Some of you remember me talking about rubbing my tires on my LCA's when I first got my 35" Nittos mounted on my OEM wheels. Well, the MB Motoring wheels solved that.

However, before I changed wheels I went to http://www.wheeladapter.com for some possible solution. The company is actually a one man show and he seemed to know his stuff when I visited him. Anyway, we found out that I needed to get at least a 1" spacer in order to take advantage of having the spacer mount ON the wheel hub and have the wheel mount ON the hub through a second set of bolts. Otherwise anything thinner would have to use the existing bolts which aren't long enough.

Guess what? I'm now considering getting those 1" spacers which would move all four corners out the extra inch instead getting a whole set of wider tires and wheels which would be:

• a: costly;
• b: add an extra 30+ lbs of unsprung weight;
• c: leave me with an extra set which I could sell at a loss and
• d: Did I mention costly?

Since I plan on adding pocketflares in the future I see this as a low buck (relatively - it will still cost about $400), solution, which won't degrade my suspension nor will it compromise safety while widening the truck's stance.

I know that some of you are just looking to widen your track width with your existing setup to achieve a certain look AND no I'm not plugging him, in fact I haven't talked with him since last September. Just thought that someone might find this information worthwhile.

BTW, if you've always wanted a set of wheels which don't come in our bolt pattern, he can make the spacer AND adapter all-in-one.

 

I really like the look of your truck Porkchop. Does adding the spacers decrease the payload / towing capacity of the truck at all?

 

Great write up.

 

Thanks, though right now it's spacer-less. I still haven't talked to Fred about cost. I do know that they are made of solid T-6 aluminum w/ aircraft grade bolts. Someone in another forum has their adapters/spacers from a NASCAR hub to a standard Mustang Cobra wheels for open-track racing with no problems. As far as payload & towing capacity - he does make HD & dually adapters too so I'm assuming they shouldn't suffer. In fact we could even convert our trucks to accept 7 or even 8 lug hubs, with the right springs we would have F250's in F150 clothing.

 

Must be some cheap machining if you can get all four for $400, my father spent $350 for the rear two to correct his trucks track.

 

I'll give him a call on Monday. The 1/2" spacer-only set I originally had in mind were $400 so yes, 1" adapters would cost considerably more.

 

Oh alright, were on the same page now, his were two 2" spacers.

 

www.weirdharoldscoolparts.com

The above site is where I bought mine for my jeep. Alot of jeep owners use this place. High quality, no problems. Set of 2 runs about $100.

 

Be prepared to replace your bearings more often!

 

Porkchop,

Did you ver go through with this wheel spacer thing?

If so, let me know how it went and the results.