining entirely unseen.

 

[Guyute]

confused about something. everyone talks about periodically checking the torque on the spacers. how does that work if you use locktite?

Totally could be putting my life at risk (again). LMK. But I initially check the torque after a hundy miles or so at 75 ft lbs (10 under the spec). If it gives any I pull, re-loctite and re-torque. If good. I don’t check again until a tire rotation. Ugh. Spacers.

 

[coldtaco]

Interesting. Thanks for the info

 

[Guyute]

Interesting. Thanks for the info

Disclaimer: I’m a idiot savant. Let me know if I’m f$&ked.

 

[Sundowner]

Totally could be putting my life at risk (again). LMK. But I initially check the torque after a hundy miles or so at 75 ft lbs (10 under the spec). If it gives any I pull, re-loctite and re-torque. If good. I don’t check again until a tire rotation. Ugh. Spacers.

I mean, yes: you could totally be putting your life at risk (again)...but if you are, it's not via the manner you described.

It's possible to break threadlocker by exceeding the existing torque on a fastener; basically, all you're doing is breaking a glue joint - gross oversimplification, I know - and that can happen in any direction of rotation (and a few other directions as well). So, sure: you might be accidentally breaking the threadlocker and thereby introducing a dangerous liability into things via the process of checking torque, but when you go back and redo the installation, you're pushing the reset button on the safety violation...if, indeed, there's a violation present in the first place. Personally: if threadlocker breaks in a torque check, I don't sweat it. I just kind of say "eh, smurf it...good chance to use up the last of a tube" and do what you do: go back to a known-good configuration via a fresh install.

 

[Fishbulb]

I put some generic chinese brand spacers on my lifted Subaru back in the day. I torqued them down correctly etc, but I had horrible wheel shake. I would take the wheels off after a couple miles and the lugs would be loose each time no matter how many times I retightened them and let the Loctite sit. I believe the studs just kept stretching. I eventually gave up and just threw them in the trash.

I had a set of Terrafirma spacers on my Defender. Those never gave me any issues at all.

I am looking forward to installing the Spidertrax ones. If I like the fitment I might want to eventually find a set of -50 offset wheels so I can be spacerless. My current -10 offset wheels and 1.5 inch spacers should be close to -50 offset wheels. But hey, if the spacers don't give me any problems maybe I'll be comfortable running them long term. They do weigh 8 pounds each though....

 

[Sundowner]

I put some generic chinese brand spacers on my lifted Subaru back in the day. I torqued them down correctly etc, but I had horrible wheel shake. I would take the wheels off after a couple miles and the lugs would be loose each time no matter how many times I retightened them and let the Loctite sit. I believe the studs just kept stretching. I eventually gave up and just threw them in the trash.

That almost sounds like the wrong seat/cone angle...or, yeah, mechanical stretch.

They do weigh 8 pounds each though....

I'm sorry, they weigh how much???

 

[Fishbulb]

That almost sounds like the wrong seat/cone angle...or, yeah, mechanical stretch.



I'm sorry, they weigh how much???

According to Slee's website a pair weighs 16 pounds.. Sounds a bit much and is probably off, but regardless they are additional rotating weight.

 

[Sundowner]

According to Slee's website a pair weighs 16 pounds.. Sounds a bit much and is probably off, but regardless they are additional rotating weight.

Please put those on a scale when you get them; I'm curious. And yeah, they're rotating weight...and unsprung weight, as well.

 

[sleeoffroad]

According to Slee's website a pair weighs 16 pounds.. Sounds a bit much and is probably off, but regardless they are additional rotating weight.

Make sure you are looking at item weight and not ship weight.