whats a safe wheel spacer size? i have 285 tires on cragar soft 8s and they rub the LCAs a bit. i have a friend that refers to them as "death rings"

 

my spacers broke on me tonight,i would say it be better to a more offset rim instead of spacers

 

I dont trust them. Everyone that I know that runs them has had issues with them breaking. And for the price they charge for them, you can buy a cheap set of steel rims with the correct backspacing

 

I like wheel spacers. They make money for me. I get to put 4x4 rigs on my tow truck after a wheel falls off. And charge extra for the additional work.

 

haha exactly!

 

I don't have any problems with my 1.25 Spidertracks wheel spacers. I like em. They resolve my wheel rub to lower control arm. They widen my track for stability. They work for me. No problems. I use them correctly. There is no physical or geometrical advantage or disadvantage of the spacer vs changing my backspacing. I did not consider the $145 for the set expensive and I couldn't buy rims for that price. If you can't use em right, then you shouldn't.

 

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I hate my wheel spacers...ive got the 1.5" spidertrax...id love to get rid of them...but i dont know anything about backspacing...whats a good amount of backspace on a wheel?

 

well it kinda depends on what tires and lift and control arms ur running

 

Well i got 3.75" I kinda wish I had 4", I got a link for you to help you understand if you don't basically the more inches of BS the closer the tires and wheels are to the frame/unibody if you are going to stay arounda 31 inch tire 4 inch BS should be good enough i got a 3.75 spacing with my 30x9.50 and without a lift i was getting bad rub that was cutting my tire because they were sticking out to far, also stock Cherokee wheels have a BS of 5? correct me if im wrong.

Back Spacing chart
https://www.rsracing.com/tech-wheel.html

 

If you have a good wheel position with your 1.5 Spiders on, then you can determine how much change you would like in your backspace. Pull your tire, lay a straight edge across the back of your rim. Measure down to the rear mounting face of your hub. The depth of the rim center hub mount face up the the level of the rear outer edge of your rim is your backspace.
Think about how your spidertracks are reducing this distance by 1.5 inch.
You would have to find a rim with that value of backspace to obtain the same wheel position without the spacer. Just sayin, I have 4 sets of Jeep rims so I back space to resolve the fit issues I have induced with conflicts and compromises of modifications. The spider tracs work for me, I torque in two stages at 95/100 ft lb torque of the spacers onto the stock studs, then 95/100 ft lb torque rims onto the spacer studs. I drive a lot in the jeep, a lot. I check the torque monthly, sometimes I have found one or two nuts that tighten up a little. What is it that you don't like about your 1.5 spidertracks?

 

Thanks guys...ill try that...the thing i dont like about them is no matter how tight, no matter how much lock tight, or whatever, on my aluminum rims they will not stay tight and about 4 or 5 times, they have been so close to falling off on the road haha. Ive had them put on professionally just to see if i was being an idiot and they did the same thing...i have all new lug bolts and none of my bolts are stripped...well now they are, which brings another question...can you buy extra nuts for the spacers?? Nothing i have found fits in there at all
Thanks again

 

what do you mean use them right? they only go on one way...

 

thanks for stealing my thread too. CLOSE!

 

chill, you got your answers, but thanks for closing the thread...