Wheel spacers

[dahui]

I jave a 2017 tahoe z71
The stock rims have a 24mm offset and i would like to move the tires out a touch maybe 1 inch. I want the get the tires perfectly flush with the body. What is the deal with spacers. Anyone using them?

 

[HiHoeSilver]

I jave a 2017 tahoe z71
The stock rims have a 24mm offset and i would like to move the tires out a touch maybe 1 inch. I want the get the tires perfectly flush with the body. What is the deal with spacers. Anyone using them?

Lots of guys run them. If you go less than 1.5" or 1.75", you're gonna need to trim your existing studs down. Make sure you are buying hub centric ones.

 

[05alive]

BORA and shifted are high quality hub centric spacers. A few other companies make them too, but you want to read reviews and make sure they're hub centric and not going to fall apart.

 

[Shadowchaser]

BORA and shifted are high quality hub centric spacers. A few other companies make them too, but you want to read reviews and make sure they're hub centric and not going to fall apart.

Thanks for info !!!

 

[yukonchief]

Go with BORA wheel spacers. They are very very good quality and they are also wheel and hub centric. They aren’t cheap but on something like wheel spacers you don’t want to cheap out on.

I currently run BORA on my Ram and never had an issue. I been using a 1.75” spacer for about 6 months now

 

[DWSmoot]

Has nobody run a smaller wheel spacer and utilized the pockets on the back of the wheels for the extended stud length?

 

[DWSmoot]

Has nobody run a smaller wheel spacer and utilized the pockets on the back of the wheels for the extended stud length?

 

[HiHoeSilver]

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Many have. The smallest spacer we have seen work with no trimming is a 1.5". Yes, the studs go into divots on the wheel.

 

[Countryboy07]

I'm running 1.5 inch spacers on my '05 Yukon and the lugs protrude a quarter inch into the pockets on the back of the wheels.

If you do not want to trim the studs at all, 1.75 inch spacers are needed. Hypothetically, you could run 1.25 inch spacers and cut a quarter inch off the end of the stud and be completely fine. The First quarter inch of the stud is just the rounded portion anyhow, no threads would be affected.

 

[HiHoeSilver]

If you do not want to trim the studs at all, 1.75 inch spacers are needed.

That has been the conventional wisdom, but it depends on the wheel. @Shaw520 is running 1.5" with no trimming.

 

[DWSmoot]

Added some Black CK158 wheels today from OE Wheels LLC.

Planning on potentially adding 1.25” spacers or maybe even 1”. Forum consensus I have seen is that 1.5” is the smallest spacer that will work. The stud pockets in the back of these wheels are 3/4” deep. Shop said can run 1.25” spacers easily, and maybe 1” if I don’t mind triming just 1/8” of tip of rounded stud. We shall see!

 

[HiHoeSilver]

Added some Black CK158 wheels today from OE Wheels LLC.

Planning on potentially adding 1.25” spacers or maybe even 1”. Forum consensus I have seen is that 1.5” is the smallest spacer that will work. The stud pockets in the back of these wheels are 3/4” deep. Shop said can run 1.25” spacers easily, and maybe 1” if I don’t mind triming just 1/8” of tip of rounded stud. We shall see!

Pull a wheel and measure the stud. Subtract your 3/4" detent, and that's your minimum spacer without trimming. (a little wiggle room in the detent would be preferred, imo). Curious on your results.

 

[DWSmoot]

Pull a wheel and measure the stud. Subtract your 3/4" detent, and that's your minimum spacer without trimming. (a little wiggle room in the detent would be preferred, imo). Curious on your results.

Yea thanks. Did that today at the shop with shop tech and thats where the info came from.

Probably going to go with the 1.25” spacer as I am tryin to get to 0 offset. These wheels are 31 offset. Should put tire 3/4” to 1” outside of top fender...

 

[sisson3703]

I put 2 inch hub centric wheel spacers from ebay on my 2001 yukon the studs were plenty long enough

 

[HiHoeSilver]

Revisiting this as I did a little measuring when swapping to the summer wheels last night...

Yea thanks. Did that today at the shop with shop tech and thats where the info came from.

Probably going to go with the 1.25” spacer as I am tryin to get to 0 offset. These wheels are 31 offset. Should put tire 3/4” to 1” outside of top fender...

What did you end up doing? My math also showed that I can run 1.25 with no trimming and still almost 1/4" to spare. Also had thoughts of going 1" and just nipping the ends off, not even into the threads. Curious how you're turned out.

I put 2 inch hub centric wheel spacers from ebay on my 2001 yukon the studs were plenty long enough

It's about the stock studs being too long and hitting the back of the wheel if the spacers aren't thick enough.