Just bought quarter inch spacers for my 2011 f150 got 33's with 20x8.5 rockstars ... U think I need new lug nuts or you think mine will work??? Thanks

 

I'm sure you've done some research and discovered that at least for trucks, using wheel spacers is not very safe due to the additional shear forces imposed on the bolts with the wheel hub farther out on the studs coupled with a heavy vehicle weighing close to 6,000 pounds sans cargo and passengers. And don't even think about any serious off-roading with 1/4" or thicker spacers. Maybe you'll be lucky and it will never fail. But do you want to chance it?

Having said that and assuming you are still going forth with this questionable endeavor, you will need as much thread into the acorn-style lug nut as possible so even though you will be able to still get the lug nut threaded, you should go with longer studs to match the thickness of the spacer.

Good luck...

 

Bastard now I'm not gonna use em ... Rough country sells em for our truck and only 1/4 inch .. How bad could it be

 

You've heard of the term, "a sucker born every minute," no?

Just because someone builds and sells it, doesn't mean it's always safe to use for every possible application.

A lot of 4x4 trucks are street queens only. Again, it depends upon how you plan to operate your vehicle. If daily driven on the street, you should be "okay." But if you intend to do some heavy duty (meaning high speed on really bumpy/uneven terrain) driving off road, then I would be leery of using wheel spacers as they increase the likelihood of shearing the studs...

 

All kidding aside, if you're set on doing it at least replace the oem studs with longer ones. A 1/4 inch of thread is a bunch, hate to see something bad happen to you, your truck or some innocent person because of your ignorance.

 

^^X2. Listen to the man...

 

Yeah deff would get longer ones if I do it... But not even my daily drivers took it missing twice and was weak didn't beat it up ... I have a BMW m3 I drive alot as well so I drive my truck to work cuz dirty from doing concrete that's it and when it's ****ty out

 

Besides the increased potential from stud failure, spacers cause increased stress on wheel bearings. How much is hard to say but I would really hate to find out at 75 mph. Could ruin my day.

 

I'm not sure what you are saying here. Are you saying a) you put wheel spacers on a daily driver with no problems, or b) you were missing lug nuts or wheel studs?

On cars, wheel spacers may have a lesser chance of sheer due to the lighter weight and typically are only several millimeters thick.

 

How much work is it to change the studs of all 4 wheels? Is the workload any different for a 2WD, or 4WD?

 

Dunno hue much work it I would like to kno as well ... And no I bought quarter inch spacers and they didn't come with new studs or anything so I was wondering of I even need them