Wheel Spacer Ideas.

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Randyz

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Just picked up a 2012 Denali XL. Looking to put some wheel spacers on it. Not sure what size. Anybody out there have pictures or ideas?
 

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1.5" requires cutting off the rounded nub on the studs but not touching the threads. Think 1.75" and up clears. Get hub centric ones too
 

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I just bought some 1.5" spacers from trail sport on ebay. Seem to be good quality and are hub/wheel centric so that made me feel better about running them. My wheels had indentions for the rounded part of the lugs to go into so no cutting of the stock lugs for me.
 

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I just bought some 1.5" spacers from trail sport on ebay. Seem to be good quality and are hub/wheel centric so that made me feel better about running them. My wheels had indentions for the rounded part of the lugs to go into so no cutting of the stock lugs for me.

Any pics?
 

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Bora 1.25"
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Mine aren't stock so can't show good pics but basically make the wheel flush with top of fender outer most point. Think it really looks better with level and wheel spacers.
 

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Mine aren't stock so can't show good pics but basically make the wheel flush with top of fender outer most point. Think it really looks better with level and wheel spacers.
Can you post a pic anyway. Mine sit flush with the outter fender and I have stock wheels and 275/60
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Don't have a good picture from a side shot but here you can see my front and rear track width is even now with rear spacers. But for your Tahoe the stock wheels aren't considered flush with top of fender poke. They are flush with side fender poke. Imagine your rim face equal to outer most point at top of fender then rubber poking around rim. Gives it a wider look.
 

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Don't have a good picture from a side shot but here you can see my front and rear track width is even now with rear spacers. But for your Tahoe the stock wheels aren't considered flush with top of fender poke. They are flush with side fender poke. Imagine your rim face equal to outer most point at top of fender then rubber poking around rim. Gives it a wider look.

What's the size and offset on them. I'm going to be going with 20x10/12 -19 to -24 once winters over. Then still run the spacers when I want to be obnoxious
 

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What's the size and offset on them. I'm going to be going with 20x10/12 -19 to -24 once winters over. Then still run the spacers when I want to be obnoxious

Mine are 305/55 on 20x10 -24 but my lift sticks the front out 1" over factory. The front is 1/4" wider on each side from the factory so that's why I have 1.25" rear spacers so my width is pure even. If your running the level kit you will have to trim like hell to run x10 and stick with -19 offset over the -24 options. I'm going to x12 soon and I will have to lift or trim more to clear.
 
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Mine are 305/55 on 20x10 -24 but my lift sticks the front out 1" over factory. The front is 1/4" wider on each side from the factory so that's why I have 1.25" rear spacers so my width is pure even. If your running the level kit you will have to trim like hell to run x10 and stick with -19 offset over the -24 options. I'm going to x12 soon and I will have to lift or trim more to clear.

I have just the 2in 49$ Lower rough country spacers. It only gave me 1 3/4 in the front but I will be doing a 2 or 3 inch body lift and the wheel spacers for now and get new tires and wheels in the spring unless I find a deal on some nice used ones on Craigslist, otherwise I'll get new ones once the road salts gone. Lower ball joints just started getting play and could use shocks (160k) so I'll be doing lower ac delco arms, inner and outer tie rods, rough country uppers, billstine 5100 shocks set to another 1/1.5 inches and making some diff drop spacers. Then 2-3" spacers in rear so I'll be somewhere between 5 1/2 to 6 1/2 inches, but at least 3 3/4 to 4 3/4 in the next month. It's never getting wheeled most it will see is light trails and me swerving around the mud, don't wanna scratch my wheels.
 

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