Is there someting like a spacer that you can put behind the wheel and tire to make it stick out a little bit, like beyond the fender.?

 

Yes, a few companies make spacers. They come in different widths and bolt patterns. I recommend against them though, for the simple fact that they place more stress on your suspension components. If you do decide to go with them, get a good set. Performance Wheel & Tire makes about the toughest set I've seen. Check out the April 99 issue of Four Wheeler magazine if you can get a hold of it. They did a write up on wheel spacers. Good Luck.

 

The best way to get your tires to stick out is to go to 10 inch wide rims. I have them on the rear of my truck and the extra two inches of width over stock goes to the outside and puts the tire at the outer edge of the wheel well.

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Well you could always put about 400lbs. of pressure in all of your tires! that should swell them up pretty good who knows you might even get a couple more inches of ground clerance!
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you could go witha wider wheel or with the spacers!

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Well you can make the tire stick out by two methods.

The first is a wheel spacer which has already been mentioned by Cage. They are a fairly inexpensive way to push the rims and tires out from the wheel well.

The second (and the one I would recommend) is new rims and tires. The amount the rims and tires stick out from the wheel well is all in the back spacing of the rims. I have 17x9.5" rims and beacuse of the 5.5" back spacing they dont stick out. The less back spacing you have the more the rims and tires will stick out, like a 4.5" back spacing would stick out where my 5.5" does not.

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It's the offset of the wheel. Most OEM wheels have a positive offset. Once you get to a 0 offset and start moving to negative, they're sticking out. Here's a pic of a GC I used to have with AR-136 wheels. They have a -18mm offset I believe it was.



Some call a negitive offset, "reverse offset". Go back a few years and it was "deep dish".

On that jeep, because of the offset, I pust the largest tire I could on it, and it was a 235-75 and I had to snip a corner inside the wheel well so it didn't rub, although loccked one direction in reverse it would still rub slightly. Offset is great but makes a big difference and you can easily go too far.

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hey have read on here severeal times not to use spacers because our trucks are hub-centric . . .

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You'd better plan on either getting some fender flares or spending a lot of extra time washing the sides of your truck. Any little puddle will throw a mess all over your sides. Besides, with fender flares, your truck will look tougher. Without them, your tires sticking out will look like you're imitating those little rice burners the kids are driving (you know the ones - spend $800 on a cheap little import and then $3500 on wheels and tires)

 

Well, I would also advise against the spacers. It will probably make your tires rub, and also they aren't very safe. But if you really want that look, and you don't have a lot of money to spend on it, you should do that. If you have a lot to spend, go with new wheels and tires.

 

I too would stay away from spacers if at all possible, Most wheel companies offer a backspacing measurement on most rims they produce, this could vary by 1" to 4 5/8". hope this helps

 

Anybody who has done alignment work will tell you this is the quickest way to tear up your suspension.
Wheels are designed so that the center of the weight is between the inner and outer wheel bearings, it you make them "stick out" the outer whell bearings are doing 150% of the work and the inner bearings are doing negative 50% of the work
How many wheels stick out cars have you seen where the rear axle looks bent ??